Yuma Mesa Conduit Metering Flume

YUMA MESA CONDUIT METERING FLUME

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has a requirement for installing a metering flume at Yuma Mesa Conduit. The project involves installing a reinforced concrete approach channel and constructive weir on the 48 diameter Yuma Mesa Conduit Pipeline located one half mile east of N Figureoa Aveue and Levee Road, Yuma County Arizona.

The work involves removing a section of 48 concrete pressure pipe, over excavating and recompacting the area under the new flume and approach channel, install an 8 wide approach channel, transition section, 6 wide control section along with pipe inlets and outlets.

The solicitation R14PS00344 is 100% set aside for Small Businesses. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code assigned to this project is 237110 Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction with a corresponding small business size standard of $33.5M. Invitation for bids will be extended to firms eligible under the Small Business Program. There will be a formal public bid opening. This requirement will be solicited and awarded using FAR Part 14 - Sealed Bidding. The resulting contract will be a firm fixed price construction type.

The project period of performance is anticipated to begin September 2014 with an anticipated completion date of January 2015.

Bid Bond, Payment and Performance Bonds are required.

The magnitude of this construction project is estimated to be between $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00.

The anticipated period of performance is 120 calendar days from receipt of the Notice to Proceed.

The solicitation and any amendments to the solicitation will be available only through Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) (www.fedbizopps.gov) website. The extent of the work will be described in the solicitation when it is posted on or about June 23, 2014. A site visit/pre-proposal conference will be held on or about July 9, 2014. Bids will be due on or about July 23, 2014. Electronic medium for the bid submittal documents will not be allowed. All dates in this announcement are estimated and are subject to change. No other information will be available before the solicitation is posted.

All interested parties are responsible for checking the FBO website to ensure that they have the most current information. Offerors are required to have a current registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be elgible for contract award. Offerors may register in SAM at http://www.sam.gov. SAM is a new system combining federal procurement systems into one new system. This consolidation is being done in phases. The first phase of SAM includes the functionality from the following systems: Central Contractor Registration (CCR), Federal Agency Registration (Fedreg), Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) and Excluded Parties List System (EPLS). Questions may be submitted to Virginia Toledo at vtoledo@usbr.gov or by fax at 928-343-8568.