Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District (SPK), Sacramento, CA 95814 intends to award a Firm- Fixed-Price Sole Source Contract Modification to James Fisher Jr. Excavating, 1990 County Road 303, Willows, CA 95988, for 1.25 miles of levee embankment construction as part of the Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project in Hamilton City, CA.    

This construction will include the following:

• Two separate seepage berm segments, one segment is 1,300 feet long by 25 feet wide and the other is 1,600 feet long by 70 feet wide.
• The degrade of the existing J levee landward of the new levee segment.
• The relocation of an interior drainage pump structure and pump.
• The extension of an existing interior drainage ditch waterward toward the new levee segment.
• The construction of a 48-inch diameter interior drainage culvert through the new levee embankment, and construction of various access ramps onto the new levee embankment.
• Construction will also require clearing of several acres of prune and walnut orchard and riparian habitat to permit construction of the new levee embankment.

This will be awarded on a sole source basis under the authority of 10 U.S.C.2304(d)(1)(B), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii)(A) -- Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

The applicable North American Industry Classification (NAICS) is 237990 – Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction.

The size standard is $39,500,000.

In accordance with FAR 36.204(g), the magnitude of effort is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. No solicitation package is available and telephone inquiries will not be honored. This is a notice of intent to award a sole source action; however, all interested persons that identify to the Contracting Officer their intent and capabilities to satisfy the Government’s requirement received by no later than 09 March at 1:00PM Pacific Time Zone will be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Responses or questions pertaining to this notice should be submitted by email to John Wysocki, Contract Specialist, at john.wysocki@usace.army.mil and Rachel Kinney, Contracting Officer, at Rachel.Kinney@usace.army.mil.