Sources Sought
St Francis Town Levee Renovation
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District (Department of the Army) wants to know which firms could build the St Francis Town Levee Renovation in St. Francis, Arkansas. This sources sought W912EQ27S0004 is market research, not a solicitation, and no contract will be awarded from it. The Government plans a competitive Invitation for Bid (sealed bids) with a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) contract. The estimated construction price range is $5,000,000.00 to $10,000,000.00, and the response due date is November 23, 2026, 12:00 PM Central. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of the Army who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District (Department of the Army) wants to know which firms could build the St Francis Town Levee Renovation in St. Francis, Arkansas. This sources sought W912EQ27S0004 is market research, not a solicitation, and no contract will be awarded from it. The Government plans a competitive Invitation for Bid (sealed bids) with a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) contract. The estimated construction price range is $5,000,000.00 to $10,000,000.00, and the response due date is November 23, 2026, 12:00 PM Central.
Who can bid
- Be registered in SAM (the System for Award Management at SAM.gov) to be eligible for award of a Government contract
- Show bonding capability with a letter from the bonding company, giving the bonding level per contract and the aggregate bonding level
How to submit: Email only, to Ms. Tabitha R. Veazey, Contract Specialist, Contracting Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Memphis District: Tabitha.R.Veazey@usace.army.mil. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Worth checking: Set-aside not yet decided. SAM.gov shows no set-aside, and the Government will pick the set-aside type from the responses, so a clear statement of your size and program status can shape the later solicitation.
- Worth checking: Bonding letter from a surety needed with the response. The response must include a letter from the bonding company stating per-contract and aggregate bonding levels; a firm without a surety relationship cannot complete this item.
- Worth checking: Past-work requirements differ between the two attachments. Source_Sought.pdf asks for comparable work within the last 5 years and at least three examples; Market_Survey.pdf asks for up to 5 prime-contractor projects completed within the last 10 years. Ask the contract specialist which governs.
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- Worth checking: Solicitation will be released on PIEE, and firms must register to get it. The later solicitation will not be on SAM.gov alone; firms need to register on the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) to receive a copy when it is issued. Check a SAM.gov registration.
- Minor: Sources sought, not a solicitation. Nothing is awarded from this notice and respondents are not told the results; it only feeds the Government's planning, so there is no bid to price yet.
- Minor: Email-only response limited to 5 pages. Responses go by email only and must fit in 5 pages, so the project examples and bonding letter need to be kept short.
Read from the notice and 2 attachments. Show which files.
- Source_Sought.pdf (read)
- Market_Survey.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Build about 0.4 miles of new levee requiring approximately 70,000 CY (cubic yards) of compacted earthen material, to give flood protection for the Town of St. Francis, AR
- Install a 60” RCP (reinforced concrete pipe culvert) with dual closures through the new levee
- Build 4 levee ramps, a levee seepage berm and access roads
- Realign the borrow pit slough and clean out a section of an existing slough downstream of the new culvert
- Follow the USACE Safety and Health Requirements Manual (EM 385-1-1) and all Federal, State and local laws, codes and regulations during construction
- Anticipated award is on/about March 30, 2027
- Contract type
- Planned: competitive Invitation for Bid (sealed-bid solicitation), firm-fixed-price contract. Not yet issued; this notice is market research only.
- Place of performance
- St. Francis, Arkansas (Saint Francis, AR on SAM.gov)
- Estimated value
- $5,000,000.00 to $10,000,000.00 (the Government's estimated construction price range under FAR Part 36)
- How they'll choose
- No evaluation or award from this notice. It is market research to gauge interest and capability and to decide the set-aside and procurement method for a later competitive Invitation for Bid.
- Offers due
- November 23, 2026, 12:00 PM Central
- How to submit
- Email only, to Ms. Tabitha R. Veazey, Contract Specialist, Contracting Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Memphis District: Tabitha.R.Veazey@usace.army.mil
- Page limits
- Response: 5 pages
What to include when you submit
- Give your firm's name, address, point of contact, phone number and email address
- State your firm's interest in bidding on the solicitation when it is issued
- Show your capability to perform a contract of this size and complexity, including comparable construction work performed within the last 5 years
- Describe at least three projects: a brief description, customer's name, timeline of performance, customer satisfaction and dollar value
- State your firm's size: large business, or small business category and business size (small business, HUBZone (Historically Underutilized Business Zone), SDVOSB (service-disabled veteran-owned small business), 8(a) (SBA program for disadvantaged firms) or WOSB (woman-owned small business))
- Include joint venture information if it applies, including any existing Mentor-Protégé or teaming arrangement
- Include your bonding capability: the construction bonding level per contract and the aggregate bonding level, in dollars, shown by a letter from the bonding company
- A Market Survey form is also attached; it asks for company name, address, point of contact, UEI (unique entity ID) and CAGE code (commercial and government entity code), whether you are registered under NAICS 237990 (the industry code) in SAM, business size, bonding per project and aggregate, the geographic areas where you can work, and up to 5 prime-contractor projects
- Prior Government contract work is not required to respond
After award, you must have
- Small businesses must perform at least 15% of the cost of the contract, not including materials, with their own employees (Limitations on Subcontracting, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-14) From Source_Sought.pdf:
…must perform at least 15% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of the…
- Construction must follow the USACE Safety and Health Requirements Manual (EM 385-1-1) and all Federal, State and local laws, ordinances, codes and regulations From Source_Sought.pdf:
…compliance with the USACE Safety and Health Requirements Manual, (EM 385-1-1, and…
Not in the notice text
- Whether a site visit is planned is not stated; the Davis-Bacon wage determination (the federal minimum pay rule for construction workers) is not mentioned, and neither is a construction completion time
- The solicitation (an Invitation for Bid) has not been issued; its bid due date, bid bond terms and full requirements will come on PIEE, not in this notice
- Whether the attached Market Survey form replaces or adds to the 5-page response is not stated
- The set-aside type for the later solicitation (small business, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB or WOSB) depends on responses to this notice
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
- Construction contracts over $2,000 pay at least the local Davis-Bacon wage rates, from the wage determination in the solicitation. Price your labor from it: How to price a government contract, and how Davis-Bacon differs from the Service Contract Act.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- W07V ENDIST Memphis, TN
- Product/service code
- Z1KA · Maintenance of Dams
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237990)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice