THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. The U.S. Coast Guard is considering whether or not to set aside an acquisition for HUBZone concerns, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns (SDVOSB) or Small Business Concerns. The estimated value of this procurement is between $100,000.00 and $250,000.00. The applicable North American Industry Class System (NAICS) code is 238120, Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors. The small business size standard is a three-year averaged annual gross receipt of $13.0 million. Bid, payment and performance bonds are required. The solicitation in its entirety and any amendments will be available at no charge online at http://www.fbo.gov under the above solicitation number. This project is to provide all labor, tools, materials, and equipment to provide full depth demolition of the existing paved area, including base and asphalt sections, and demolish three buoy racks; furnish and install seven new buoy racks and platforms each twenty feet in length, a new concrete slab on grade for the new buoy racks and new asphalt paving from compaction of the subgrade to the new asphalt sections. Project location is the U.S. Coast Guard Shore Side Detachment (SSD) Omaha, 9800 John J. Pershing Drive, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. The performance period is 120 calendar days. At the present time, this acquisition is expected to be issued as a Small Business set aside. However, in accordance with FAR 19.1305, if your firm is HUBZone certified or 19.1405 if your firm is SDVOSB and intends to submit an offer on this acquisition, please respond by e-mail to
[email protected] or by fax (305) 278-6696. Your response should include the following: (a) a positive statement of your intent to submit a bid for this solicitation as a prime contractor; (b) evidence of experience in work similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts, points of contact and telephone numbers; and (c) provide evidence of bonding capability to the maximum magnitude of the project, to include both single and aggregate totals. Contractors are reminded that should this acquisition become a HUBZone set aside or SDVOSB Small Business, FAR 52.219-3, Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside or 52.219-27, Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside, will apply, which requires that at least 15 percent of the cost of personnel for contract performance be spent for employees of the concern or employees of other HUBZone small business concerns. Your response is required by July 15, 2008. All of the above must be submitted in sufficient detail for a decision to be made on a HUBZone or Service-Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business set aside. Failure to submit all information requested may result in a small business set-aside. A decision on whether this will be pursued as a HUBZone or SDVOSB small business set aside, or a Small Business set aside, will be posted at http://www.fbo.gov. To receive immediate notification of all changes and future notices posted electronically for this project, vendors should click on [Register to Receive Notification].