Calhoun and Carroll Counties, MS MDHP, RP-17-04 FC/MR&T, Yazoo River Basin Yalobusha River and Abiaca Creek Watersheds

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: 

The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) Solicitation Number W912EE23B0009 for Calhoun and Carroll Counties, MS MDHP, RP-17-04 FC/MR&T, Yazoo River Basin Yalobusha River and Abiaca Creek Watersheds

The work consists of furnishing all plant, labor, materials and equipment, and constructing eight (8) riser pipe grade control structures in Calhoun and Carroll Counties, Mississippi.  Principle features of work include clearing and grubbing; excavation, backfill, pipe fill, embankment, and control of water; engineering fabric; stone protection; corrugated metal pipe; topsoil, fertilizing, seeding and mulching; lime treatment; welding; concrete work; storm water pollution prevention; and environmental protection.

In accordance with FAR 36.204, the construction magnitude of this project will be between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. 

The estimated period of performance for completion of construction is 230 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed.

The Government intends to award without discussions but reserves the right to conduct discussion should it be deemed in the Government's best interest.

The bids will be evaluated based on lowest price submitted. 

The official solicitation, plans and specifications will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found on the SAM System for Award Management Web Page at https://www.sam.gov/. Compact disc and hardcopies will not be available. Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at https://www.sam.gov/. Bidders are encouraged to check often for changes (AMENDMENTS) to posted solicitations. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.

Offerors must have and maintain an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov and must include the NAICS code they are bidding under in order to receive a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.

For additional information regarding this solicitation, please contact Ollie Hardaway via email at ollie.hardaway@usace.army.mil.

Technical inquiries and questions relating to the solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at www.ProjNet.Org when the solicitation is made available. The solicitation, including any amendments, shall establish the official opening and closing dates and times.

ISSUE DATE ON OR ABOUT:  24 MAY 2023; BIDS DUE DATE AND TIME:  28 JUNE 2023; 1400PM CST; THIS PROCUREMENT IS A TOTAL WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE.  IT IS ISSUED UNDER NAICS CODE 237990, FSC CODE: Y1PZ, FOR A FIRM FIXED-PRICE CONTRACT. 

This announcement serves as the Advance Notice for this project. Responses to this synopsis are not required.