Sediment Reduction Structures Phase X, Coahoma, Bolivar, and Sunflower Counties, FC/MR&T, Big Sunflower River Basin, Big Sunflower River

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) Solicitation Number W912EE20B0009 for Sediment Reduction Structures Phase X Coahoma, Bolivar, & Sunflower Counties, Ms FC/Mr&T, Big Sunflower River Basin, Big Sunflower River.

The work consists of furnishing all plant, labor, materials and equipment, constructing nine (9) riser pipe grade control structures in Coahoma, Bolivar & Sunflower Counties, Mississippi.  Principal features of the work include clearing and grubbing, excavation, fill, backfill, embankment, miscellaneous items, control of water, engineering fabric, stone protection, corrugated metal pipe, erosion control, lime treatment, welding, concrete work, storm water pollution prevention and environmental protection.

This IFB will result in the award of one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Construction contract. The set-aside for this procurement is Woman Owned Small Business. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code is 237990 with a size standard of $39.5 Million.

In accordance with FAR 36.204, the magnitude of this construction project is estimated to be between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00.

The estimated period of performance for completion of construction is 285 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed.

The Government intends to award without discussions, but reserves the right to conduct discussion should it be deemed in the Government's best interest.

The bids will be evaluated based on lowest price submitted.

The official solicitation, plans and specifications will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found on the Beta SAM System for Award Management Web Page at https://www.beta.sam.gov/. Compact disc and hardcopies will not be available. Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at https://www.beta.sam.gov/. Bidders are encouraged to check often for changes (AMENDMENTS) to posted solicitations. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.

Offerors must have and maintain an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov and must include the NAICS code they are bidding under in order to receive a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.

For additional information regarding this solicitation, please contact R. Ellis Screws via email at Ellis.Screws@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. The solicitation, including any amendments, shall establish the official opening and closing dates and times.

ISSUE DATE: On or About 05August2020. BID OPENING DATE AND TIME: On or About 08September2020. THIS PROCUREMENT IS A WOMAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. IT IS ISSUED UNDER NAICS 237990, FSC CODE Y1PZ, FOR ONE (1) FIRM FIXED-PRICE CONTRACT.

This announcement serves as the Advance Notice for this project. Responses to this synopsis are not required.