The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (HECSA) is seeking information from industry to determine the capabilities of industry and determine interested sources for a new requirement. This is a Sources Sought Notice for Market Research purposes only. This is not a request for proposals. The Government will not reimburse for any costs incurred to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice. The Government reserves the right to reject in whole, or in part, any private sector input as a result of this market survey. The Government is not obligated to inform respondents of the results of this survey.

It is anticipated that a contract will be award using FAR Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures (and will use FAR Part 12 – Acquisition of Commercial Items). Interested sources should respond to the attached questionnaire and submit a Statement of Qualifications to help facilitate the Governments market research. The Government will analyze all of the responses and determine if this requirement is suitable to do a total or partial set-aside for small businesses.

If the pool of small businesses is insufficient, the Government may elect to solicit this requirement using full and open competitive procedures. The Government does not intend to rank submissions.

Description of the Requirement: On September 28, 1998 the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) designated the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) as the "central collection agency" for the U.S. Foreign Waterborne Transportation Statistics Program (FWTSP) effective October 1, 1998. The U.S. Bureau of the Census (Census) was previously responsible for this program. This decision followed a review of the U.S. Foreign Waterborne Transportation Statistics program at the direction of OMB. The Corps collects and publishes the data pursuant to its authority under the 1922 River and Harbor Act (33 U.S.C. 555) by which it has historically collected and published waterborne commerce statistics.

The FWTSP requires manifest data that provides the associated cargo and vessel movement transaction data upfront, unlike trade data. In-transit records are included in the manifest dataset, which are movements of foreign cargo through the U.S. from one foreign country to another foreign country. Inbound waterborne in-transits enter the U.S. via marine vessel and outbound waterborne in-transits exit the U.S. via marine vessel.

Submission requirements: Please submit a capabilities statement in addition to responding to the attached Questionnaire. Submissions should not exceed 25 pages with 12-point font, single spaced, using 1-inch margins. The Questionnaire, table of contents and cover pages are not included in the page count. Responses should be submitted in PDF format. Responses should describe the interested partys capabilities to complete the required services detailed below. No Performance Work Statement/Statement of Work is available at the current time. Oral communications will not be considered.

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