Erosion Control Project for County of Marion, State of Mississippi

Erosion Control project in the County of Marion, State of Mississippi. The place of performance is located at Lumberton Road, Rest Haven Cemetery, Columbia-Purvis Road and Conner Avenue, City of Columbia.

This procurement is a TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE ACQUISITION and will be released under an Invitation for Bid (IFB) Solicitation Number 12FPC119B0002. The small business size standard is based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction with a size standard of $36.5 million average annual income.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION. The work will consist of installing erosion control measures for Rest Haven Cemetery, located at Lumberton Road, Columbia-Purvis Rd & Connor Avenue, in the City of Columbia, County of Marion, State of Mississippi

PROJECT DURATION. 85 calendar days after the Notice to Proceed (NTP) is issued. Contract approximate Period of Performance July 2019 through October 2019

SUMMARY. Contractor shall furnish provide and furnish all supervision, labor, materials, tools, equipment, transportation, supplies and travel necessary to provide the required services to install erosion measures in accordance with NRCS design and construction specifications, and other attachments provided.

WORK TO BE PERFORMED BY PRIME CONTRACTOR. The contractor shall perform, with its own organization, work equivalent to at least 50 Percent of the value for the work of the contract.

ESTIMATE PRICE RANGE. The estimated price range for this project is between $250,000 - $500,000

PREBID/PROPOSAL-TELECONFERENCE/SITE VISIT (CONSTRUCTION). Prebid/proposal teleconference/site visit information will be outlined in the solicitation. PreBid/proposal and Site showings are typically held within 1-2 weeks from the date the solicitation is posted in www.fbo.gov. There will be no public bid opening. The purpose of this conference will be to answer questions regarding, or requests for clarification of, the Invitation for Bid (IFB) documents. Although questions during the site visit are permissible, statements or representations made during the site visits are not legally bindings. Changes resulting from the site visits are official only if issued through an Amendment to the Invitation for Bid (IFB) solicitation. Contractors are strongly urged to attend both prebid/proposal conference and site visit/showing.

BONDING REQUIREMENTS. All Offerors must ensure that their firms have the ability to provide both 100 Percent of the Performance and Payment Bonds requirements. In addition, Offerors will be required to submit a bid guarantee/bid bond, (20 percent) with their bid/proposal.

SOLICITATION PACKET (IFB, Terms and Conditions, Clauses, Provisions, Technical Specifications, and Drawings). The solicitation packet will be available on or about May 22, 2019 on the FEDERAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY (FedBizOpps) website at www.fbo.gov.

Potential Offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining and acknowledging any and all amendments to the solicitation. It is the Offerors responsibility to view the FedBizOpps website daily as no other notification of amendments will be provided on any revisions to this announcement or other notices.

SYSTEM FOR AWARD (SAM) REGISTRATION: All prospective contractors must register in the System for Award Management (SAM) registration database at www.sam.gov to be considered for an award of a federal contract.

QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS.
All questions or requests for clarifications of the terms, conditions, and requirements of this Invitation for Bid (IFB) shall be submitted to Danny Mandell at danny.mandell@usda.gov. Please direct all questions via email only.