Inactive
Notice ID:140R2020R0009
This is a Sources Sought Synopsis to determine potential sources for information and planning purposes only. The purpose of this Sources Sought is to conduct market research to determine if responsibl...
This is a Sources Sought Synopsis to determine potential sources for information and planning purposes only. The purpose of this Sources Sought is to conduct market research to determine if responsible sources exist, to assist in determining if this effort can be competitive and/or a Small Business Set-Aside. The proposed North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is 237990, which has a corresponding size standard of $39.5M. The Government will use this information to determine the best acquisition strategy for this procurement. The Government is interested in all small businesses to include 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, HUBzone, and Women-Owned small business concerns. The Government requests that interested parties respond to this notice and if applicable, identify your small business status to the identified NAICS code. Additionally, please provide any anticipated teaming arrangements and delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the prime and the work accomplished by the teaming partners. No formal solicitation for this work exists at this time. This notice is not a request for proposal and the information presented in this announcement will not obligate the Bureau of Reclamation in any manner. The estimated cost of this project is between $100,000,000.00 and $200,000,000. This procurement will require 100% performance and payment bonds. Work is located within Tulare and Kern Counties, California, between the town of Lindsay on the north end and Lake Woollomes on the south end. The principal components of work are as follows: 1. Construction of approximately 16 miles of concrete-lined canal adjacent to the existing Friant-Kern Canal starting from downstream of the Tule River, including approximately 4,200,000 cubic yards of compacted embankments; trimming of the canal prism; and furnishing and placing approximately 675,000 square yards of unreinforced concrete canal lining. The canal has a 24-foot bottom width, 1.5 to 1 side slopes with height varying from approximately 17 to 20-feet. 2. Construction of approximately 14 reinforced concrete inverted siphon undercrossings of roadways or stream channels including restoration of the existing roadways and stream channels. Siphons are triple box siphons, each box 19-foot by 19-foot in dimension, varying in length from approximately 190 to 320-feet, with 50-foot long structural inlet and outlet transitions. 3. Construction of 1 reinforced concrete check structure, reinforced concrete inlet and outlet transitions and control building, including furnishing and installing miscellaneous metalwork, chain link fencing, fabricated steel radial gates, complete with appurtenances, lifting mechanisms, instrumentation and electrical components. 4. Construction of approximately 16 reinforced concrete turnout structures on the new canal. The work includes furnishing and installing pipelines, connections to existing infrastructure, reinforced concrete junction weir boxes, miscellaneous metalwork, chain link fencing, hydraulic gates, complete with appurtenances, actuators, instrumentation and electrical components. 5. Miscellaneous utility relocation and modification work including, but not limited to, utility pipeline overcrossings on the new canal and old canal, drainage culvert construction, and irrigation well demolition and abandonment. Interested parties shall include the following information in their response: (a) Business name, address, cage code, size classification based on NAICS size standard, Small Business classification (Small Business, Veteran-Owned Small Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, 8a, HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business etc.), and a point of contact; (b) A positive statement of your intention to submit an offer/bid for this solicitation as a prime contractor; (c) Evidence of your experience performing work similar in type and scope to the work in this announcement within the last ten years. The evidence should include: contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts and points of contacts with telephone numbers for similar scope and complexity turnkey projects completed or substantially completed within the last ten years. Detail collaboration efforts and role of interested party and collaborating manufacturers, designers and subcontractors. Please do not include more than four past projects; and (d) Include attachments cataloging the company's equipment assets, personnel resources and financial resources that demonstrate company responsibility and capability to perform required work. (e) Bonding capacity on a single-job; System for Award Management (SAM) applies to this procurement. Prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make an offeror ineligible for award. Information on SAM registration can be obtained via the Internet at http://www.sam.gov All interested parties are encouraged to respond to this notice, by e-mail to clowery@usbr.gov no later than close of business on 11/05/2020. Detailed specifications are not available at this time. The Government will contact interested vendors directly should it be determined that a capabilities briefing is needed
