Market Survey for District Headquarters Relocation Security

A market survey is being conducted to determine if there are a reasonable number of interested small business concerns to set this future project aside for them. If your firm is a Small Business, certified HUBZone, 8A, Woman-Owned Small Business or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business and you are interested in this project please respond appropriately.

Project Location: 220 West Main Street Louisville, KY 40202

Project Description:  The contractor shall provide unarmed on-site guard facility security operations and access control at 220 West Main Street, Louisville, KY during the hours of 0600-1800, Monday-Friday.

Contract duration is estimated at 1,825 calendar days (5 Years). The estimated cost range is between $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 (FAR 36.204 & DFARS 236.204).  NAICS code is 561612. All interested Small Businesses, certified HUBZONE, 8A, Woman-Owned Small Business or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business contractors should respond to this survey via email to ethan.s.phillips@usace.army.mil by Monday, March 03, 2025 by 11:00 AM Eastern Time.

Responses should include:

1. Identification and verification of the company’s small business status.
2. Contractor’s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and Cage Code.
3. Documentation from the firm’s bonding company showing current single and aggregate performance and payment bond limits.
4. Description of Experience – Provide descriptions your firm’s past experience on up to three (3) projects with greater than 95% construction complete, or those projects completed within the last five years which are similar to this project in size, and scope.  Provide documentation demonstrating experience for similar type of work and managing multiple sub-contractors. Demonstrate experience including self-performing 15% of the work. Provide documentation demonstrating experience for projects of similar type projects.  Each project must include the name, title, project role, e-mail address, and telephone number of at least one reference. References may be used to verify project size, scope, dollar value, percentages and quality of performance.

Projects similar in Scope to this project include:

• On-site guard facility security operations and access control during business hours in the lobby of an office space
• Issuing visitor passes
• Ensures that personnel have proper identification to enter the building

Projects similar in size to this project include:  

• Screening roughly 700 employees daily. 

Based on definitions above, for each project submitted include:

1. Current percentage of work complete and the date when it was or will be completed.  
2. Size of the project
3. Scope of the project
4. The dollar value of the contract
5. The percentage of work that was self-performed

Small Businesses are reminded under FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting; they must perform at least 15% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with the firm’s own employees for general construction-type procurement. Include the percentage of work that will be self-performed on this project, and how it will be accomplished.

NOTE: Total submittal package shall be no longer than 10 pages.  Please only include a narrative of the requested information; additional information will not be reviewed.

Email responses and any questions to Ethan Phillips at ethan.s.phillips@usace.army.mil.  This is NOT a Request for Proposal and does not constitute any commitment by the Government.  Responses to this sources sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested sources must respond to future solicitation announcements separately for responses to this market survey.

NOTICE: The following information is provided for situational awareness and is not required to respond to this Sources Sought.

All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (www.SAM.gov) prior to award of a contract. All proposed contractors are highly encouraged to review FAR Clause 52.232-33 Payments by Electronic Funds Transfer – System for Award Management, which indicates “All payments by the Government under this contract shall be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT).” Those not currently registered can obtain registration by going to the website http://www.SAM