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Market Survey for Water Quality Program Mussel Surveys A market survey is being conducted to determine if there are a reasonable number of interested small business concerns to set this future project... Market Survey for Water Quality Program Mussel Surveys A market survey is being conducted to determine if there are a reasonable number of interested small business concerns to set this future project aside for them. If your firm is a Small Business, certified HUBZone, 8A, Woman-Owned Small Business or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business and you are interested in this project please respond appropriately. Project Location: Within the Ohio River watershed Project Description: Surveys of freshwater mussels within waters of the Ohio River watershed, typically in relation to Louisville District projects. Surveys will include diving and may include: identifying mussel species and estimating abundance, density, and population/community metrics; recording measurements of individuals (e.g., maximum length); mapping river bed areas for existing mussel beds, determining suitable dredging disposal areas (presence or absence of mussels) or other general mussel resource location information; determining quantitative or qualitative changes in known mussel beds areas, determining mussel density information; and/or relocating mussel resources prior to some disruptive work activity. Contract duration is estimated at 365 calendar days for the base contract with an additional four (4) option years attached to the base contract. The estimated cost range is between $500,000.00 to $1,000,000 (FAR 36.204 & DFARS 236.204). NAICS code is 541370 - Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services. All interested Small Businesses, certified HUBZONE, 8A, Woman-Owned Small Business or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business contractors should respond to this survey via email to ethan.s.phillips@usace.army.mil by Tuesday, May 20, 2025 by 1:00 PM Eastern Time. Responses should include: Identification and verification of the company’s small business status. Contractor’s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and Cage Code. Documentation from the firm’s bonding company showing current single and aggregate performance and payment bond limits. Description of Experience – Provide descriptions your firm’s past experience on up to three (3) projects with greater than 95% construction complete, or those projects completed within the last five years which are similar to this project in size, and scope. Provide documentation demonstrating experience for similar type of work and managing multiple sub-contractors. Demonstrate experience including self-performing 15% of the work. Provide documentation demonstrating experience for projects of similar type projects. Each project must include the name, title, project role, e-mail address, and telephone number of at least one reference. References may be used to verify project size, scope, dollar value, percentages and quality of performance. Projects similar in Scope to this project include: Evidence of experience in dive surveys for mussels Evidence of experience in preparing reports or data, including environmental analysis of mussel life in major rivers that is reviewed by Federal and/or State Fish and Wildlife Agencies Resume of Qualifying Malacologist with experience working with state Fish and Wildlife agencies Ability to identify species, estimates of abundance, density, and population metrics Projects similar in size to this project include: Five (5) or more study sites within a single project Based on definitions above, for each project submitted include: Current percentage of work complete and the date when it was or will be completed. Size of the project Scope of the project The dollar value of the contract The percentage of work that was self-performed as project and/or construction management services or physical construction type work. Small Businesses are reminded under FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting; they must perform at least 15% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with the firm’s own employees for general construction-type procurement. Include the percentage of work that will be self-performed on this project, and how it will be accomplished. NOTE: Total submittal package shall be no longer than 10 pages. Please only include a narrative of the requested information; additional information will not be reviewed. Email responses and any questions to Ethan Phillips at ethan.s.phillips@usace.army.mil. Responses are due by 20 May 2025 at 1:00 PM ET. This is NOT a Request for Proposal and does not constitute any commitment by the Government. Responses to this sources sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested sources must respond to future solicitation announcements separately for responses to this market survey. NOTICE: The following information is provided for situational awareness and is not required to respond to this Sources Sought. All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (www.SAM.gov) prior to award of a contract. All proposed contractors are highly encouraged to review FAR Clause 52.232-33 Payments by Electronic Funds Transfer – System for Award Management, which indicates “All payments by the Government under this contract shall be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT).” Those not currently registered can obtain registration by going to the website http://www.SAM.gov. The process can usually be completed from 24 to 48 hours after submission. Contractors will need to obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (formerly DUNS number) for processing their registration. If you do not already have a Unique Entity Identifier, one can be obtained from http://www.SAM.gov. Refer to www.SAM.gov for information formerly found in CCR, EPLS, ORCA and FedReg. Please begin the registration process immediately in order to avoid delay of the contract award should your firm be selected. ALERT: You must submit a notarized letter appointing the authorized Entity Administrator before your registration will be activated. This requirement now applies to both new and existing entities. Effective 29 April 2018, the notarized letter process is now mandatory on all CURRENT registrants at SAM who have a requirement to update data on their SAM record. The notarized letter is mandatory and is required before the GSA Federal Service Desk (FSD) will activate the entity's registration. Effective 29 June 2018, vendors creating or updating their registration can have their registration activated prior to the approval of the required notarized letter. However, the signed copy of the notarized letter must be sent to the GSA Federal Service Desk (FSD) within 30 days of activation or the vendor risks no longer being active in SAM. Vendors can check whether an account is active by performing a query by their CAGE or Unique Entity Identifier (known as DUNS). The new registration process may now take several weeks, so vendors are highly encouraged to begin registering as soon as possible to avoid any possible delays in future contract awards. Remember, there is no cost to use SAM. To find out additional information about the changes of the SAM registration process, contractors should visit the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) link located at the top of the SAM homepage (www.sam.gov).