Grape-Bollin-Schwartz Levee

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 the Grape-Bollin-Schwartz Levee Unit 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 earthwork operations, bringing in fill and borrow material from a pre-determined site, haul road development, clearing of debris as necessary, erosion repair, rutting repair, levee surfacing, various stone surfacing/placement, installation of stone armored protection, installation and rehabilitation of drainage structures and associated apertures, and establishment of turf for repairs of compromised landside, riverside, and crown levee sections.

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. There will be an organized site visit planned for this solicitation. The details will be included in the solicitation. If there are any changes to the scheduled site visit, the correct time and location will be included in the solicitation or amendments as applicable. At this time there are no options identified for this project.

In accordance with FAR 36.204 and DFARs 236.204, the estimated magnitude of this construction project is: Between $100,000.00 and $250,000.00.

This solicitation will be issued as an Invitation for Bid (IFB) and evaluated in accordance with FAR 14.1 based on Price.

The estimated period of performance for completion of construction is 120 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed (NTP).

The solicitation will be available on or about 6 November 2019 and bids will be due on or about 9 December 2019.  The solicitation, including any amendments, shall establish the official opening and closing dates and times.

This procurement is competitive small business set a-side with a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), with a size standard of $36.5 million.  For the purpose of this procurement, a concern is considered a small business if its annual average gross revenue, taken for the last three years, does not exceed the size standards stated above.

To view or download the solicitation requires registration at the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at http://www.fbo.gov and www.ProjNet.Org.  Downloads are available only through the Projnet.Org website.  Any amendments will be available on FBO.  Bidders are responsible for checking the FBO and ProjNet websites frequently for any update(s) to this Pre-solicitation Announcement or Amendments to the Solicitation.  The websites is occasionally inaccessible due to maintenance.  The Government is not responsible for any loss of internet connectivity or for bidders inability to access the document at the referenced website.

Prior to bidding, interested bidders must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM).  Firms can register via the SAM internet web-site at https://sam.gov/protal/public/SAM/.  If the bidder of 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.  If at the time of award an offeror in not successfully and actively registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective offeror.  The solicitation and associated information will be available from FedBizOpps website at http://www.fbo.gov.  This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the bidders responsibility to check the website frequently for any amendments to the solicitation. 

Payment and Performance Bonds will be required for the full amount (100%) of the awarded contract before the Notice to Proceed can be issued. 

Point of Contact: The point of contract for all questions/inquires is Delos Halterman at phone number (816) 389-3501 or by email at delos.c.halterman2@usace.army.mil.

Technical inquiries and questions relating to the solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at www.ProjNet.Org when the solicitation is made available.