MVN - Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project (SELA 26), Widening of Florida Ave Canal (Phase IV)

NOTE: THIS IS A SYNOPSIS NOT A SOLICITATION. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME; THEREFORE NO QUESTIONS OF A TECHNICAL OR CONTRACTUAL NATURE WILL BE ACCEPTED OR ANSWERED UNTIL THE SOLICITATION IS ISSUED. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS SYNOPSIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

UNRESTRICTED PROCUREMENT: This solicitation is anticipated to issue as a Request for Proposal (RFP) resulting in the award of a single firm fixed price (FFP) contract. The Request for Proposal is anticipated to issue on or about 20 June 2014 and the Proposal Due Date is anticipated to be on or about 21 July 2014. The estimated value of this work is between $100,000,000 and $250,000,000. Proposals received in response to this solicitation shall be evaluated in accordance with procedures outlined in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 15 Best Value. NAICS CODE: 237990.

The work consists of reconstructing approximately 1,300 linear feet of pile founded flume/covered canal along the Florida Avenue Canal, reconstructing and realigning approximately 625 linear feet of pile founded flume/covered canal along the Peoples Avenue Canal, and constructing a jet grout founded covered canal along Eads, Deers and Painters Streets (approximately 900 linear feet each) and along Treasure, Abundance and Benefit streets (approximately 1,015 linear feet each), including associated drainage work and utility relocations (water, sewer, electrical) as required for construction of a covered canal. The work will require a large amount of coordination with Norfolk Southern Railroad in order to construct the Florida and Peoples Canal improvements. Work consists of construction of reinforced concrete flume and box culvert, including timber, concrete, pipe, and H-pile installation, foundation jet grouting, sheetpile installation and temporary retaining structure construction, clearing and grubbing, excavation and backfill, construction dewatering and unwatering, utility relocations, railroad ballast stone placement, erosion control, maintenance and diversion of storm water, reinforced concrete placement, drainage lines and structures, large and small diameter sewer lines, large and small diameter water lines and structures, electrical feeders, roadway restoration, sidewalks, driveways, curbs and gutters, sodding and seeding and mulching, traffic signal system, street lighting and other incidental work.

Selection will be based on the following criteria, with non-cost factors being more important than price. The Technical Non-Cost Factors are: (1) Past Performance (2) Technical Approach (3) Key Personnel and Project Management Plan and (4) Small Business Participation Plan; Cost Factor (5) Price. Factors 1 and 2 are approximately equal in importance and are significantly more important when compared to Factor 3. Factor 4 is significantly less important than Factors 1, 2, and 3. Factors 1, 2, 3 and 4, when combined are significantly more important than Factor 5, Cost or Price. Factor 5, which is Price, may become more significant in contributing to the source selection decision if competing proposals offer approximately equal Past Performance and Technical Approaches and due consideration is given to Key Personnel and Project Management Plan and Small Business Participation Plan. These evaluation factors are subject to change. Any changes to the evaluation factors will be shown in the solicitation. The solicitation shall include a detailed list of evaluation factors, including any subfactors or elements, and shall provide instructions for proposal requirements and the basis for award.

The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI). You can access these files from a link located on FedBizOps (www.fbo.gov). You will need Adobe Reader for .pdf files (www.adobe.com) in order to open most files posted by the New Orleans District. Offerors are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) to receive a Government contract award. You may register online at http://www.sam.gov.

The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Christopher Nuccio who may be reached via e-mail at Christopher.M.Nuccio@usace.army.mil.