Levee Rehab Abilene Levee, Left and Right Bank, Abilene, Kansas

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 Abilene, KS Levee Unit, Left and Right Bank, 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. It will be evaluated in accordance with 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. 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 $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00.

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 150 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed (NTP).

Bid Bonds shall be in the amount of 20% of the bid price or $3,000,000.00, whichever is the 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.

Bids will be due the day and time specified in the solicitation. The solicitation will be available on or about 14 Aug 2020.

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.

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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.   

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