RFQ Contractor - Proctor Dam Safety Modification Project

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT notice a market survey for information only, to be used for preliminary planning purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow up information requests. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of industry, to include the Small Business Community: Small Business, Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB). All are highly encouraged to respond to ensure there is adequate competition in accordance with FAR 6.1 or 6.2. The acquisition strategy will be determined based on responses received from this notice and/or other market research methods. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Fort Worth has been tasked to solicit for and award a construction contract for the Proctor Dam Safety Modification Project, located in Comanche Texas 76442. Proposed project will be a competitive, firm-fixed price Design-Bid-Build (to included dewatering system) contract. The district anticipates the action will be procured using FAR 15. SCOPE OF WORK: Proctor Dam is a high hazard dam located in Comanche County, on the Leon River, about three miles west of the unincorporated community of Proctor, and eight miles northeast of the town of Comanche, Texas. The dam consists of an embankment, a low-flow outlet works, a 20-foot-wide service road on top of the dam, and a gated concrete ogee spillway structure. The embankment is a rolled earthfall structure that is 13,460 feet long, including the spillway, and reaches a maximum height of 86 feet above the riverbed. An inverted filter berm and seepage collection system were constructed in 2013 along the downstream embankment toe in the terrace and transition sections. The construction project will address internal erosion in the foundation during extreme floods. The plan addresses internal erosion by constructing a filter trench collection system, installed just downstream of an existing shallow collection trench, in the transition section and increasing the thickness of the weighted filter berm (placed in 2013). The construction will include approximately 900 feet of biopolymer filter trench to a depth of up to 35 feet; a braced excavation drain collector pipe system with a two stage filter up to 12 feet deep; a compacted berm of approximately 40,000 cubic yards of engineered fill of which approximately 1/3 will be lime treated; dewatering system; and associated borrow and haul route work. In accordance with FAR 36/DFARs 236, the estimated construction price range for this project is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. Estimated duration of the project is 365 calendar days. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 237990-Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction which has a small business size standard of $45M. The Product Service Code is Z2PZ. Small Businesses are reminded under FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting. Firm will not pay more than 85% of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the 85% subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. Interested Firm's shall respond to this Sources Sought Notice no later than [2:00PM CDT] [ 07 April 2023]. Email your response to Contract Specialist Bonifacio Magdaleno at bonifacio.magdaleno@usace.army and Contracting Officer Robert Duran at robert.m.duran@usace.army.mil. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.

Division 02 -	Existing Conditions, Subsurface Investigation.
Division 31 -	Earthwork, Site Clearing, Grading, Excavation and Fill, Subgrade Preparation, Excavation, Erosion and Sedimentation Controls, Shoring, Tunneling and Mining, Tunnel Excavation.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Operation and Maintenance of Exterior Improvements.
Division 33 -	Utilities, Instrumentation and Control for Utilities, Water Utilities, Water Utility Distribution Piping, Water Utility Distribution Equipment, Disinfecting of Water Utility Distribution, Water Utility Storage Tanks, Storm Drainage Utilities, Ponds and Reservoirs.
Division 34 -	Transportation, Operation and Maintenance of Transportation.
Division 35 -	Waterway and Marine Construction, Shoreline Protection, Waterway Construction and Equipment, Dam Construction and Equipment.