Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

OVERVIEW: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Seattle District, requires design and installation of a fall protection system to allow access to the Powerhouse Bridge Cranes and Crane Rail Corbels. T... OVERVIEW: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Seattle District, requires design and installation of a fall protection system to allow access to the Powerhouse Bridge Cranes and Crane Rail Corbels. The location is Bridgeport WA. This is a Sealed Bid opportunity for Chief Joseph Dam Fall Protection System Total Small Business Set aside Please refer to attached Specs, Drawlings, and Pictures for more details. The Government has provided a conceptual design to document the performance requirements for the Powerhouse Bridge Crane personal fall protection system. From the conceptual design, the Contractor shall provide a detailed design. The system shall be designed with an emphasis on ease of operation, reliability and safety. The Contractor shall field verify the condition and dimensions of the existing structure and components that will affect the contractors design to the extent possible. The Design Builder shall provide the Government with the following integrated Design-Build (D-B) services: Development: Final site layout. Design: Detailed Design of components and supporting equipment consistent with the Design Criteria Package. Construction: Construction of the components and supporting equipment as appropriate. Completion of installation and start-up of all required equipment. In providing these services, the Design Builder shall at all times comply with the following: Design criteria and performance standards outlined in the contract. Definitive Responsibility Criteria as detailed in the solicitation. Refer to the presolicitation announcement for additional detail.

Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

POINT-OF-CONTACT: The point-of-contact for administrative or contractual questions is Contract Specialist Monique Paano at email: Monique.A.Paano@usace.army.mil. Please no phone calls. All questions m... POINT-OF-CONTACT: The point-of-contact for administrative or contractual questions is Contract Specialist Monique Paano at email: Monique.A.Paano@usace.army.mil. Please no phone calls. All questions must be submitted in writing to the above point-of-contact. FOR INFORMATION ONLY: This Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation Notice is ONLY A NOTIFICATION that a solicitation is anticipated and forthcoming. All questions regarding this Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation should be submitted in writing via email to Ms. Paano at the email indicated above. OVERVIEW: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Seattle District, requires design and installation of a fall protection system to allow access to the Powerhouse Bridge Cranes and Crane Rail Corbels. The magnitude of construction is estimated to be between $100,000 and $250,000. The resulting contract will be firm-fixed-price. Solicitation number W912DW21B0005 will be posted to the beta.sam.gov website on or about 24 May 2021. The solicitation will be an Invitation for Bids. Bids will be due no sooner than 30 calendar days after actual solicitation issuance date. See the solicitation for details about bid submission. The NAICS code for this procurement is 238990, All Other Specialty Trade Contractors, and the associated small business size standard is $16,500,000 in average annual receipts. The solicitation will be issued as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. THIS PROJECT IS A TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SEALED BID WITH DEFINITIVE RESPONSIBILITY CRITERIA. This contract will contain a Definitive Responsibility Criteria, or DRC. Definitive Responsibility Criteria are specific and objective standards established to inform the Contracting Officer’s responsibility in accordance with FAR 9.104-2. These criteria are in addition to the criteria in FAR 9.104-1 and allow the Contracting Officer to assess whether the apparent low bidder can demonstrate the expertise and specialized capabilities needed for adequate contract performance. The inability of a contractor otherwise eligible for award to demonstrate minimally acceptable experience as measured by the DRC may result in the Contracting Officer determining the contractor is not responsible. The submission responding to the DRC must be provided in the form of a written detailed narrative, with a page limitation that shall not exceed three (3) pages for each listed DRC. A submission will only be required from the apparent low bidder and must be submitted within three business days of the bid opening. The written narrative for each DRC listed below must demonstrate a bidder’s successful completion of the specified project experience within the past seven (7) years of the date of this solicitation. The Definitive Responsibility Criteria is provided as follows: DEFINITIONS: Recent and relevant projects that are those projects completed or substantially completed in the past 7 years that are comparable in size, scope, and complexity. Substantially completed is defined as having completed more than 75% of the value of the contract work at the time of proposal submission. Factor 1: Experience The offeror shall provide one project which closely represents a project of similar size, scope and complexity as the work represented in this solicitation. If the Offeror uses a subcontractor’s experience to meet the requirements for this factor, the Offeror must submit a letter of commitment from the subcontractor. Upon award, subcontractors proposed to be used to complete construction activities including design, removal, disposal, and installation of a fall protection system shall not be substituted without the Contracting Officer’s written prior approval. The offeror shall submit one recent and relevant project that demonstrates experience designing, supplying, and installing a fall protection system in a powerhouse or industrial facility comparable in size/magnitude, scope, and complexity (see definitions for minimum requirements) with the requirements for this project. Project information for the project submitted shall contain: Project Name/Title; Contract awarded amount; Project location; Project start date; Project completion date; Contractor shall provide a detailed description of the following: The project scope and complexity for the designed and installed fall protection system. The Government intends to award a firm fixed price contract using INVITATION FOR BID WITH PRE-AWARD SURVEY and procedures outlined in FAR 36 and FAR 14. Pre-award survey will determine contractor responsibility in accordance with FAR 9.104 and 9.106. Bidders will be evaluated on both pre-award survey and conformance to the solicitation and price. The Government reserves the right to reject any or all Bids; and to award the contract to other than the lowest total price and to award to the bidder submitting the lowest bid determined by the Government to be responsible. Bid bonds will be required with bid submittals. In addition, the awardee must be found responsible in accordance with FAR 9.1. A site visit will be offered within approximately 2 weeks after the solicitation is made available via beta.sam.gov. Refer to the solicitation for details regarding the site visit. The solicitation documents for this requirement will be issued in electronic format only and will be made available online via the beta.sam website at www.beta.sam.gov under the subject solicitation number. NO CD's OR HARD COPIES WILL BE AVAILABLE. Offerors are responsible for checking for any update(s) to the Notice/Solicitation. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offeror's inability to access the document(s) posted at the referenced website. To obtain automatic notifications of updates to this notice, you must log in to beta.sam.gov and add the solicitation to your Watchlist. If you would like to list your firm so others can see you are an interested vendor, you must click the Add Me To Interested Vendors button in the listing for this solicitation on beta.sam.gov. The beta.sam.gov Response Date listed elsewhere in this synopsis is for FBO archive purposes only. It may have no relationship to the actual solicitation due date. The solicitation due date and time will be contained in the solicitation and any solicitation amendments that are issued. IMPORTANT NOTICE: All contractors proposing on Department of Defense (DoD) solicitations must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of a contract. The purpose of this database is to provide basic business information and capabilities to the Government. The SAM website can be accessed at www.sam.gov. Contractors are encouraged to register as soon as possible. All new contracts can be made ONLY to contractors who are registered in SAM. This requirement applies to all DoD contract awards. ACCESS TO SITE VISIT FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS: Processing request for visits by Foreign Nationals can take up to 30 business days to complete and may impact the Contractor’s ability to attend if the paperwork is not approved before the site visit. It is highly recommended that each company plans to have a U.S. Citizen attend the site visit on their behalf. Non U.S. Citizens wishing to attend the site visit must complete the Request for Visitation Authority (included in this announcement as an attachment) form and submit it with the required documents as soon as possible but no later than noon Pacific Time on 24 May 2021 so it can be processed by USACE Security. The site visit is tentatively scheduled for June 2nd at 9 am Pacific Time. This date is tentative. The actual site visit date will be included with the solicitation. Please submit required documentation to Adrienne Murphy, Adrienne.E.Murphy@usace.army.mil (206) 764-6765.