BREAKWATER REPAIRS AT THE MICHIGAN CITY HARBOR, MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA - USACE CHICAGO DISTRICT PROJECT

By way of this Market Survey/Sources Sought Notice, the USACE-Chicago District intends to determine the extent of firms that are engaged in providing the services described hereunder for Michigan City Harbor Breakwater Repairs. The responses to this Notice will be used for planning purposes for an upcoming procurement. Therefore, this Notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP); it does not guarantee the future issue of a RFP; nor does it commit the government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, this Agency will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that this Agency will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this Notice; all costs associated with responding to this Notice will be solely at the responding party's expense.

At this time, proprietary information is not being requested, and respondents shall refrain from providing proprietary information in response to this Notice. Responses to this Notice will not be returned. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Not responding to this Notice does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S Government to form a binding contract. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this Notice.

GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS: Under the planned Contract, the contractor will be required to perform the following: repairing the existing Detached Breakwater to restore the structures to original design intent within the existing structure footprint and slopes in order to maintain safe passage for vessels entering and exiting the harbor.

Repair work would consist of the placement of new armor stone and resetting of existing armor stone as needed. Repairs would not modify the footprint of the existing structure. The new stone would have a stone size ranging from 14-22 tons. Repairs to the Detached Breakwater would likely be conducted by a barge-mounted crane, barges carrying rock, tugboats, and support vessels. Transport of stone would be via barge on Lake Michigan.

REQUESTED INFORMATION: This Agency requests that interested contractors complete the following questions to assist the government in its efforts.

1. Firm’s name and BUSINESS SIZE, address, point of contact, phone number and e-mail address.

2. Is your company currently “active” at beta.SAM.gov? If not, does it plan to register? To comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements (Reference: FAR Subpart 4.1102 – Policy (a)), Contractors are now REQUIRED to be registered in beta.SAM.gov AT THE TIME ITS BID IS SUBMITTED.

3. In consideration of North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 237990, with a small business size in dollars of $39.5M, which of the following small business categories is your business classified under, if any? Small Business, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, or 8(a) Small Business.

4. Is your firm capable of obtaining a performance and payment bond for a construction project valued between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000?

5. Is your firm interested in performing as a subcontractor or prime?

6. Does the interested vendor have experience in the work described for this project? If so, how many years.

7. In the consideration of the aforementioned government requirements, if your firm were to see an advertisement for this planned procurement within the month of July 2020, would your firm be interested in providing a bid?

SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES: Respondents interested in providing a response to this Notice shall provide their submittals to Annette Lakes prior to 5:30 p.m. (CDT) on 14-February-2020, via email to: annette.h.lakes@usace.army.mil (ensure that the number & title of the Sources Sought Notice of "W912P620S0004, Michigan City Harbor Breakwater Repairs,” is included in the subject line of the email). Any electronic files (EMAIL) CANNOT EXCEED this Agency's size limit of 20MB (includes email and its attachment); files exceeding this size will be denied access to Ms. Lakes’ email inbox. NEGATIVE REPLIES ARE WELCOMED.