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The sources-sought notice is a tool to identify businesses with the capability to accomplish the work associated with the below scope of work. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. This notice neither constitut... The sources-sought notice is a tool to identify businesses with the capability to accomplish the work associated with the below scope of work. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. This notice neither constitutes a Request for Proposal, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. It should not be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose. Responses to this Sources Sought notice will be used for market research purposes by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Therefore, no contract award will result from this Sources Sought Notice. The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Walla Walla District is issuing this notice to measure the interest and availability of other than large business firms, including HUBZone, 8(a) or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) or other Small Business concerns that can perform surveying and mapping services as part of an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The contract will be for $7 million consisting of a base period of three (3) year and two (2) option periods not to exceed one (1) year each (5 years total). Work will vary in scope and size and will be assigned by individually negotiated firm fixed-price task orders. This procurement will be done in accordance with Public Law 92-582 (Brooks Act) and FAR Part 36. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541370 with a small business size standard of $19.0 million in average annual receipts. Architect-Engineer (A-E) surveying and mapping services are required for various Walla Walla District projects. Primary, assignments will be located within the States of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; however, work may be assigned in the Walla Walla District portions of Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, or at the location of any other Northwestern Division USACE District requesting assistance. Services required include, but not be limited to, survey and mapping activities specific to the following: (1) Conventional and real-time Global Positioning System (GPS) land surveying encompassing geodetic control, cadastral and boundary surveys, remote sensing instrumentation positioning and control surveys, standard and valley type transect surveys, topographic, engineering design and construction surveys; (2) High order geodetic type surveys incorporating Federal Geodetic Control Committee (FGCC) modified Single-Run Modified Double Simultaneous (SRMDS) method differential leveling for electronic digital bar/code leveling systems in support of project precise leveling tasks and three dimensional dam deformation analysis; (3) Transect and topographic single-beam bathymetric surveys designed for riverbed condition analysis and quantity determinations, shoreline surveys, and levee surveys; (4) Conventional and global positioning system (GPS) aerial photogrammetric control surveys; (5) Mapping in two and three dimensions explicit to required surveys; (6) The production and recordation of cadastral/boundary maps and documents according to appropriate State and County requirements; (7) Utilization of multiple frequency GPS and GNSS enables systems, electronic directional and leveling instruments; (8) Establishment of primary control networks from which supplemental surveying and mapping is performed, positional information is determined with reference to ellipsoid heights, and tied to high accuracy geodetic control networks; (9) High resolution 3-D terrestrial laser scanning surveys; (10) Fixed-wing aircraft and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/drones) remote sensing and photogrammetric mapping requirements which consist of aerial photography (natural color, panchromatic, and thermal (IR), aerial photo processing, analytical aero-triangulation, stereo mapping compilation, digital ortho-photography, airborne topographic light detection and ranging (LiDAR) mapping, and land use/cover interpretation; (11) Geographic Information System (GIS) creation of personal geodatabases with implementation of SDSFIE standards and compatible with ESRI ArcGIS software; (12) Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) and Mapping Surveys; (13) Automated data processing with Computer-Aided Design (CAD) systems employing standard to the industry equipment, hardware, and software. Resulting CAD data sets and file formats must be completely compatible with and capable of being loaded directly to the Bentley Systems Inc. MicroStation Connect (DGN) and Open Roads Designer processing software; (14) Utilization of dual frequency RTK GPS systems, electronic directional and leveling instruments, automated data collection, and fully integrated echo sounding (single-beam) equipment and positioning systems with a 22 to 26-foot shallow draft survey vessel(s) as a minimum is required. (15) All surveying and mapping services shall be supervised by a Professional Land Surveyor(s) registered to practice in the State(s) of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington with photogrammetric services directed by a Certified Photogrammetrist. In order to determine the extent of industry interest and experience in the requirement, interested firms shall present the following information: 1) Unique Entity Identifier and CAGE code; 2) socio-economic classification(s) (e.g., 8(a), small business, small disadvantaged business, etc.) as they relate to NAICS code 541370; 3) a brief overview of the firm's capabilities and experience as they relate to items (1) through (11) of the potential services listed above; 4) describe owned or leased equipment that the firm would use to perform the services identified as discussed in item (12); 5) discuss the firm’s capabilities/qualifications (to include certifications and state(s) registered) as they apply to item (13). The response to this notice shall be in summary format and shall not exceed ten (10) pages. Do NOT send an SF 330. No basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this sources sought or Government use of any information provided. The Government will not pay for information or comments provided and will not recognize any costs associated with submission of comments. Companies or individuals interested in responding are invited to submit their information via email ONLY to Chandra Crow at Chandra.d.crow@usace.army.mil. All attachments must be provided in either Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Responses should be received by 4:00 p.m. PDT, 29 November 2023. PLEASE REFERENCE "SOURCES SOUGHT: Surveying and Mapping Architect Engineer IDIQ Contract" IN THE SUBJECT LINE. Respondents will not be contacted regarding their submission or information gathered as a result of this sources sought notice. All responsible sources may respond to this notice and all responses will be considered. Telephonic responses will not be honored.