TITLE: MISSILE MUNITIONS DISTRIBUTION FACILITY AND RAIL CLASSIFICATION YARD AT LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT in CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

SOLICITATION NO. W912DR25X125N

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS OR BIDS. THERE WILL NOT BE A SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.                                                   

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, requests letters of interest from qualified SMALL BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS interested in performing work on the potential LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT MISSILE MUNITIONS DISTRIBUTION FACILITY AND RAIL CLASSIFICATION YARD in CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

By way of this Market Survey/Sources Sought Notice, the USACE Baltimore District intends to determine the extent of capable firms that are engaged in providing the services described hereunder. Responses to this Sources Sought announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions.

The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of industry, to include the Small Business Community: Small Business (SB), Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZones), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB). The Government must ensure there is adequate competition within any given socioeconomic category of responsible contractors. Large businesses are not prohibited from submitting a response to this notice; however, SB, Section 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, SDB, VOSB, and WOSB are highly encouraged to participate. Therefore, the type of set-aside decision to be issued will depend upon the capabilities of the responses to this notice. The proposed project will be a competitive, firm-fixed-price, contract procured in accordance with FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation, under a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Process.

In accordance with DFARS 236.204 – Disclosure of the Magnitude of Construction Projects, the magnitude of this project is between $25,000,000.00 and $100,000,000.00. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 236220 – “Commercial and Institutional Building Construction”, which has a small business size standard of $45,000,000. 

Responders should address ALL of the following in their submittal.

Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response to this source sought notice.

PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT (PLA) MARKET SURVEY:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, is soliciting comments from the CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY addressing the potential use of a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for this large-scale construction project (exceeding $35,000,000.00).

PLA Background Information:

A PLA is defined as a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement with one or more labor organizations that establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project and is an agreement described in 29 U.S.C. 158(f).

Federal Acquisitions Regulation (FAR) 22.503, Policy states: Project Labor Agreement (PLA) is a tool that agencies may use to promote economy and efficiency in Federal procurement. Pursuant to Executive Order 13502, agencies are encouraged to consider requiring the use of project labor agreements in connection with large-scale construction projects. An agency may, if appropriate, require that every contractor and subcontractor engaged in construction on the project agree, for that project, to negotiate or become a party to a project labor agreements will (1) advance the Federal Government’s interest in achieving economy and efficiency in Federal procurement, producing labor-management stability, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations governing safety and health, equal employment opportunity, labor and employment standards, and other matters; and (2) be consistent with law.

Reference: FAR 52.222-33 Notice of Requirement for Project Labor Agreement, Clause: FAR 52.222-34 Project Labor Agreement.

The CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY is invited to comment on the use of PLA’s by responding to the following questions:

1. Do you have knowledge that a PLA has been used in the local areas on projects of this kind? If so, please provide supporting documentation.
2. Are you aware of skilled labor shortage in the areas for those crafts that will be needed to complete the ref