140R2024R0017_-_PRESOLICITATION_NOTICE_3.pdf

The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Region 10 - California-Great Basin Region Acquisitions Office, Sacramento, CA intends to issue a solicitation for a construction project, Arroyo Canal Fish Screen/Sack Dam Fish Passage Project.

The solicitation shall include 52.222-33 Notice of Requirement for Project Labor Agreement and 52.222-34 Project Labor Agreement. Additionally, the solicitation will include a liquidated damages clause, as well as a requirement for bid, performance, and payment bonds. The performance period is estimated to be three (3) years to complete. The place of performance is located at Sack Dam on the San Joaquin River, approximately 24 miles west of Madera, California in Madera and Fresno Counties.

Information pertaining to site visits of the work site will be addressed in the solicitation. The acquisition will be issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) in accordance with FAR Part 15. The RFP will be issued on or about November 29, 2024, with proposals due on or about January 13, 2025. The anticipated award date is July 2025.

This procurement is unrestricted; all responsible sources may submit an offer for consideration by the agency. The Government anticipates awarding a firm fixed price contract to the contractor whose proposal represents the best value considering price and non-price factors.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The Small Business size standard for this code is $45 Million. This notice is not a request for offer and the information presented in this announcement will not obligate the Bureau of Reclamation in any manner.

The magnitude of construction is estimated between $100 Million and $200 Million.

PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS OF WORK

The following is a listing of the principal components of work, but does not address all work items or tasks required for completion of the project:

In river work requires dewatering and cofferdam contractor designs and installation(s) using methods such as sheet piling and/or embankment construction. Water deliveries are required to be maintained throughout the duration of construction.

Installation of closed-ended steel pipe piles and sheet piles beneath concrete slab foundations.

Concrete headwork structures with associated gates with actuators, decking with guardrail, earthwork, upstream and downstream channel improvements, retaining walls, and river rock-lined fish ramp.

Concrete fish ladder with baffles.

Earthen berms with riprap slope protection and gated gravel roadways on the crest.

Mechanically stabilized earthwall for riverbank stabilization.

Fish screen with screen cleaner, monorail, electrical outlets, and air burst system.

Maintenance building with gravel yard, security fencing, engine generator set with diesel fuel tank, compressor, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), plumbing, power and access roadway.

Programable Logic Controller (PLC) based control, monitoring, and automation system for Sack Dam Fish Passage and associated features.

Provide a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) for approval and install/maintain all storm water pollution prevention measures as indicated in the approved

SWPPP.

The RFP will be issued via electronic posting on the Government-wide point of entry (GPE) webpage, SAM.gov (formerly fedbizopps). Hard copies of the RFP will not be issued. It is incumbent upon contractors to monitor SAM.gov for the release of the RFP, specifications, drawings and all subsequent amendments.

Offerors MUST be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at http://www.sam.gov and obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number to be eligible for award.

For information concerning this acquisition, please forward inquiries via email to Contract Specialist, Sydney Johnson at sgjohnson@usbr.gov and (cc) Matthew T. Byrne at mbyrne@usbr.gov.