Maintenance of upland dredged material disposal areas located in various areas of Alabama along the Black Warrior Tombigbee Waterway and the Alabama River Lakes Waterway

Market Research and Sources Sought Notice for information on the capability and availability of potential contractors to furnish equipment with operators and all necessary materials and supplies to perform maintenance work of dredged material disposal areas located in various areas of Alabama along the Black Warrior Tombigbee Waterway and the Alabama River Lakes Waterway.

The purpose of this Market Research and Sources Sought Notice is to gain knowledge of potentially qualified Small and Large Business firms interested in furnishing equipment with operators and all necessary materials and supplies to perform maintenance work of dredged material disposal areas located in various areas of Alabama. This is a Sources Sought Notice, NOT a solicitation announcement.

Accordingly, no contract award will result from this Sources Sought Notice, as it does not constitute a commitment by the Government. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice will be used by the Government in making appropriate acquisition decisions. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, anticipates a future procurement for maintenance of upland dredged material disposal areas located in various areas of Alabama along the Black Warrior Tombigbee Waterway and the Alabama River Lakes Waterway.

The contractor shall have the ability to perform work consisting of dike raising, excavation, leveling, and stacking material, hauling out of dried material, dewatering ditches, and constructing and installing weirs. Other work might include constructing earthen berms in coastal waters, transporting material to coastal waters for marsh construction, construction of rock levees, and re-establishing small channels by snagging or mechanical/hydraulic dredging.

The proposed solicitation will be an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with task orders issued for various disposal areas located in various areas of Alabama. This IDIQ will be for a five (5) year ordering period and will not exceed $49 million. Sources are being sought for firms with a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code of 237990 with a Small Business Size Standard of $45 million. Responses should include the following information and shall not exceed a total of eight (8) pages:

1. Offeror's name, address, and points of contact with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses.

2. Business size/classification to include any designations as Small Business, HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, 8(a), or Women-Owned shall be indicated on the first page of the submission.

3. Bonding capability (construction bonding level per single contract/task order and aggregate construction bonding level, both expressed in dollars along with current available bonding capacity).

4. Past Performance Information that documents the respondent’s experience performing projects similar to that described above. The referenced projects should be of similar scope and magnitude and should have been completed within the last five (5) years.

Information should be provided in the form of a Contract Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs), or by providing the following information: Project title, location, general description of the construction to demonstrate similarity to the project listed above, the Offeror's role (i.e., prime contractor, subcontractor, etc.), the dollar value of contract, duration, and name of the company, agency or government entity for which the work was performed with contact information (reference name, phone number and e-mail address).

NO HARDCOPY RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED. ALL RESPONSES WILL BE ELECTRONIC and submitted in pdf format to the following email addresses: Contract Specialist, Jenny Zuniga at Jenny.g.zuniga@usace.army.mil, and Contracting Officer, Jillian Saffle at jillian.e.saffle@usace.army.mil . Submittals are due no later than 2:00 PM local Mobile, AL time on 05 July 2024. Electronic submittals will be retained for future reference; however, they are to be considered source sensitive and not subject to public disclosure.