Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New Orleans District has the following requirement: NOTE: THIS IS A SYNOPSIS, NOT A SOLICITATION. SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME; THERE... The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New Orleans District has the following requirement: NOTE: THIS IS A SYNOPSIS, NOT A SOLICITATION. SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME; THEREFORE, NO QUESTIONS OF A TECHNICAL OR CONTRACTUAL NATURE WILL BE ACCEPTED OR ANSWERED UNTIL THE SOLICITATION IS ISSUED. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS SYNOPSIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. This requirement is to provide the New Orleans District with diving services when they are required in support of the District's mission. The work to be performed shall be in support of navigation, flood control, environmental projects, and other Corps of Engineers related missions, to include: diving services and equipment to investigate, survey, and/or remove designated obstructions and sunken vessels. The Contractor shall provide all labor, fuel, transportation, equipment, and supplies necessary for the performance of diving services on a task order basis. The intent is to award a commercial service, firm-fixed price, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity MATOC contract to two (2) or more offerors. The period of performance will be one base year with four option years and is estimated to begin on or around 18 September 2023. The total capacity of this contract will be $5,000,000.00 or five years, whichever is arrived at first. The solicitation, W912P823R0056 will issue on or about 20 June 2023, with Request for Proposals (RFP) due on or about 17 July 2023. This solicitation is 100% set aside for Small Business, and the NAICS Code is 561990. The intent is to evaluate the proposals using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procedures in accordance with FAR Part 15. Technical factors will be listed and defined in the solicitation. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on SAM (www.sam.gov). You will need the adobe acrobat reader for .pdf files (www.adobe.com) in order to open most files posted by the New Orleans District. You are encouraged, for marketing purposes, to register as an Interested Vendor in Beta SAM (www.sam.gov). This can be done by clicking on the solicitation title and clicking on the button that says Register as an Interested Vendor and entering your business information. Offerors are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration’s Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov. Offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: http://www.sam.gov. The Contract Specialists for this solicitation are Bianca Gaddison at 504-862-2163 (email Bianca.M.JamesGaddison@usace.army.mil) and/or Katherine Younts at 504-862-2803 (email katherine.b.younts@usace.army.mil).