RECOVERY--Y--PROJECT NUMBER 71458, Emsworth Locks and Dam, Ohio River, PA Emsworth Locks and Dam, Ohio River, PA Back Channel Scour Protection and Left Abutment Stabilization

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NOTE TO CONTRACTORS ATTENDING THE PREBID SITE VISIT:

If you intend on participating in the prebid site visit, please provide your company's name, participant/s names, and telephone numbers to Carole.Householder@usace.army.mil no later than 1:00 pm on Friday, January 22, 2010.

Solicitation, specifications, plans, & wage determination are posted.

As part of the Major Rehabilitation Project for the Emsworth Dams stabilization, the US Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, has a project that involves stabilization of the Back Channel Dam left abutment and installation of permanent scour protection consisting of grout filled bags downstream of the existing dam apron at Emsworth Locks and Dam, Ohio River, PA. The major features of the project are identified below:

The work to be performed under this contract consists of furnishing all plant, materials, equipment, supplies, and labor for the installation of micropiles and rock anchors for stabilizing the existing abutment wall, a pipe pile and sheet pile combination wall installed riverward of the existing abutment to facilitate grade separation for the scour protection, dredging the river, and installing of new grout bag scour protection across and downstream of the existing Back Channel Dam.

The magnitude of the project is between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000. This procurement will be advertised on an unrestricted basis. The Invitation for Bid (IFB) will be issued approximately January 12, 2010 on-line only through the Federal Business Opportunities website; therefore, requests for hardcopies of the specifications and drawings will not be honored. Requests must be made by registering for this solicitation at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Once registered, vendors, plan rooms and printing companies will be able to download the solicitation and drawings on or after the above issuance date. For additional contracting opportunities go to the Army Single Face to Industry website at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/, click on Contracting Opportunities and follow the directions or go to http://www.fedbizopps.gov, click on Go Find Business Opportunities and follow the directions.