BSNP FY19 Flood Repairs - MO River Navagation Structures

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) solicitation for construction activities for repairing the FY19 Flood damage along the Missouri River from River Miles 0-500. 

The work includes construction services to repair selected stone dikes and revetments (structures) on the Missouri River between St. Louis, MO and Rulo, NE in support of the Bank Stabilization and Navigation Program (BSNP), the Missouri River Recovery Program (MRRP), and other miscellaneous Missouri River operations, maintenance, and repair projects.  There is an estimated 5,000 number of existing structures. Only a portion of these structures will be repaired. Work will primarily be the placement of up to 500,000 to 800,000 tons of rock on designated structures within the 500 river miles of the project area. 

Work will consist of the following: transport and placement of new, well graded shot rock ranging from fines less than ½ inch in diameter up to 3,000 pounds, for the work stated above.  Rock specification will include up to 6 intermediate gradation sizes and a range of permissible percent finer for each gradation size.  Blasting, loading, and placement must be carefully controlled so that the gradation specification is met upon placement at the worksite. 

Tonnage on each structure will range from 500 tons up to 30,000 tons with an average tonnage per structure of 2,500 tons.  Placement rates per foot will range from 3 tons per linear foot up to 40 tons per linear foot with an average placement rate per linear foot of 6 tons per foot. 

It will be evaluated in accordance with FAR Part 14 and FAR Part 36.

In accordance with FAR 36.204 and DFARS 236.204, the estimate magnitude if this construction project is: Between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000.

This procurement will be solicited Unrestricted, utilizing the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction).

The estimated performance period for completion of construction is 31 December 2022.

At this time, no Pre-Solicitation Conference is planned for this solicitation.  If the Government does elect to hold a Pre-Solicitation Conference, the Pre-Solicitation Announcement will be modified accordingly.

At this time, no organized site visit has been scheduled for this solicitation. If one is scheduled, details will be included in the solicitation.

Bid Bonds shall be in the amount of 20% of the bid price or $3,000,000.00, whichever is lesser of the two values. Payment and Performance Bonds will be required for the full amount (100%) of the awarded contract before the Notice to Proceed can be issued.

Bids will be due the day and time specified in the solicitation.  The solicitation is expected to be available within the next 15-30 days.

To view or download the solicitation and all other associated documents requires access to the https://beta.sam.gov website.  Offerors are responsible for checking the beta.sam.gov website frequently for any update(s) or questions and answers to the solicitation.  This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the offeror’s responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.  This website is occasionally inaccessible due to maintenance.  The Government is not responsible for any loss of internet connectivity or for an offeror’s inability to access the document at the reference website.

Prior to submitting a bid, interested offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database.  Bids from contractors without an active SAM registration will NOT be considered for award.  Firms can register via the SAM internet website at https://www.sam.gov/SAM/.  If the offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity must have a valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity.  SAM.GOV registration is free of charge. For assistance with SAM registration, please visit https://www.aptac-us.org/     

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FAR 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services - Representation (Oct 2020).

IF YOUR REGISTRATION HAS THIS PROVISION WITH A DATE PRIOR TO OCTOBER 2020 YOU ARE NOT CURRENT AND ANY OFFERS YOU SUBMIT FOR FUTURE WORK COULD BE NON-RESPONSIVE IF YOUR SAM RECORD IS NOT UPDATED.

For any questions or inquiries, contact the primary point of contact listed on this announcement. 

Technical inquiries and questions relating to the solicitation are to be submitted via PROJNET when the solicitation is made available.

The Government reserves the right to cancel or change this pre-solicitation notice at any time prior to the posting of a solicitation for this requirement.