Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS/MARKET RESEARCH STUDY TO ASSIST THE SEATTLE DISTRICT US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE) IN DEVELOPING THE ACQUISITION STRATEGY FOR AN UPCOMING Single Award Task Order... This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS/MARKET RESEARCH STUDY TO ASSIST THE SEATTLE DISTRICT US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE) IN DEVELOPING THE ACQUISITION STRATEGY FOR AN UPCOMING Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC) for Multi-Disciplinary Maintenance, Repair, Minor Construction, and Incidental Design Work in Support of JBLM Public Works and Other customers Supported by the Seattle District US Army Corps of Engineers. THIS IS NOT A PRE-SOLICITATION OR SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. After review of the responses to this notice, and if the Government still plans to proceed with the acquisition, a separate pre-solicitation announcement will be published on the Contract Opportunities website (sam.gov). Responses to this SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS/MARKET RESEARCH STUDY are not adequate responses to any future solicitation announcement. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of and determine the availability of potentially qualified Small Business sources and their size classifications relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code of 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. For the purposes of the procurement in this study, a firm is considered a small business if its annual average gross revenue, taken for the last three (3) fiscal years, does not exceed $45 million. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a small business set-aside is possible and/or appropriate. Please note that this research is for planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for competitive bids/proposals and is not to be construed as a commitment by the US Army Corps of Engineers. However, all interested parties who believe they can meet the requirements are invited to submit, in writing, complete information describing their interest and capabilities to compete for and perform the contract described herein. Please note that should the acquisition be set-aside for the 8(a) program, 8(a) firms are reminded they need to have a bona fide office in the geographical area of consideration where the work is to be performed as determined by the SBA. ANTICIPATED CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Seattle District expects to solicit a SATOC Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) type contract that will include a one-year base period with the option to extend for two one-year option periods, with a maximum dollar capacity of $45,000,000. Individual Task Orders to be negotiated and awarded under this expected construction IDIQ contract will be firm-fixed price with an anticipated range of $50,000 to $2,500,000. Task Orders will involve a broad range of multi-disciplinary maintenance and repair, and minor construction work and may include a variety of trades such as carpentry, road repair, roofing, excavation, interior/exterior elements, mechanical, electrical, steam welding, asbestos, and lead paint abatement incidental to construction. The contract may also be used for task orders expected to require some incidental design effort by the Contractor. Examples of typical incidental designs include, but are not limited to, fire alarm systems, fire sprinkler systems, HVAC system installation and balancing, communications systems, structural design of minor facilities or components and licensed professional engineer certification of site adaptation of pre-engineered structures. Projects may be located in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana with the majority of projects located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington and Yakima Training Center. This expected construction contract is anticipated to be competitively solicited and procured in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS SOURCES SOUGHT: Responses to this SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS / MARKET RESEARCH STUDY shall include the interested firm's name, address, point of contact, phone number, email address, and small business size status. Interested firms must provide a brief capabilities narrative indicating their specific experience with whole building interior/exterior renovation, minor new construction, construction of pre-engineered buildings, mechanical/electrical type design and engineering services, as well as their specific interest in the anticipated contract described herein. Interested firms are also requested to provide a minimum of five (5) project examples that reflect their firm's experience with the following: - Performance of multi-disciplinary repair and construction services and incidental design services for projects located in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and/or Montana (include specific experience with projects at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA, if available) - Capability to support multiple ongoing repair and construction projects (preferably up to five ongoing projects at any given time) * Interested firms are also requested to provide information to support their bonding capacity (both at the individual project level and at the aggregate level) SUBMISSION DUE DATE/TIME: Responses to this SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS / MARKET RESEARCH STUDY should be received as soon as possible but no later than 2:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time) on Wednesday, 16 August 2023. Please forward responses to the attention of Dwain Graham, Contract Specialist, by email to dwain.m.graham@usace.army.mil.