Tensas Parish, LA, Point Pleasant-Yucatan, LA, Levee Enlargement and Berms, MRL Item 411-R, FC/MR&T, WBMRL

W912EE - The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) Solicitation Number W912EE25BA006 for Tensas Parish, LA, Point Pleasant-Yucatan, LA, Levee Enlargement and Berms, MRL Item 411-R, FC/MR&T, WBMRL.

The work consists of furnishing all plant, labor, materials and equipment, and constructing Item 411-R levee enlargement and berms, in Tensas Parish, Louisiana.  Principal features of work include mobilization and demobilization, clearing and grubbing, semicompacted levee embankment, uncompacted seepage berm embankment, uncompacted maintenance berm embankment, ramps, removing and stockpiling the existing crushed stone surface, traverses, culverts, cattle guards, adding new crushed stone surfacing, ditching, mowing, turfing, erosion control matting, storm water pollution prevention, and environmental protection features.

In accordance with FAR 36.204, the construction magnitude of this project will be above $10,000,000.00. 

The estimated period of performance for completion of construction is 355 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 System for Award Management (SAM) Web Page at https://www.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.sam.gov/. Bidders are encouraged to check often for changes (AMENDMENTS) to posted solicitation. 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 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 Amy L. Starks via email at Amy.L.Starks@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:  25 FEBRUARY 2025; BIDS DUE DATE AND TIME:  27 MARCH 2025; 1400PM CST; THIS PROCUREMENT IS A TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE.  IT IS ISSUED UNDER NAICS CODE 237990, FSC CODE: Y1PZ, FOR A FIRM FIXED-PRICE CONTRACT. 

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