Webster, Calhoun, and Carroll Counties, MS, MDHP, RP-17-02, FC/MR&T, Yazoo River Basin, Yalobusha River and Abiaca Creek Watersheds

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, has a FY-23 requirement for a contractor to provide construction services.  The work to be performed under this contract consists of furnishing all plant, labor, materials and equipment, and constructing nine (9) riser pipe grade control structures in Webster, Calhoun and Carroll Counties, Mississippi.  Principle features of work include clearing and grubbing; excavation, backfill, pipe fill, embankment, and control of water; engineering fabric; stone protection; corrugated metal pipe; topsoil, fertilizing, seeding and mulching; lime treatment; welding; concrete work; storm water pollution prevention; and environmental protection.

This requirement is being procured under FAR 14, Sealed Bidding, and has been set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business concerns.  The solicitation is anticipated to be issued as an Invitation for Bid (IFB), and the resulting construction contract shall be firm fixed price (FFP).  The issue date of the solicitation is expected to be on or about 25 July 2023. A bid opening date will be established in the solicitation.  The bidding instructions and closing date for submission of bids will be contained in the solicitation notice.  

In accordance with FAR 36.204(f), the construction magnitude of this project will be between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. 

The estimated period of performance for completion of construction is 260 calendar days from issuance of 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 SAM System for Award Management 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 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 Bidders responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.

Bidders 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 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 Bidder.

For additional information regarding this solicitation, please contact Freteshia L. Johnson via email at Freteshia.L.Johnson@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.

SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE ON OR ABOUT 25 JULY 2023.  BID OPENING DATE AND TIME TO BE DETERMINED.  THIS PROCUREMENT IS A 100% SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED 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.