Sources Sought for Construction of the Homeland Defense Over the Horizon Radar (OTHR).

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Sources Sought for Construction of the Homeland Defense Over the Horizon Radar (OTHR).

The following is a Sources Sought Notice for a full and open unrestricted solicitation. This Sources Sought announcement is for market research information only and is to be used for preliminary planning purposes. No proposals are being requested and none will be accepted in response to this notice. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of potential and interested qualified business concerns capable of performing Commercial and Institutional Building Construction in the remote areas of the North-West United States. This effort is classified through the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) under 236220 Commercial and Institutional building Construction.

It is anticipated that a solicitation announcement will be published on SAM.gov in mid-2024. The estimated magnitude of this project is over $500,000,000; with an estimated construction duration of 3 years.

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District is seeking a design-build construction contractor to execute the construction of the Homeland Defense Over the Horizon Radar (OTHR). The project is tentatively programmed for construction in mid FY25.

The OTHR system will be located on two remote sites in the North-West United States and will provide long range early detection and tracking capability for low flying targets approaching the borders of North America. The two sites are located in areas with little or no utility infrastructure and outside commuting range of any metropolitan areas. Construction on the sites will include earthwork to accommodate large antenna arrays, dining and lodging facilities to support personnel housed on-site, mission operations facilities, and power generation facilities. The sites will require large amounts of earthwork and civil infrastructure development.

The Kansas City District is soliciting feedback from industry as part of our market research efforts associated with this acquisition. The Corps of Engineers are considering various acquisition strategies to deliver this project and request input from industry. The following information is requested in this Sources Sought (SS) announcement with a limit of ten (10) pages for your response:

1. Organization name, address, email address, website address, telephone number, and small business status and type of ownership for the organization; include DUNS number and CAGE code.

2. Firm's interest in providing a proposal as the prime contractor on the pending solicitation once issued.

3. Experience: Evidence of capabilities to perform work comparable to that required for this project (e.g. management of construction in a remote environment). Provide three recent relevant/comparable projects (not more than ten years old) and describe how they are similar to this project. Include the project name; dollar value of the project; description of the key/salient features of the project; identify the contracting office & the customer/user (include POC information).

4. Firm's Bonding Capability (construction bonding level per contract and aggregate bonding level, both expressed in dollars). Include any concerns associated with providing performance and payment bond for the projected contract value identified.

5. A Webinar is being scheduled for mid-November, please indicate if your firm would like to attend providing contact information for a point of contact for information regarding the webinar.

Please send your Sources Sought responses via email to all of the following jay.b.denker@usace.army.mil and, Stephanie.R.Kretzer@usace.army.mil. Submission should be received by 10:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time, October 4, 2023.

This Sources Sought is for market research purposes only and IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) nor does it restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparation of a response to this notice.