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W912EE - In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.215-3, “Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes”. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS announcement to be used fo... W912EE - In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.215-3, “Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes”. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS announcement to be used for preliminary market research purposes only. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this sources-sought notice or any follow up information requests. The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of various members of 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), and Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) to compete and perform service under a contract. The type of solicitation and contract issued will depend upon the responses to this source sought notice. The vendor must be capable of furnishing all labor, supervision, tools, materials; equipment and transportation to perform Hydraulic/Hydrological Engineering Services within the Mississippi Valley Division for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Vicksburg District. The work consists of professional A-E services required for performing Hydraulic and Hydrologic Modeling, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and mapping, economic consequences assessment, Corps Water Management System (CWMS), CWMS Control and Visualization Interface (CAVI) integration, documentation, and other related engineering services to support requirements of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Modeling, Mapping, and Consequences (MMC) Production Center. The scope of these services and project locations are nationwide. Subcontracting guidelines referenced in FAR 19.505(b)(1)(i) shall be followed. Firms must demonstrate their ability to perform at least 50% of the work pursuant to FAR 19.505(b)(1)(i), on multiple projects involving the required disciplines referenced in the PROJECT INFORMATION paragraph, with experience in the items listed below. The requirement being considered will be an Indefinite Delivery Type (IDT) Contract as outlined in FAR Part 36 Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this requirement is 541330, Engineering Services with a small business size standard of $25.5 million. Interested companies responding to this sources-sought should include the following information: 1. Company name, address, phone number, email, Unique Entity Identification (UEI) Number, CAGE Code, point of contact (POC) name, as well as business category (small businesses or other than small to include subsets). 2. Information describing the company’s capability to perform the work described. Provide specific capabilities on relevant work of the same or similar in size and complexity (within the past 5 years). Include contract numbers, dates of service, contract descriptions, dollar value, and a customer point of contact, telephone number and email address. Identify whether your firm was a prime vendor or subcontractor. Specialized Experience should be demonstrated in the following areas: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Dam and Levee Safety Programs and the Office of Homeland Security (OHS) have tasked the MMC to develop, on an expedited schedule, dam break flood inundation modeling and mapping for USACE inventory of 700 plus water resources projects (dams). These efforts will support national critical infrastructure protection responsibilities led by USACE under the Dam Safety and Levee Safety programs portfolio development and undergo risk assessments led by the Risk Management Center (RMC). The MMC Production Center was also charged with supporting the Hydraulics, Hydrology, and Coastal Engineering (HH&C) Community of Practice community in producing H&H CWMS suites of models for all 201 USACE operational watersheds. The USACE's vision is to achieve a safe, secure, and more resilient Corps civil works infrastructure by enhancing its protection to prevent, deter, or mitigate the potential for dam and levee failure and improve preparedness, response, and rapid recovery in the event of an attack, natural disaster, and other emergencies. A major initiative within this effort involves the development of CWMS suite of models, dam break flood hydraulic models, inundation mapping, and consequence estimates. Lastly, the MMC Production Center also is currently supporting FEMA with its methodology development and production for its Future of Flood Risk Data (FFRD) initiative. Components of the initiatives above include: CWMS CAVI development and implementation to support daily H&H water management activities. CWMS CAVI is the interface that contains the four main modeling components (HMS, ResSim, RAS, and FIA) and oversees and controls the operation of the models as they work together in the system. Additional components may include REGI and MetVue. REGI is an interface that uses the information in the CWMS database to display reports, charts/graphs, and other information such as performing simple calculations. MetVue is a tool that facilitates viewing and manipulation of meteorological datasets as well as performing a variety of computations and analyses, including temporal and spatial aggregation of datasets and areal average computations. HMS, ResSim, RAS, FIA, and CAVI improvements to support District implementation of CWMS, and the production of specified inundation map layers. Development of static map libraries and consequences for the Rapid Inundation Mapping (RIM) Builder in accordance with MMC Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). This shall include one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and integrated one/two dimensional hydraulic models from CWMS, over a variety of specified hydraulic scenarios. Support for the Flood Inundation Mapping (FIM) Cadre, including the development of two dimensional modeling efforts and consequence models. Development of updated dam and/or levee break flood models, inundation mapping, and consequence estimates using HEC-RAS and LifeSim in accordance with MMC Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). This shall include one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and integrated one/two dimensional hydraulic model efforts, over a variety of specified hydraulic scenarios. Applying and testing H&H modeling, statistical modeling, and GIS mapping capabilities. Identify standard scenario conditions as a foundation for Dam Safety Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) mapping requirements. Incorporate into USACE inundation maps guidance for above normal operational dam control conditions. Support in the preparation and update of Water Control Manuals (WCM) for dams within USACE, to include authoring chapters of the water control manual, graphs, plots, maps, tables, research, editorial support, printing, and preparation of electronic and paper documents. Creation of custom GIS/Geospatial tools for use in the automation of MMC mapping production workflows and H&H data analysis. Leverage H&H modeling and GIS mapping capabilities and resources via close coordination with USACE Risk Management Center (RMC), Levee Safety Center (LSC), Mapping Modeling and Consequences Production Center (MMC) and/or Dam Safety Modification Center (DSMC). The H&H, Statistical, and Geospatial aspects of Levee Safety Engineering and Design Services including support of site characterization studies, engineering evaluations and analyses in support of hydrologic (e.g. Inflow Design Flood), consequence studies, levee screenings, feasibility studies, preliminary designs, value engineering, constructability reviews, or other analyses or studies related to the levee safety programs. These services shall include evaluation of bridges, gates, spillways, pumping stations and other appurtenant structures attached to levees as necessary to characterize the project as a whole. The H&H, Statistical, and Geospatial aspects of risk analysis services involving risk methodology and policy development, quantitative and screening-level risk analyses for dams and levees, issue evaluation studies, existing condition risk assessments, periodic assessments, determination of total and incremental risk reduction benefits that can be realized from corrective actions, report preparation and other risk related studies and evaluations under the levee safety program. H&H, Statistical, and Geospatial technical review services including subject matter expert or independent external peer reviews of reports, studies, risk analyses, risk assessments, design documents, construction drawings and specifications, construction cost estimates, constructability reviews, and physical construction. Development of two-dimensional HEC-RAS models at the HUC-4 watershed level as will be defined by the SOP to support FEMA’s FFRD initiative. 3. Provide company business size based on NAICS code 541330. Also, provide business type ((i.e., Small Business or Other than Small) and all applicable socio-economic category information (Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned Small Business, Hub Zone Small Business, etc.)). 4. Provide a Statement of Interest in the project. Interested contractors shall submit their response by e-mail only. The response must be submitted as a single application-generated (not scanned) PDF document that is less than or equal to 4MB in size. Please note that hard copies will not be accepted. Responses to this notice are due NO LATER THAN 2:00 p.m., Central, June 24, 2024, via email to the primary point of contact listed Afton Riles at Afton.Riles@usace.army.mil. Also copy furnish R. Ellis Screws at Ellis.Screws@usace.army.mil. Interested parties should register on-line and subscribe to receiving procurement announcements related to this sources-sought notice at www.sam.gov. Any questions related to this notice shall be submitted in writing by E-mail to the point of contact listed. All information marked as proprietary information will be safeguarded to prevent disclosures to non-government personnel and entities. Any future solicitation, including specifications and/or drawings, will be made available on the SAM.gov website (https://www.sam.gov/). Interested parties are solely responsible for monitoring the aforementioned website for the release of a solicitation package and/or any updates/amendments.