SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSISAz-Nv ORC ProjectW912PL26S0030This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement; a market survey for information only, to be used for preliminary planning purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. This notice does not constitute any commitment by the Government. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow up information requests. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ? Los Angeles District has been tasked to solicit and award an Optimized Remediation Contract (ORC) at Air Force Plant 44, Arizona, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona and Nellis Air Force base, Nevada. The range of activities includes investigation, design, construction of remedial systems, operation and maintenance of established remedies, optimization at applicable sites, and achievement of site-specific objectives. The Contractor shall undertake Environmental Remediation activities to achieve Performance Objectives (POs) at seventeen (17) Installation Restoration Program (IRP) sites and ten (10) Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) sites. The North American Industry Classification System Code for this procurement will be 562910 Remediation Services.The proposed project will be a competitive, firm-fixed price, contract pursuant to RFO FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation.The government intends to issue a solicitation; however, the results and analysis of the market research will finalize the determination of the set aside decision. The type of set-aside decision(s) to be issued will depend upon the responses to this notice.The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of industry to include both the Large Business (LB) and the Small Business (SB) Community (including SB subcategories). The SB subcategories include the following: 8(a) Concerns certified by the Small Business Administration, Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and Woman Owned Small Businesses (WOSB). The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsible contractors. Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response to this sources sought noticeSmall Businesses are reminded under RFO FAR clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, they must perform at least 50% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with their own employees.The Government is seeking qualified, experienced sources capable of performing the optimized remediation at the three sites mentioned above. Remediation activities will include, but not be limited to: (1) Maintain established IRP and MMRP site remedies (2) Optimize remedies at applicable IRP sites for increased efficiencies(3) Achieve site-spec…