American River Common Features 2016, Sacramento Weir Widening

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Sacramento District (SPK), anticipates solicitation of a requirement for Design-Bid-Build (DBB) construction services to be performed in support of the Sacramento Weir Widening at Yolo County, California.

The scope of work for the Sacramento Weir Widening Project includes construction of project features with approximate lengths provided: 1,500 Length Feet (LF) road bridge, 1,450 LF passive weir, 2,500 LF levee, fish passage facility including a 420 LF technical fish ladder and 200 LF channel with vertical lift gates, 4,000 LF of new county roads, 2,350 foot long interior drainage ditch, 8,500 LF of bypass transport channel, 1,600 LF stilling basin drainage channel to drain the existing Sacramento Weir stilling basin, and an embankment that will allow operations and maintenance activities for the fish passage facility. Additionally, the project is adjacent to the California Department of Water Resources project Lower Elkhorn Levee Setback Project (LEBLS), which the Sacramento Weir Widening Project will connect to upon completion. The scope also includes degradation of a railroad embankment and levee and erosion protection for flood control features including rock slope protection, concrete slope protection, and Tied Concrete Block Mat.

It is estimated the project can be completed within 42 months (1,260 calendar days)

In accordance with DFARS 236.204(x) the magnitude of construction is estimated to be between $100,000,000 and $250,000,000.

The Government intends to solicit an Invitation for Bids (IFB) that will result in award of a Firm-Fixed Price contract.

The solicitation is anticipated to be issued using North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The small business size standard for this NAICS, as established by the U.S. Small Business Administration, is $39,500,000 annual revenue / 1,000 employees. The Product Service Code (PSC) is anticipated to be Y1PZ, Construction of Other Non-Building Facilities

The solicitation is anticipated to be issued an unrestricted, full and open competition through the Governmentwide Point of Entry (www.SAM.gov) on or about 31 January 2023 with bids tentatively due 17 March 2023.

The Government intends to conduct a pre-bid conference /site visit, the date, time, location, and access requirements will be identified in the solicitation.

Please DO NOT request for an updated schedule if the estimated dates are  passed. The Government will release all information publicly on SAM.gov when available, and requests for an updated posting schedule may be ignored.

Please DO NOT request a copy of the solicitation, or draft plans and specifications, as they are not currently available. Any available technical data required to respond to the solicitation will be furnished as part of the solicitation. Following solicitation release, all responsible sources may submit a bid that shall be considered by the agency. This project and/or the anticipated solicitation may be changed, delayed, or canceled at any time.

All prospective Offerors and their Subcontractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM - www.SAM.gov) and the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website to be able to download solicitation information.

Solicitation documents, plans, and specifications are only available to be download from PIEE, which may be accessed at https://wawf.eb.mil OR https://piee.eb.mil OR https://piee.eb.mil/xhtml/unauth/home/login.xhtml.

Registration in PIEE should be completed one (1) week prior to the anticipated solicitation release date. USACE will not notify Offerors of any changes to the solicitation; Offerors must monitor PIEE and SAM for the solicitation to be posted, and for any posted changes or amendments.

See attachments “PIEE Solicitation Module Vendor Access Instructions”, “SOP PIEE Proposal Manager Offeror”, and “SOP PIEE Posting Offer” for instructions on getting access to the PIEE Solicitation Module and submitting Offeror proposals.

Copies of the solicitation and the solicited plans and specifications will be made available for inspection without charge after the solicitation is released, when accessed through PIEE.  

The ONLY Interested Vendors / Plan Holders / Bidders List is available through SAM.gov; Contractors are responsible for identifying their entity as an interested vendor and contacting other interested vendors. USACE SPK will not review capabilities statements submitted in response to this Synopsis or coordinate partnering arrangements between parties. Contractors should check SAM.gov frequently for changes to the interested vendors list and this Notice.