Federal Levee Rehab, Lower Chariton Levee Unit

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) solicitation for Construction Activities for Levee repair to Lower Chariton due to damages sustained during the 2019 flood events.  The work covered by this contract consist of furnishing all equipment, labor, operators, supervision/site superintendent, quality control, supplies, materials, and incidentals necessary to satisfactorily perform and provide construction to potentially include, but not limited to construction of underseepage berms and the recommended repair for all riverside sod damage includes overseeding to reestablish proper vegetation cover. It will be evaluated in accordance to FAR 14.1.

At this time, no Pre-Solicitation Conference is planned for this solicitation.  If the Government does elect to hold a Pre-Solicitation Conference, the Pre-Solicitation Announcement will be modified accordingly.

In accordance with FAR 36.204 and DFARS 236.204, the estimate magnitude if this construction project is:

Between $500,000 and $1,000,000

The estimate performance period for completion of construction is TBD calendar days from the Notice to Proceed (NTP).

There will be an organized site visit planned for this solicitation. The details will be included in the solicitation.

Bid Bonds shall be in the amount of 20% of the bid price or $3,000,000.00, whichever is lesser of the two values. Payment and Performance Bonds will be required for the full amount (100%) of the awarded contract before the Notice to Proceed can be issued.

This procurement is a competitive small business set aside utilizing the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction).

Bids will be due the day and time specified in the solicitation.  The solicitation will be available on or about 13 March 2020.

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Prior to submitting a bid, interested offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database.  Bids from contractors without an active SAM registration will not be considered for award.  Firms can register via the SAM internet website at https://www.sam.gov/SAM/.  

If the offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity must have a valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity.  SAM.GOV registration is free of charge. For assistance with SAM registration, please visit https://www.aptac-us.org/     

This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offeror's responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.

Point of Contact: The point of contact for all questions/inquiries is Mr. Chris Anderson at phone number (816) 389-3850 or by email at christopher.w.anderson@usace.army.mil.

Technical inquiries and questions relating to the solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at (https://www.projnet.org ) when the solicitation is made available.