17_S-B Model 2008.zip

This document provides details on a federal contract opportunity for design and construction services. The United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission is soliciting proposals for the design and construction of rehabilitation improvements to the Rio Grande levee at the Edinburg Pump Station in Hidalgo County, Texas. The proposed project consists of approximately 800 linear feet of levee improvements including raising earthen embankments, installing new sections of concrete floodwalls and bollard walls, reconstructing a gatewell structure, replacing fencing, and conducting revegetation. Proposers must analyze the existing levee for seepage issues and complete any additional geotechnical investigations. The solicitation also involves preparing the right-of-way, removing and stockpiling excavated materials, backfilling, installing an aggregate roadway surface, and erosion control measures. Responses to solicitation number 191BWC21R0004 are due on an unspecified date. The International Boundary and Water Commission U.S.-Mexico is the contracting agency for this project.