Inactive
Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
Notice ID:W912P522B0023
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Nashville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB), for the Barkley Dam Drainage Foundation System. The project scope will involve ...
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Nashville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB), for the Barkley Dam Drainage Foundation System. The project scope will involve earthwork (cut/fill operations) to improve site drainage near the toe of the Barkley Dam embankment. Culvert installation, site grading, and stone placement as part culvert construction and erosion control will be the largest pieces of work. Site grading work will involve working near and modifying a few project instrumentation components (piezometers) and a gravel site access road in the construction work limits. The work will involve the abandonment of the existing piezometers and perform site grading procedures. The specifications will be provided with the solicitation announcement. The solicitation is expected to be released on or around July 25, 2022. The intended period of performance is 365 calendar days from Notice to Proceed. Please complete site visit forms attached and provide them to Kathryn Pascual at kathryn.h.pascual@usace.army.mil . Disclosure of Magnitude of Construction Project: The estimated magnitude of this requirement is between $250,000 and $500,000. PLACE OF DELIVERY: Barkley Dam Smithland, Kentucky 42081 United States DELIVERY DATE: 365 calendar days after notice to proceed. NAICS CODE AND SBA SIZE STANDARD: 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, with a size standard of $39.5M (PSC: Y1PZ) TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: 100% Total Small Business Set-aside SOLICITATION AND CONTRACT TYPE: The Government intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price construction contract. Site Visit REGISTRATION: Only registered persons will be permitted to attend the site visit. In addition to the information below, please also provide your firm’s name, firm’s CAGE and/or Unique Entity Identifier (a 12-character alphanumeric ID assigned to an entity by SAM.gov and formerly known as DUNS) number, and name and position title of primary point-of-contact and their telephone number and email address. Only two (2) individuals from each business entity will be permitted to attend. The Site Visit will be on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 1000 hours at Barkley Dam. Please complete site visit forms attached and provide them to Kathryn Pascual at Kathryn.H.Pascual@usace.army.mil. U.S. CITIZENS: To register, U.S. citizens interested in attending the site visit shall submit a Nashville District Corps of Engineers (LRN) U.S. Citizen Security Access Form to the LRN Point of Contacts (POCs), Contract Specialist Rob Holdsworth and Contracting Officer Eugenia Corder, no later than five (5) business days prior to the site visit. If submitting the document in less than five business (5) days prior, the person may not receive approval for participation. Notification of approval or denial will be provided prior to the date of the site visit. The form and guidance are available as PDF attachments to this announcement on http://sam.gov and titled US Citizen Security Access Form. FOREIGN NATIONALS (FNs): All non-U.S. Citizens (including permanent residents) wishing to attend the site visit must be approved in advance. FNs wishing to attend a site visit shall submit a completed Nashville District Corps of Engineers Foreign National Security Access Form and legible color copies of two (2) of the following documents: Passport (unexpired or expired), Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (INS Form N-560 04 N-561), Certificate of Naturalization (INS Form N-550 or N-570), unexpired foreign Passport with I-551 stamp or attached INS Form I-94 indicating unexpired employment authorization, an Alien Registration Receipt Card with photo (INS Form I-151 or I-551), unexpired Temporary Resident Card (INS Form I-688), unexpired Employment Authorization Card (INS Form I- 688A), unexpired Reentry Permit (INS Form I-327), unexpired Refugee Travel Document (INS Form I-571), or unexpired Employment Authorization Documentation issued by the INS which contains a photograph (INS Form I-688B) to the LRN POCs. These documents must be submitted two (2) weeks prior to the site visit. FN requests require approval at the Headquarters U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (HQ USACE) level. Exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis but will be limited. The form is available as a pdf attachment on www.sam.gov with this solicitation and is titled Foreign National Security Access Form. SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM): In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management, registration is required in the System for Award Management (SAM) database located at https://sam.gov/ . More specifically, "An Offeror is required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer or quotation, and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation." (See FAR 52.204-7(b)(1)). For SAM Customer Service, contact: Federal Service Desk URL: www.fsd.gov Hours: 8am - 8pm (Eastern Time) US Calls: 866-606-8220 International Calls: 334-206-7828 DSN: 866-606-8220 BID SUBMISSION: ALL SUBMISSIONS IN RESPONSE TO THIS IFB SHALL BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH PIEE. No paper copies, CD-ROMs or facsimile submissions will be accepted. Electronic Bid Submissions are required through the Army’s Electronic File Sharing Service in PIEE (https://piee.eb.mil/). The PIEE Application is used to send large files to individuals that would normally be too large to send via email. Information regarding how to set up a vendor registration is included in this link: https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/portal/overview/vendorRegister.xhtml. On this page, click on the “Vendor User Registration” Doc and it will take you through the process of registering as a vendor. If you plan on submitting a bid, be sure to select “SOL-Solicitation” in the drop-down list and choose the “Proposal Manager” role to be given the proper permissions. Further training is available at the following links: https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/sol/index.xhtml - This link shows information regarding the Solicitation application in PIEE and the different roles available. https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/sol/solicitation/proposals.xhtml - This link is for Offerors regarding the Proposal Manager function and instruction on submitting a Proposal. a. File Size Limitations: Offerors are advised to follow the PIEE instructions for uploading files. PIEE supports delivery of up to 1.9GB per file, with no limit on the number of files, as well as multiple file formats. If needed, Offerors are advised to break the files down into smaller sections in order to upload them into the system. In such cases, please divide the sections as logically as possible and be sure to clearly name the files as specified below. The final Solicitation has been posted under the name "Barkley Dam Drainage Remediation." Amendment 0001 has also been posted and can be found in the updated solicitation. The purpose of this amendment is to: 1. Revise the Instruction to Bidders, section 1.9, to correct the Projnet Bidder Quick Add Key to KEBHH2-22DI9N. 2. Extend the technical inquiry deadline for contractors to ask questions from 18 August 2022 to 25 August 2022.
