THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT, A MARKET SURVEY FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OR ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. No telephone calls will be accepted requesting a bid package or solicitation. There is no bid package or solicitation. In order to protect the procurement integrity of any future procurement that may arise from this announcement, information regarding the technical point of contact will not be given and no appointments for presentations will be made. The National Park Service in Arizona is conducting market research to determine the availability of U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) certified 8(a), HUBZone, and Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business sources with current relevant qualifications, experience, personnel, and capability of providing the repairs needed to the water storage tanks located at Walnut Canyon and Sunset Crater National Parks. The work will correct health and safety violations and will include installation of tower access ladders, stainless steel ladder safety climb devices, modifications to existing catwalk and handrail, extend overflow and provide drainage and other related tasks. Contractor must be able to demonstrate past experience correcting safety defects and similar work on water tanks. Under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) guidelines, the prime contractor must have the capability to perform at least 20 percent of the contract work with its own employees. The Government will use responses to this SOURCES SOUGHT announcement to make appropriate acquisition decisions. A decision will be made whether to issue the solicitation as a set-aside for 8(a), HubZone, or Service Disabled Veteran Owned contractors, or whether to issue a solicitation as full and open competition. The Government invites contractors with the experience and capabilities to submit a Capability Statement consisting of appropriate capability documentation and references. Respondents must include references and a capability statement for at least three (3) completed projects within the last three years that are similar in scope and magnitude to this work. The magnitude of the project considered for this sources sought notice is $100,000.00 and $250,000.00. For each reference include the company name and title, telephone number, and point of contact. Indicate whether your firm was the prime contractor or subcontractor on other similar projects. The capability statements for each project shall be numbered consistent with the below requirements followed by supporting documentation. Respondents shall provide a list of projects by contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts, project completion dates, overall performance ratings and evidence of the following specific capabilities: 1. Provide examples of projects worked as a prime contractor within the last three years of similar size, scope and complexity as the work indicated above. Indicate project specifics and provide references with names and phone numbers. 2. Provide project examples demonstrating experience with repairing water tanks and structures. 3. Bonding Capacity: Letter from your bonding company stating that you are capable of being bonded; Performance and Payment Bond (100% of contract value) in the range of $100,000.00 to $250,000.00 and your maximum bonding capacity per project along with your maximum aggregate bonding. 4. Provide proof of SBA certification for 8(a), HubZone status, or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned small business firm. The Capabilities Statement for this sources sought is not to be a proposal, but rather short statements regarding the company's capability to demonstrate existing-or-developed expertise and experience in relation to the areas specified herein. Please respond to this announcement by 2:00 PM(EST), 19 March 2009, via email to
[email protected]. The subject line of the email shall state: FLAG Water Storage Tanks Sources Sought. The Government is under no obligation to consider information received after 19 March 2009 as part of the formal market research for this, or any future acquisition that may be contemplated Firms responding to this sources announcement, who fail to provide ALL of the required information requested, will not be considered by the Government in making the acquisition decision, which is the intent of the sources sought announcement.
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