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Pre-Solicitation Notice

The Bureau of Reclamation’s Missouri Basin Regional Office intends to solicit a Request for Proposal

(RFP) for the Fresno Dam Modification, which is located in Northern Montana approximately 15 miles northwest of Havre, Montana, in Hill County. The RFP will be issued at https://beta.sam.gov under

Solicitation No. 140R6022R0006.

Principle features of work include the following:

• Clearing, grubbing, and stripping of embankment and borrow areas

• Installing and operating dewatering and unwatering systems to support stable excavation slopes and embankment and filter construction

• Excavating existing dam embankment

• Constructing new vertical sand trench using a biopolymer supported trench

• Furnishing and installing geotextile

• Furnishing and installing new sand filter and gravel drain

• Constructing cast-in-place concrete or furnishing precast support bases for toe drain inspection wells

• Furnishing and installing HDPE toe drainpipes, inspection wells, and cleanouts

• Excavating, screening, and delivering borrow material for embankment buttress fill

• Constructing new filter and drain embankment buttress fill

• Furnishing and installing flumes and weir boxes

• Restoring all ground disturbance within construction use area

• Furnishing and placing asphalt pavement along crest of dam and areas of Fresno Reservoir

Road damaged from hauling activities.

In accordance with Part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the Bureau of Reclamation intends to issue Solicitation No.140R6022R0006 on or around June 28, 2022. The close for acceptance of proposals is anticipated to be 40 days from the date the solicitation is actually issued. Proposals are expected to be submitted by electronic email to the Contracting Officer.

The estimated price range for this acquisition is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.

Reclamation anticipates no set-aside for this acquisition.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, which has an associated Small Business Size standard of $39.5 million.

The overall period of performance is anticipated to be around 1,095 calendar days. The contractor who receives the award is required to commence work within 10 days of receiving the Notice to Proceed.

The period of performance is inclusive of receipt and acceptance of all submittals by the Bureau of

Reclamation, as well as final cleanup.

For further information, interested offerors should contact Contract Specialist Stormy Gallagher at email address sgallagher@usbr.gov. It is incumbent upon contractors to monitor beta.Sam.gov for RFP release and all subsequent amendments.

Effective October 26, 2018, all contractors interested in doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to submitting an offer or quotation. Note: Registering in “SAM” does not constitute an automatic award of any contract or agreement to the registering contractor. SAM is a centralized database consolidating the Central

Contractor Registration (CCR), the online Representation and Certifications Application (ORCA), and the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS). Additionally, the contractor’s “DUNS and BRADSTREET” and banking information are required for the SAM registration. Annual confirmation of registration requirements must be accomplished through the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov. For assistance with registering in SAM, contact the Federal Services Desk at 1-866-606-8220.

Payment requests for the anticipated contract are required to be submitted electronically through the

U.S. Department of Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) system. The IPP website is https://www.ipp.gov. The contractor must use the IPP website to register access and submit requests for payment. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP production helpdesk via e-mail at ippgroup@bos.frb.org or by telephone at (866) 973-3131. If the contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with their proposal.