Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS W912EP22Z0015 Marine Corps Support Facility - Blount Island, Maintenance Dredging, 38-foot Project, Duval County, Florida This is announcement constitutes a Source Sought Synop... SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS W912EP22Z0015 Marine Corps Support Facility - Blount Island, Maintenance Dredging, 38-foot Project, Duval County, Florida This is announcement constitutes a Source Sought Synopsis. This announcement seeks information from industry and will only be used for preliminary planning purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR BIDS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. The Jacksonville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking interest from prospective bidders for a potential fiscal year (FY) 2023 award of the aforementioned project. The purpose of this synopsis is to gauge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of the Dredging Community, to include Small Businesses, as the Government must ensure there is adequate competition amongst the potential pool of responsible contractors. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to said synopsis or any follow-up information requested. The proposed project will be a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract. The Jacksonville District anticipates the issuance of an Invitation for Bid (IFB). The Jacksonville District of the US Army Corps of Engineers is seeking interested bidders for a project consists of maintenance dredging at the Marine Corps Support Facility - Blount Island (MCSF-BI) from Station 0+00 to Station 56+09.1 with a 38-foot required Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) maintenance depth plus two feet of allowable overdepth as shown on the drawings. The placement location of the dredged material will be Dayson Island Disposal Area (D/A-D) as shown on the drawings. Additional work also includes environmental monitoring, turbidity and disposal monitoring, standby time, and partnering regroup. The project will have an estimated period of performance of 126 calendar days after issuance of Notice to Proceed (NTP). The Estimated Magnitude of construction is between $1,000,000 and $7,000,000. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 237990, Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities. The Small Business Size Standard for this project is $32.5 million. Anticipated solicitation issuance date is on or about May 31, 2023 and the anticipated response date is on or about July 03, 2023. The official Synopsis citing the solicitation number will be issued on the SAM.gov Contracting Opportunities Website: www.sam.gov. Responses to this Sources Sought/Request for Information Notice shall be limited to 7 pages and shall include the following information: (1) Industry is asked to submit their interest, capabilities and qualifications as follows: 1. Company/Contractor name, address, point of contact, phone number and e-mail address. 2. Company’s interest in bidding on the subject requirement when issued. 3. Company’s capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity (include company’s capability to execute comparable work performed within the past 10 years). Company should provide at least 3 examples which, at a minimum, include the following: a. Brief description of the project b. Customer name c. Customer satisfaction d. Timeliness of performance e. Dollar value of the completed projects 4. Offeror shall identify their Small Business classification and Small Business Size _ Small Business _ Small Disadvantage Business _ 8(a) Small Business _ HUB Zone _ SDVOSB _ WOSB 5. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, firms should address the structure of such arrangement include Joint Venture information, if applicable – existing and potential. 6. Bonding Capacity (construction bonding level per contract and aggregate construction bonding level, both expressed in dollars) via letter from the bonding company. NOTES: DO NOT SUBMIT A RESPONSE TO THIS SYNOPSIS IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO BID ON THIS PROJECT. DO NOT SUBMIT PROPRIETARY AND/OR BUSINESS CONFIDENITAL DATA. TO BE CONSIDERED SMALL FOR PURPOSES OF GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT, A FIRM MUST PERFORM AT LEAST 40 PERCENT OF THE VOLUME DREDGED WITH ITS OWN EQUIPMENT OR EQUIPMENT OWNED BY ANOTHER SMALL DREDGING CONCERN. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the work associated with the subject requirement, are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice no later than March 17, 2023 at 12:00PM, local time. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice shall be sent to Mrs. Ruth C. Rodriguez via email at Ruth.C.Rodriguez@usace.army.mil and Ms. Tedra N. Thompson via email at Tedra.N.Thompson@usace.army.mil. Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response under this sources sought synopsis. You must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. To register, go to www.sam.gov. For additional information visit the website for the Federal Service Desk (www.FSD.gov) which supports SAM or contact them at 866-606-8220 for assistance.