This is a Sources Sought for a National IDC for Geotechnical and Drilling Services
SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR MARKET RESEARCH ONLY - This notice does not constitute a solicitation announcement or restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach and NO AWARD will occur from this notice. NO SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS are available for this notice. Responses to this Sources Sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions.
The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of potentially qualified small business sources to include small businesses in the following categories: Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Certified HUBZone, Woman-Owned, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned.
Work could occur anywhere within the Continental United States as assigned to or by the USACE Dam Safety Modification Mandatory Center of Expertise; Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Dam Safety Modification Production Center; and Districts within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, which includes the Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Huntington, Louisville, Nashville, and Pittsburgh Districts.
Contractor shall demonstrate through professional registration, firm and personnel resumes, executed examples, and supporting customer feedback documentation the ability to provide engineering support of the following Geotechnical activities:
o Hydraulic Rock Scour Evaluation
o Geohydraulic Engineering expertise
o Rock Mechanics expertise
o Soil Mechanics expertise
o Rock anchoring
o Soils anchoring
o Exploratory drilling with up to six rigs onsite within seven days
o Acoustic and Video downhole geophysics
o Geophysical Surveys utilizing all potential methods
o Seepage analysis
o Subsurface Exploration
o Inspection of subsurface exploration
o Instrumentation of dams both gravity and embanked
o Geotechnical reports
o Static Stability Analyses
o Geophysical studies
o Literature search
o Field mapping
o Seismology studies
o Liquefaction analysis
o Dynamic Stability Analysis
o Use of gINT to prepare graphic logs
o Abandoned mine lands investigations
o HTRW exploratory drilling including certifications
o Dam safety training
o Rock testing
o Soils testing
Contractor staff and experts must be able to meet security clearance requirements as defined in Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 quote mark Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors. quote mark
Contractor's drillers must have a minimum of five years experience drilling in embankments utilizing the Contractor's equipment. The contractor must have a registered PE or PG drilling inspector/supervisor with five years experience inspecting drilling in embankments to meet ER 1110-1-1807 (2013 or newer) requirements; documentation of this must be provided for consideration.
The submission is limited to 15 pages (30 front and back), to include:
1) Offeror's name, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address.
2) Offeror's interest in proposing on a solicitation if issued.
3) Offeror's capability to perform a contract of this complexity and examples of comparable work performed within the past 10 years based on the above criteria.
4) Describe the professional qualifications of your firm. Provide the number and qualifications of registered professional personnel in the key disciplines noted above.
5) Describe your firms' capacity to perform up to approximately $5,000,000.00 in work of the required type in a one-year period and accomplish the anticipated work in an efficient and quality manner.
6) Verification of Small Business Administration (SBA) certification(s).
All interested contractors should provide a response by close of business, July 7, 2014. Submit your response to Samantha L. Stanley via email at [email protected] , or via fax: (304) 399-5281. Electronic submission via email are preferred.
Samantha Stanley, 304-399-5705
USACE District, Huntington
