THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 10.002(b)(2)(i), this notice is issued for the purpose of market research. Market research is being conducted to determine if there are potential SMALL BUSINESSES with the capabilities and experience to perform the required work. THIS NOTICE IS NOT AN INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB). The information received will be used to determine whether to issue the proposed solicitation as a competitive set-aside or full and open competition (unrestricted). The extent of the work will be described in the solicitation which will follow at a later date.

PROJECT INFORMATION:
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) seeks the services of a qualified small business general contractor (GC) to construct a new center in Riverton, Wyoming. The new center consists of 7 buildings which have a total of approximately 161,000 gross square feet and consists of a Welcome Center, and Administration/Wellness/Student Services Building, and Educational/Vocational Building, A Cafeteria/Warehouse Building, a Recreation Center, and two 2-story Dormitories. The work shall also include major site improvements in the form of clearing, grading, general landscaping, roads, parking, drainage, connection to all utility lines, installation of geothermal wells, and site/security lighting for the new buildings.

The magnitude of construction costs of this project is more than $10,000,000. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 236220.

WHO MAY RESPOND:
Interest in this Sources Sought announcement is open to certified Small Business contractors, relative to the primary NAICS code 236220 with a Small Business size standard of $33.5 million dollars. Following review of the responses to this notice, and if the Government still plans to proceed with an acquisition, the Government will develop an acquisition strategy to determine whether the solicitation for this project will be set-aside or unrestricted.

All interested firms shall be registered via the System for Award Management (SAM) internet site at: http://www.sam.gov. For assistance with site usage, contractors may contact the Federal Service Desk at 1-866-606-8220. Interested bidders are required to ensure their Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) is updated in http://www.sam.gov.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
All interested firms are invited to submit a Capabilities Statement to include, but not limited to: the company's name, DUNS number; small business type, a minimum of three (3) but no more than five (5) projects completed within the last five years that are relevant to the work as required within this notice; valid point of contact for each project listed within a limit of no more than five (5) pages (as a Capabilities Statement); and Quality Assurance measures that verify effectiveness, and establish the ability to deliver products that meet technical performance and contractual requirements; with bonding capacity and/or resources for the project.

CAPABILITIES STATEMENTS AND QUALIFICATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY VIA E-MAIL ONLY TO: [email protected] (Monica Gloster, Contract Specialist). Responses are due no later than 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on December 20, 2012. Oral communications, telecommunication, and faxed inquiries or comments are NOT acceptable as a response to this notice. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP).

 

 

 

 

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