Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) - Streambank Stabilization - Spencer Site - Nicholas County, West Virgnia

The USDA NRCS is preparing to issue a solicitation for work authorized under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program to relieve imminent hazards to life and property due to a major flood event June 22-29, 2016, impacting Nicholas County, West Virginia.

The project consists of removing restoring and stabilizing approximately 66 feet of stream bank on one site on an unnamed tributary of Cherry River in Nicholas County, West Virginia. Wire mesh will be installed to stabilize the streambank. Disturbed areas are to be graded to provide positive drainage and seeded and mulched to provide permanent vegetative cover. If necessary, blockages will be removed to restore channel capacity.

The solicitation will be a Total Small Business set-aside. Interested contractors must be registered as Active, and must complete the annual representations and certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov in order to be eligible for award.

All necessary permits and land rights have been acquired.

A firm-fixed price construction contract is anticipated under Simplified Acquisition Procedures. FAR Part 13 and 36 apply. As such, a bid bond is not required and there will be no formal bid opening. A Request for Quotes is being solicited, and can be supplied via fax, email, or regular mail. Award will be made to the lowest priced, responsible offeror.

An alternative form of payment protection, either a Payment Bond (SF-25A) or irrevocable letter of credit (ILC), in the amount of 100% of award will be required within 5 days of award.

The solicitation package, construction drawings and specifications will be posted and available from this site on December 20, 2016. Requests for quotes, under Simplified Acquisition Procedures, will be due buy 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 6, 2017.

A site showing to inspect the site will be held on Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. Participants should plan to meet at the Richwood City Park parking lot located at 59 Little Laurel Creek, Richwood, West Virginia 26261.

Performance time is 8 calendar days.

Magnitude of proposed construction: between $25,000 and $100,000.

All questions should be provided in writing to Laureen Eipp; laureen.eipp@wdc.usda.gov. All questions should be submitted no later than December 30, 2016. Responses to questions will be posted to this site on or before January 3, 2017.