Fargo Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, Southern Embankment Reach SE-1B

This is a Pre-solicitation Notice Only.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Paul District has a requirement for the Fargo Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, Southern Embankment Reach SE-1B.  The Fargo Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, Southern Embankment Reach SE-1B, is located in Cass County, North Dakota, and consists of an earth dam embankment with gravel road on top, topsoiled and seeded side slopes, and ditches on both sides.  Portions of the embankment slopes will have turf reinforcement mat.  The dam embankment will tie into and extend north from the end of the existing Reach SE-1 embankment approximately ½ mile west of the intersection of CR16 and CR17, to the existing embankment at Diversion Inlet Structure.  The reach also includes a short section of embankment connecting the existing embankment on the northeast side of the Diversion Inlet Structure to the existing embankment at the south end of Reach SE-2A.  The combined total length of the dam embankment is approximately ¾ of a mile.  The dam embankment material will come from a borrow site adjacent to the Diversion Inlet Structure.  The reach also includes relocation of County Roads 16 and 17, including a roundabout at the new intersection of these roads and construction of adjacent ditching.  County Road 17 will tie into the new bridge crossing the Diversion Channel, constructed under a separate contract. The road embankment material will come from a stockpile near the City of Fargo.

It is estimated that this project will be solicited in mid-December 2023.  The anticipated magnitude of this project will be between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. 

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project will be 237990; Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction with a size standard of $45.0 Million.

The resulting contract shall be a Firm, Fixed-Price contract.

The solicitation shall be a Total Small Business set-aside. 

The solicitation will be an Invitation for Bid (IFB).

This synopsis is not a request for quotes, proposals, or bids. This is a notice that a solicitation for a competitive acquisition for the award of one firm-fixed price contract is intended to be issued via Contract Opportunities (https://sam.gov/content/opportunities) in the near future. The specifications will be detailed in the solicitation. This announcement is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or award a contract.

This is a pre-solicitation notice, and as such, any additional information as to the size and/or scope of the project will not be available until the issuance of the IFB.

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