Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

Amendment 1: ProjNet Information added below Solicitation Number: W912EE25O0001 Set Aside – Total Small Business Title: INDEFINITE DELIVERY TYPE (IDC) CONTRACT FOR AUTOMATED HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING FOR... Amendment 1: ProjNet Information added below Solicitation Number: W912EE25O0001 Set Aside – Total Small Business Title: INDEFINITE DELIVERY TYPE (IDC) CONTRACT FOR AUTOMATED HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING FOR GAGE AND DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AND IN SUPPORT OF THE MAINTENANCE DREDGING PROGRAM WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION This Pre-solicitation Notice is for interested firms to submit their SF 330 by 19 February 2025 14:00 hours, CST. Firms will be selected for negotiations based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. This is not a Request for Proposal. 1. W912EE - CONTRACT INFORMATION: SF 330s are due by 14:00 hours on 19 February 2025. Firms will be selected for negotiation based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. Three (3) Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) will be negotiated and awarded as a result of this solicitation. These contracts will share a $15M cumulative capacity and will comprise a Multiple Award Task Order Contact (MATOC). Each contract will have a performance period of five (5) years from the date of contract award or exhaustion of the cumulative MATOC capacity of $15 million, whichever comes first. Each contract awarded as a part of the MATOC will have a $1,000 minimum guarantee. The work will be accomplished primarily within the Vicksburg District but may be within the Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) and other areas as needed to support the mission of the US Army Corps of Engineers. Work will be issued by negotiated firm fixed-price or labor-hour task orders. It is anticipated that the estimated workload for each year will be approximately $3.0 million. The cumulative total of Task Orders issued over the life of the MATOC shall not exceed the capacity of $15.0 million. Allocation of Task Orders will be based on specialized experience, past performance, project schedules, and/or current workload. Work will be issued by negotiated firm fixed-price or labor-hour task orders. This announcement is a total Small Business set-aside, which includes Small Disadvantaged Businesses, Section 8(a) Firms, HUBZone Small Businesses, Women-owned Small Businesses, Veteran-owned Small Businesses, Service-disabled Veteran-owned Small Businesses, and Historically Black Colleges or Universities/Minority Institutions. The small business size standard for surveying and mapping services is $19.0 million, NAICS code 541370 for Surveying and Mapping Services. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The work consists of providing professional services as required in connection with Automated Hydrographic Surveying, including both single-beam and multi-beam methods, and Automated Topographic Surveying in support of the Vicksburg District Maintenance Dredging and Mat Sinking Operations at various locations primarily within the limits of the Vicksburg District but may include any district within MVD. Automated Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) Differential GPS Hydrographic Surveys and Automated Topographic Surveys will be required on the Mississippi River, its tributaries, and smaller rivers and streams and associated harbors. ADCP Surveys for the acquisition of river current and discharge data may be required for acquisition of current and flow patterns at locks and dams, around dikes, bridge piers or obstructions in channels. The work consists of taking a defined number of discharge measurements on a routine basis along the Mississippi, Red, and Ouachita Rivers. The measurements will be taken with the use of an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) and a single beam depth sounder. The data collected will be imported into personal computer software specifically designed to calculate and view flow measurements. The Proposal shall include the Contractor’s software(s) to be employed under this solicitation if selected. The work will also require collecting daily water stage data at approximately 50 gaging sites throughout the Vicksburg District and reporting information daily and monthly to the Vicksburg District. Additional work will consist of maintenance of permanent reference elevation markers at each gaging site and infrequent collection of suspended sediment samples at specific discharge ranges. Extreme flow conditions may require a combination of the ADCP, a single beam depth sounder, and differential GPS. The contractor may be required to take special purpose flow pattern and discharge measurements at lock and dam locations. The contractor may be required to verify his system by comparison with conventional discharge methods. All measurements will be in English units. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection will be based on the following criteria, which are in descending order of importance with A and B being of equal value. Criteria A through F are primary; criteria G is secondary and will only be used as a "tie-breaker," if necessary. A. Specialized experience with sub-factors in descending order of importance: (1) Firm must have prior recent experience in Automated Hydrographic Surveying in streams ranging in size from the Mississippi River to small creeks, oxbows, and canals. (2) Firm must have prior recent experience in topographic, construction, and maintenance dredging surveys. Firm should demonstrate the capability to provide all services in a timely, professional manner and in a format consistent with Corps of Engineers CADD/GIS systems by submission of examples of completed work. (3) Firm must have prior recent experience in horizontal and vertical control surveys. (4) Firm must have experience in ADCP hydrographic surveying with data collection integrating a single beam depth sounder and differential GPS positioning. (5) Firm must have experience in collecting discharge measurements by conventional methods. (6) Firm must have experience in collecting and analyzing suspended sediment samples from river streams ranging in size from the Mississippi River to small creeks, oxbows, and canals. B. Professional Qualifications with sub-factors in descending order of importance: (1) Firm must have at least one professionally registered land surveyor in Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. (2) Firm must delineate the capability, background, and experience of the key personnel within the firm who will be responsible for the administration of the contract and should indicate the ability to ensure the successful performance of the work required. (3) Firm must clearly demonstrate the availability of adequate numbers of experienced personnel to perform the various tasks associated with automated hydrographic surveys, automated topographic surveys, ADCP data collection and with dredge alignment surveys. C. Past Performance with subfactors in descending order of importance: (1) Consideration will be given to ratings on previous DOD contracts. (2) Consideration will be given to the performance of firms that have experience with other DOD organizations in the type of work required under this contract and work of similar nature, complexity, and difficulty. D. Capacity with sub-factors in descending order of importance: (1) Firm must clearly demonstrate the ability to respond to emergency dredge alignment survey requirements which may require commencement of field work on less than 8 hours’ notice, onboard and/or real-time plot of unedited data, analysis of plotted/graphed/printed data, setting of dredge alignment points with determination of coordinates, and may require submittal of final plotted survey within 24 hours of completion of field work. Firm must clearly indicate the capability in writing or through demonstration, if required, to respond on short notice to emergency dredging requirements. This includes travel to the job site, completion of fieldwork, field plotting of information, and setting of survey control points for dredge alignment as directed. (2) Firm must clearly demonstrate the accuracy and speed of data collection, editing, processing, plotting, and output of final submission. (3) Firm must clearly demonstrate the availability of all incidentally required equipment such as tools, markers, stakes, paint, boats, vehicles, spare units, etc. (4) Firm must clearly demonstrate the capability to furnish a minimum of two complete and independent automated hydrographic survey parties as well as a two-man ADCP hydrographic survey party with all necessary equipment and supplies, including boat. E. Knowledge of the Locality. Consideration will be given to familiarity with the waterways of the Vicksburg District. F. DOD contract awards in the past 12 months; the greater the award the lesser the consideration. G. Geographic proximity to Vicksburg Mississippi. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms having the capabilities for this work must send one electronic copy of their SF-330, along with a signed SF-330 Part II for each prime and subconsultant listed. SF-330 packages should be sent to: MVKAEcoordinator@usace.army.mil and Kasey.T.Davis@usace.army.mil no later than 14:00 hrs, CST, on 19 February 2025. Include both the solicitation number and the company’s UEI on all submittals. Note the following restrictions on submittal of SF330; Block E – Resumes of key persons, specialist and individual consultants anticipated for this project will be limited to a maximum of 20 pages (one side). Block H—Additional information will be limited to a maximum of 20 pages (one side). Pages in excess of the maximum of 20 will be discarded and not used in evaluation. All telephone calls should be directed to Ms. Lane Vargas, (601) 631-7021. APPOINTMENTS WILL NOT BE SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). A fee/price solicitation will be issued at a later date, to the (3) firms determined to be the most highly qualified. ****NOTE: Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), for information see http: www.sam.gov. All Technical inquiries and questions related to this solicitation shall be submitted via ProjNet. Technical inquiries and questions relating to this solicitation are to be submitted via bidder inquiry in ProjNet at (https://www.projnet.org). Bidders are encouraged to submit questions 5 days prior to bid opening to ensure adequate time is allotted to form an appropriate response and amend the solicitation, if necessary. To submit and review inquiry items, prospective vendors will need to use the bidder inquiry key presented below and follow the instructions listed below the key for access. A prospective vendor who submits a comment /question will receive an acknowledgement of their comment/question via email, followed by an answer to the comment/question after it has been processed by our technical team. All timely questions and approved answers will be made available through ProjNet. The solicitation number is: W912EE25O0001 The bidder inquiry key is: 8C547Q-ZN4769 Specific instructions for ProjNet bid inquiry access: 1. From the ProjNet home page linked above, click on quick add on the upper right side of the screen. 2. Identify the agency. This should be marked as USACE. 3. Key. Enter the bidder inquiry key listed above. 4. Email. Enter the email address you would like to use for communication. 5. Click continue. A page will then open saying that a user account was not found and will ask you to create one using the provided form. 6. Enter your first name, last name, company, city, state, phone, email, secret question, secret answer, and time zone. Make sure to remember your secret question and answer as they will be used from this point on to access the ProjNet system. 7. Click add user. Once this is completed you are now registered within ProjNet and are currently logged into the system. Specific instructions for future ProjNet bid inquiry access: 1. For future access to ProjNet, you will not be emailed any type of password. You will utilize your secret question and secret answer to log in. 2. From the ProjNet home page linked above, click on quick add on the upper right side of the screen. 3. Identify the agency. This should be marked as USACE. 4. Key. Enter the bidder inquiry key listed above. 5. Email. Enter the email address you used to register previously in ProjNet. 6. Click continue. A page will then open asking you to enter the answer to your secret question. 7. Enter your secret answer and click login. Once this is completed you are now logged into the system.

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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 REQUEST, 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 REQUEST, 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 may 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 providing professional services as required in connection with Automated Hydrographic Surveying, including both single-beam and multi-beam methods, and Automated Topographic Surveying in support of the Vicksburg District Maintenance Dredging and Mat Sinking Operations at various locations primarily within the limits of the Vicksburg District but may include any district within MVD. Automated Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) Differential GPS Hydrographic Surveys and Automated Topographic Surveys will be required on the Mississippi River, its tributaries, and smaller rivers and streams and associated harbors. ADCP Surveys for the acquisition of river current and discharge data may be required for acquisition of current and flow patterns at locks and dams, around dikes, bridge piers or obstructions in channels. The work consists of taking a defined number of discharge measurements on a routine basis along the Mississippi, Red, and Ouachita Rivers. The measurements will be taken with the use of an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) and a single beam depth sounder. The data collected will be imported into personal computer software specifically designed to calculate and view flow measurements. The Proposal shall include the Contractor’s software(s) to be employed under this solicitation if selected. The work will also require collecting daily water stage data at approximately 50 gaging sites throughout the Vicksburg District and reporting information daily and monthly to the Vicksburg District. Additional work will consist of maintenance of permanent reference elevation markers at each gaging site and infrequent collection of suspended sediment samples at specific discharge ranges. Extreme flow conditions may require a combination of the ADCP, a single beam depth sounder, and differential GPS. The contractor may be required to take special purpose flow pattern and discharge measurements at lock and dam locations. The contractor may be required to verify his system by comparison with conventional discharge methods. All measurements will be in English units. 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. Include contract numbers, 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: (1) Firm must have prior recent experience in Automated Hydrographic Surveying in streams ranging in size from the Mississippi River to small creeks, oxbows, and canals. (2) Firm must have prior recent experience in topographic, construction, and maintenance dredging surveys. Firm should demonstrate the capability to provide all services in a timely, professional manner and in a format consistent with Corps of Engineers CADD/GIS systems by submission of examples of completed work. (3) Firm must have prior recent experience in horizontal and vertical control surveys. (4) Firm must have experience in ADCP hydrographic surveying with data collection integrating a single beam depth sounder and differential GPS positioning. (5) Firm must have experience in collecting discharge measurements by conventional methods. (6) Firm must have experience in collecting and analyzing suspended sediment samples from river streams ranging in size from the Mississippi River to small creeks, oxbows, and canals. Professional qualifications should include: (1) Firm must have at least one professionally registered land surveyor in Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. (2) Firm must delineate the capability, background, and experience of the key personnel within the firm who will be responsible for the administration of the contract and should indicate the ability to ensure the successful performance of the work required. (3) Firm must clearly demonstrate the availability of adequate numbers of experienced personnel to perform the various tasks associated with automated hydrographic surveys, automated topographic surveys, ADCP data collection and with dredge alignment surveys. 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. 5. A narrative statement demonstrating your firm's capability and experience in providing Hydraulic/Hydrological Engineering services of a similar nature as described above. Your response should include the following information: details of similar contracts/projects (within the past 5 years) to include contract number, dates of service, project references (including owner with phone number and email address), size and scope of contract/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. CDT, Friday, December 13, 2024, via email to the primary point of contact listed Kasey Davis at Kasey.T.Davis@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.