RECOVERY--Y--Colorado River and Tributaries, Texas, Mouth of Colorado River in Matagorda County, Texas, Pipeline Dredging and Construction of New East Jetty
Agency: Department of the Army
Office: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Location: US Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. THERE WILL NOT BE A SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS AVAILABLE. The Sources Sought Number for this announcement is W912HY-09-S-0023. Project Title: RECOVERY Colorado River and Tributaries, Texas, Mouth of Colorado River in Matagorda County, Texas, pipeline Dredging and Construction of New East Jetty. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, solicits for Capability Statements from all qualified and interested parties from Service Disabled-Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Business Administration (SBA) 8a firms, and HubZone Small Business firms. The 2007 NAICS Code for the proposed acquisition is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, and the small business size standard is $33.5 Million. The Military Federal Supply Code is Y219. The order of magnitude for this effort is between $10 million and $25 million. The Government will use responses to this SOURCES SOUGHT synopsis to make appropriate acquisition decisions to solicit this project as either competitive Service Disabled-Veteran Owned, HubZone Small Business, 8(a), or Unrestricted. PROJECT INFORMATION: The Contractor shall provide all plant, labor, and material for dredging approximately 500,000 cubic yards of maintenance material for beach placement and construction of a 3,100 foot jetty. The contractor shall provide a Bid Bond in the amount of 20% of the total bid amount or $3 million, whichever is less. The contractor will be required to provide Performance and Payment Bonds within five days after contract award. The contract completion time is 500 calendar days. If the contractor fails to complete the work within 500 calendar days, the contractor shall pay liquidated damages to the Government for each calendar day of delay until the work is completed or accepted. NOTE: (1) If the decision is to Set-Aside for Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVO), the contractor shall be required to spend at least 15% of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel on the concerns employees or the employees of other SDVO in accordance with the Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) PART 125, Sec.125.6, Prime contractor performance requirements, paragraph (b) (2). NOTE: (2) If the decision is to Set-Aside this procurement for HUBZone Small Business, the qualified HUBZone spends at least 15% of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel on the concerns employees. In addition to CFR PART 125 and in accordance to CFR PART 126, paragraph (b) states that In addition to the requirement set forth in Sec.125.6(c), one or more qualified HUBZone Small Business must spend at least 50% of the cost of the contract incurred for personnel on its own employees or employees of other qualified Small Business concerns. A qualified HUBZone Small Business concern prime contractor receiving a HUBZone contract for general construction may meet this requirement itself by expending 50% of the cost of the contract incurred for personnel on its employees or it may subcontract at least 35% of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel to one or more qualified HUBZone small business concerns. A qualified HUBZone prime contractor may not, however, subcontract more than 50% of the cost of the contract incurred for personnel to non-qualified HUBZone small business concerns. NOTE (3): If the decision is to Set-Aside for SBA 8(a) program, the concern will perform at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with it own employees in accordance to Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.219-14. The Government invites contractors with the capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements to submit Capability Statements consisting of appropriate documentation, literature, brochures, and references anticipated to be five to ten pages, following the set format. Respondents must include references and a capability statement for at least five completed projects within the last three years of similar work for:
dredging and jetty construction. Each reference shall include the company name and title, telephone number, and point of contact. Indicate whether your firm was the prime contractor or subcontractor on other similar projects. The capability statements for each project should be numbered consistent with the below requirements followed by supporting documentation. Offerors need to provide a list of projects by contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts, and evidence of the following specific capabilities:

This opportunity is a Recovery and Reinvestment Act action
Solicitation Number: W912HY-09-S-0024