Yuba Gravel Placement

Closed Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
W9123826QA014
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
Total Small Business

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
California 95977, United States

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About this opportunity

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District seeks gravel purchase, delivery, and placement services for the Lower Yuba River Englebright Dam Reach, with proposals due June 4, 2026, at 11:00 AM. The procurement is 100% set aside for Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB).

Place of performance is Big Oak Valley, California, near Smartsville. The contract covers a base year (July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027) plus four one-year option periods through June 30, 2031. Work involves placing up to 5,000 short tons annually of triple-washed spawning gravel and cobble (sized 0.25 to 5 inches in diameter) into the river channel to restore critical habitat for Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon and steelhead as required by a National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinion under the Endangered Species Act. In-water placement activities occur strictly between July 15 and August 31 each year using a sluicing injection method through an 8-inch flexible pipe. Gravel must meet specified compositional requirements: 30% sized 3.5–5 inches, 50% sized 1.25–3.5 inches, 8% sized 0.75–1.25 inches, 8% sized 0.5–0.75 inches, and 4% sized 0.25–0.5 inches.

The NAICS code is 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction); PSC is F019 (Natural Resources/Conservation–Other Wildlife Management). Contractor must furnish all labor, materials, equipment, and transportation; maintain general liability insurance at $1,000,000 minimum, automobile liability insurance at $1,000,000 minimum, and workers' compensation at $100,000 per employee minimum; and comply with USACE Safety and Health Requirements Manual EM 385-1-1 and applicable OSHA and California regulations. Service Contract Act wage determination 2015-5659 applies. Evaluation uses Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA), based on demonstrated technical capability, relevant past experience with similar augmentation projects, and pricing. A mandatory site walk occurred May 27, 2026, at 12896 Englebright Dam Road, Smartsville, California.

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Update #3 · Latest ·

** Update** 

06/2/2026

posted sign-in-sheet from May 27 site walk.

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Please be advised that the mandatory Site Walk is scheduled as follows:

Date: 27 May 2026
Time: 10:30AM PDT

Location:
12896 Englebright Dam Rd
Smartsville, CA 95977

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________The purpose of the Yuba Gravel Placement project is to place suitable-sized spawning gravel within the upper Narrows reach for rehabilitating associated geomorphic processes and aquatic habitat in the Englebright Dam reach of the Lower Yuba River. Implementation of a long-term augmentation program will serve to improve the overall ecological functionality of the channel. The project will provide gravel and cobble suitable for anadromous salmonid adult spawning, embryo incubation, and survival to emergence in a key area in the lower Yuba River designated as critical habitat for the Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon and the Central Valley steelhead. 

Update #2 ·

** Update** 

Please be advised that the mandatory Site Walk is scheduled as follows:

Date: 27 May 2026
Time: 10:30AM PDT

Location:
12896 Englebright Dam Rd
Smartsville, CA 95977

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________The purpose of the Yuba Gravel Placement project is to place suitable-sized spawning gravel within the upper Narrows reach for rehabilitating associated geomorphic processes and aquatic habitat in the Englebright Dam reach of the Lower Yuba River. Implementation of a long-term augmentation program will serve to improve the overall ecological functionality of the channel. The project will provide gravel and cobble suitable for anadromous salmonid adult spawning, embryo incubation, and survival to emergence in a key area in the lower Yuba River designated as critical habitat for the Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon and the Central Valley steelhead. 

Update #1 ·

The purpose of the Yuba Gravel Placement project is to place suitable-sized spawning gravel within the upper Narrows reach for rehabilitating associated geomorphic processes and aquatic habitat in the Englebright Dam reach of the Lower Yuba River. Implementation of a long-term augmentation program will serve to improve the overall ecological functionality of the channel. The project will provide gravel and cobble suitable for anadromous salmonid adult spawning, embryo incubation, and survival to emergence in a key area in the lower Yuba River designated as critical habitat for the Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon and the Central Valley steelhead. 

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