Inactive 8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (HECSA), is expecting to issue a solicitation for the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Power Reliabil... The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (HECSA), is expecting to issue a solicitation for the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Power Reliability Enhancement Program (PREP) Office. The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is as a means of conducting market research or as a market survey and to gather industry comments, suggestions, or questions before the anticipated release of the solicitation. This notice is for market research purposes only with the intent to identify vendors that are interested and capable of performing the requirements listed in the attached DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS). PREP requires a qualified contractor to provide support services to ensure mission reliability of electric power and mechanical cooling systems and other infrastructure that supports the National Military Command System as well as Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance facilities. The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 237130 – Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction. This is an 8(a) set aside to an 8(a)-participant owned by an Alaska Native Corporation, Indian Tribe, Native Hawaiian Organization, or Community Development Corporation. The Government is interested in 8(a) companies capable of performing the requirements listed in the Draft Performance Work Statement. CAPABILITIES SOUGHT In response to this email, please provide the following information: Name of the firm point of contact, phone number, email address, CAGE code, SAM UEI number, small business status as listed in the System for Award Management and the corresponding NAICS code. Company's technical capability to perform a contract of this scope and complexity to include, but not limited to: Comments on the attached draft PWS. Demonstrate your company has the resources, personnel, and equipment necessary to perform the required services described in the draft PWS. Provide 3 examples of similar projects in terms of scope, size and complexity provided to any Federal Government customer and brief description for each example. Identify challenges and risks associated with meeting the requirements listed in the draft PWS and how your organization would minimize those risks. Can your company provide corporate/commercial experience references that maps back to similar scope, complexity and magnitude? Does your company hold an active Facility Security Clearance Level (FCL) at the Secret level? Describe your company’s ability to manage engineering resources in occasions where you will have to support additional resource loading due to multiple and conflicting requirements in a short period of time. A rough order of magnitude estimate for the entire project. Other Considerations: If there anything else your company believes the Government should consider prior to releasing a formal solicitation? Please respond to this request no later than 2:00 PM ET on 12 April 2024. Responses can be submitted via email to both Giorgiana Chen, Contract Specialist Giorgiana.Chen@usace.army.mil and Douglas E. Pohlman, Supervisory Contracting Officer, Douglas.E.Pohlman@usace.army.mil. Sources sought notice questions are due by 2:00 P.M. ET on 29 March 2024. Only email responses will be reviewed as a part of this market analysis. Phone calls will not be accepted, and voicemails will not be returned. ***************** The purpose of this amendment is to extend the response due date from 12 April 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT to 19 April 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. All other terms and conditions of the notice stay the same.