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 Diesel Fuel Supply and Delivery Services to the Aquatic Nuisance Species Dispersal Barrier Facility. 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 Contract, the contractor will be required to furnish and deliver, within 24 hours of notification via phone call, not less than 250 gallons per request, but no more than 60,000 gallons annually for the duration of contract, to sustain mission-critical operation of standby power generators at the Aquatic Nuisance Species Dispersal Barrier (ANSDB) located at 790 E. Old Romeo Road, Lockport, Illinois, 60441. The diesel fuel deliveries shall be made to the generators and assets using the specified delivery vehicles as requested by phone calls from government designated representatives.

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 the System for Award Management (http://www.sam.gov)? If not, does it plan to register?

3. In consideration of NAICS code 424720, with a small business size standard in number of 100 employees, which of the following small business categories is your business classified under, if any? Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, or 8(a) Business.

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

SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES: Respondents interested in providing a response to this Notice shall provide their submittals to Ericka Hillard prior to 4:30 p.m. (CDT) on 09 November, 2018, via email to: [email protected] (ensure that the number & title of the Sources Sought Notice of "W912P619S0001, Diesel Fuel Supply and Delivery Services to the Aquatic Nuisance Species Dispersal Barrier Facility," 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. Hillard's email inbox. NEGATIVE REPLIES ARE WELCOMED.

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