Contract Award: Phase 2 - Samuels Ave North/South Valley Storage Sites, Fort Worth Central City, Upper Trinity River, Fort Worth, Texas

Work requirements include excavation, hauling, and placement of approximately 400,000 cubic yards of material from the Samuels Ave South site and approximately 140,000 cubic yards of material from the Samuels Ave North site. Other major work elements include construction of cast-in-place reinforced concrete headwalls/spillway, construction of drain culverts, storm sewer structures, installation of perforated drain pipe, clearing and grubbing, seeding, hydro seeding, demolition of existing structures, construction of both gravel and concrete trails, and construction of permanent fencing. This description is not all inclusive, but only an overview of the major work requirements of the project.

Amendment #0004 is now available for download. This Amendment clarifies the pipe size as 27 inches on Drawing Sheets CU-102, -103, and -108.

The bid date and time remain unchaged.

Amendment #0003 is now available for download in response to questions submitted via Bidder's Inquiry. Revised Sections 31 23 00.00 20 and 33 40 00 are incorporated to provide minor clarification verbiage in the identified areas.

The bid date and time remain unchanged.

A document has been provided that identifies the documents that must be submitted at Bid Opening. Contractors are strongly encouraged to carefully read the information to ensure that their bid packages are complete.

Amendment #0002 is now available for download. The bid opening date and time remain unchanged.

The following is provided in response to several telephone calls and emails:

1) ALL questions shall be submitted via the Bidder's Inquiry System of the ProjNet website. Information regarding this site can be found on Page 8 of the PDF document containing the SF1442. The instructions and Bidder's Inquiry Key can be found directly following the Bid Schedule

2) Per paragraph C of the Bidder's Inquiry (ProjNet) instructions, the last day to submit questions via Bidder's Inquiry will be 5 days prior to proposal submission. This will be Thursday, 17 December 2009. No questions will be accepted once the system closes.

3) There are no questions and answers provided via FedBizOpps. All questions and responses can be seen on the Bidder's Inquiry System.

4) CAD files are provided via the 'Data Files ' link.

5) DO NOT attempt to unzip and download the first link titled 'Data Files', as this one is corrupt and is in the process of being deleted by the FedBizOpps Help Desk. Please unzip and download the second link that is directly above Amendment 1. When the corrupted link is ultimately deleted, the only remaining link should be the useable one.

6) Please disregard the DD 1354. It is not a required form for bid opening.

Intermittent difficulty downloading and saving the solicitation documents that were originally made available have been reported. Therefore, the drawings and specifications have been provided as two separate PDF documents that appear as 'Solicitation 2'. It is recommended that these two documents be used, as they provide the project documents directly rather than via the .exe file.

The Specifications and Drawings are now available as a Zip file. Once downloaded, the specifications are within the specifications folder as a PDF file titled 'g10b0004'; the drawings are within the drawings folder as a PDF file titled 'g10b0004_dwgs'.

A SITE VISIT IS SCHEDULED FOR 1:00PM (local) THURSDAY, 3 DECEMBER 2009. Please see clause 52.236-27 for the meeting location. (page 17 of the Specification PDF document)

ALL CONTRACTORS ARE REMINDED THAT THE PROJNET WEBSITE IS THE ONLY METHOD FOR SUBMITTING QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROCUREMENT. Instructions can be found directly following the Bid Schedule. (page 8 of the Specification PDF document)

The Magnitude of Construction was inadvertently omitted from the Presolicitation Notice. The Magnitude of Construction for this project is estimated to be between $5,000,000 and $8,000,000.

The Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a requirement to construct water storage sites along the Upper Trinity River in downtown Fort Worth, Texas as part of the Fort Worth Central City Upper Trinity River Program.

Work requirements include excavation, hauling, and placement of approximately 400,000 cubic yards of material from the Samuels Ave South site and approximately 140,000 cubic yards of material from the Samuels Ave North site. Other major work elements include construction of cast-in-place reinforced concrete headwalls/spillway, construction of drain culverts, storm sewer structures, installation of perforated drain pipe, clearing and grubbing, seeding, hydro seeding, demolition of existing structures, construction of both gravel and concrete trails, and construction of permanent fencing. This description is not all inclusive, but only an overview of the major work requirements of the project.

The solicitation will be issued on or about 23 November 2009 as a competitive 8(a) Invitation for Bid (IFB). A public bid opening will be conducted 30 days after issuance of the solicitation; the specific date, time and location of the bid opening will be identified in the solicitation documents.

THIS PROCUREMENT IS 100% SET-ASIDE FOR 8(a) FIRMS ONLY. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT COMPETITION WILL BE LIMITED TO 8(a) FIRMS LOCATED WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA SERVICED BY THE SBA DALLAS/FORT WORTH DISTRICT OFFICE, AND OTHER 8(a) CONSTRUCTION FIRMS A WITH BONA FIDE PLACE OF BUSINESS WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL COMETITIVE AREA, AND THE ASSIGNED NAICS CODE. ALL OTHER 8(a) BD PARTICIPANTS ARE INELIGIBLE TO SIBMIT BIDS. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 238910, with a Small Business Size Standard (as identified by the U.S. Small Business Administration) of $14,000,000.

An original Bid Guarantee will be required with each submitted bid. Both a Performance Bond and Payment Bond, each in the amount of 100% of the contract price, will be required to be submitted by the successful bidder within 10 calendar days of contract award.

Plans and specifications will not be available in paper format or on compact disc. Contractors may view and/or download the solicitation and all Amendments only at the following internet address: www.fbo.gov. It is the offerors responsibility to monitor the FBO website (using the above link) for Amendments to the solicitation.

Use of this website requires prior registration in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) databases. You may register with CCR at http://ccr.gov/. Once youve completed the CCR registration, you may register in FBO at www.fbo.gov . You must be registered with CCR to receive a Government contract award.

General questions about this procurement should be directed to Allen Bassett via email at Allen.R.Bassett@usace.army.mil . Once the solicitation is issued, all technical questions shall be submitted via ProjNet; additional information about the use of the ProjNet website will be included in the solicitation.