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This is a Sources Sought/Request for Information only. This is NOT a Solicitation Announcement, nor is it a Request for Proposal. This request does not obligate the Government in any contract award. T... This is a Sources Sought/Request for Information only. This is NOT a Solicitation Announcement, nor is it a Request for Proposal. This request does not obligate the Government in any contract award. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, is conducting research to determine the market capabilities of potential contractors for services to maintain the Government property boundary by brushing, painting, installing tree signs and carsonite posts, and removing underbrush along the projects boundary for a Base + 4 Option Periods. General project information: The Contractor will not be establishing new boundary lines or conducting any land survey activities. Work consists of brushing, painting and signing designated segments of the existing United States Government’s property boundary to maintain a highly visible boundary line at B. Everett Jordan Lake and Falls Lake, located in Wake, Granville, Orange, Durham, and Chatham counties. The repainting approximately 95 miles of previously painted trees along the boundary or easement line each contract year. This work shall be accomplished during the time-period of October 1 through March 31. Falls Dam and Visitor Assistance Center: 11405 Falls of Neuse Road, Wake Forest, NC Jordan Dam and Visitor Assistance Center: 2080 Jordan Dam Road, Moncure, NC The Contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, supplies, and transportation required to maintain a highly visible boundary line at B. Everett Jordan Lake and Falls Lake; such as: Boundary marking paint that is labeled and approved for boundary line marking and contains no lead. Paint color shall be for the boundary type being marked and shall be approved before use. Brush cutting tools, employees personal safety equipment, lubricants, fuels, paint and bark scraping tools, paint brushes, cleaning materials, aluminum nails for mounting signs. Transportation for personnel and equipment. First aid supplies and other safety equipment. All other materials that becomes necessary for the orderly and efficient completion of the work. Government Furnished Materials: Electronic copies of Boundary Line Segment Maps Electronic copies of Boundary Line Sectional Maps Six (6) foot Carsonite sign posts, marked, “Boundary Line” Six (6) foot Carsonite sign posts, marked “Witness Post” Six (6) foot Carsonite sign posts, marked “Easement Boundary” Sign post driver 3.5” x 5.5” square U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boundary line signs, as needed. Anticipated NAICS Code: 561730, Landscaping Services. All interested firms have until 11 June 2021, 10AM, EDT to submit the following information: - Name & Address of your Firm - Point of Contact (Name/Phone/E-mail) - Current SAM Record to included DUNS Number and CAGE Code - Firm's capability to perform the work. - Documented experience on projects of similar scope for at least five years. - Business Size, to include designation as HUBZone, 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned Business, and Large Business. Any supporting documentation that confirms your socio-economic status should be provided, i.e., letter of certification from VA confirming SDVOSB status. The Government must be able to verify SBA certification of HubZone and 8(a) via SAM. The Government may not give credit to your socio-economic class if there is not sufficient documentation to support it or if the Government cannot verify through other means that your business is as such. The requested information shall be submitted electronically to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Attn: Ms. Karri Mares and Ms. Missee Koehn E-mail: karri.l.mares@usace.army.mil and Melissa.K.Koehn@usace.army.mil The email should be titled: Boundary Line Maintenance IMPORTANT: Responses must be limited to no more than 10 pages. Submission of a Capabilities Statement is not a prerequisite to any potential future offerings, but participation will assist the Corps in tailoring requirements to be consistent with industry capabilities. This sources sought notice is for information and planning purposes only and is neither to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents WILL NOT be notified of the results of the evaluation. Statements that do not meet all requirements or submitted within the allotted time will not be considered. Electronic submissions only. Do not send hard copies of advertising or promotional materials. Please ensure that all responses are comprehensive and provide a name and point-of-contact for your firm for follow-up by this office or the procuring contracting officer. If you have responded to any previous e-mail messages or had other communications with our office regarding preliminary market research for this project, please be advised that it will be necessary for you to respond to this sources sought and the questions contained therein. Any responses involving teaming agreements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the Prime Contractor and work accomplished by the teaming partner. All information is to be provided on a voluntary basis at no charge to the Government. There is no entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs related to or arising out of responding to this request for information. All information provided becomes property of the Government. There is no guarantee, expressed or implied, that the market research for this acquisition will result in any guarantee of award or acquisition strategy. Questions regarding this sources sought notice must be submitted in writing via email to both email addresses listed above.