Blackwater River Flood Risk Management Project, Salisbury, Massachusetts

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be issuing a Request for Proposal a flood risk management project on the Blackwater River in Salisbury, MA. The NAICS code for this procurement is 237990. Work will begin in late Spring of 2015 and will extend over a one-year period. The estimated construction cost is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.

This project consists of construction of a flood risk management project around a residential neighborhood located adjacent to the Blackwater River tidal estuary in Salisbury, Massachusetts. The project site consists of an existing residential development of about 20 acres that includes approximately
135 homes located on 9th Street, 10th Street, 11th Street, 12th Street, Humphrey Avenue, Lewis Avenue, Florence Avenue, and Carter Street. Roadways within the project footprint are flooded as often as 1-2 times per month, and flooding to low lying homes is commonplace. The project consists primarily of a 3,000 linear foot vinyl sheet pile floodwall that will surround the project site and be built to elevation 7.7' NAVD88. The project will be constructed on private property within a neighborhood setting.

All required easements will be obtained by the Non-Federal sponsor prior to start of construction. Other project features include upgraded storm drain lines, concrete sidewalk, granite curb, one underground 26 CFS pumping station, one back-up 100kW power generator located in a to be constructed elevated utility building with gas and electricity connections, drainage improvements (to include 9 outlet structures, 11 catchbasins, storm drains, trench drains, water quality inlet, etc), a stone lined channel, paving (to include repaving and new pavement), site work (including excavation in the marsh, gravel fill on the landside of the wall, grading, etc.), and plantings. In order to minimize impacts to the adjacent salt marsh, construction work required to be performed in the wetland shall be completed only during the non-growing season of 1 November through 31 March, inclusive, of any year Construction mats will be used in the salt marsh to further minimize impacts.

Under this contract the successful offeror will be required to provide construction services for the Blackwater River Flood Risk Management Project located in Salisbury, Massachusetts. The offeror will be evaluated on past experience involving installation of vinyl sheet pile, construction of pump stations and drainage improvement projects similar to the Blackwater River project and must demonstrate the following experience/expertise:

Installation of sheet pile walls, drainage improvements, installation of pump stations, working in and around sensitive salt marsh areas and residences, past performance constructing project(s) of similar size and scope with quality assurance and demonstrated ability to successfully complete complex construction projects involving the integration of multiple trades.

This pre-solicitation notice is not a request for proposals at this time. The solicitation requirements and contract documents to include instructions for submission and the response date will be available on or about March 15, 2015.

The solicitation will not be provided via any method outside of the Federal Business Opportunity Site. This prohibition extends to telephonic, mailed, and faxed requests for hard copies of this solicitation. The solicitation will only be available online; in order to download the solicitation, offerors must access the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fbo.gov). All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the New England District. Additional questions may be emailed to the Contract Specialist at Doug Raney, Douglas.R.Raney@usace.army.mil