Brush Creek 15 Dam Rehabilitation-Construction

The West Virginia Department of Administration Purchasing Division, on behalf of the West Virginia Conservation Agency, is procuring construction services for the comprehensive rehabilitation of the Brush Creek Site 15 Dam, a high-hazard earthen embankment approximately 690 feet long located in Mercer County, West Virginia. The project scope encompasses 46 line items including clearing and grubbing (2.3 acres), upstream riprap stability berm installation (14,210 cubic yards of riprap across multiple locations), riser structure improvements, downstream filter drainage system installation, embankment slope flattening, principal spillway pipe extension (27.3 linear feet), removal and installation of pond drain gates, new impact basin construction, and conversion of the grass-lined auxiliary spillway to a roller-compacted concrete (RCC) stepped chute spillway with 4,430 cubic yards of RCC and 34,190 cubic yards of earthfill placement. Qualified bidders must demonstrate successful completion of at least two similar dam construction, repair, or rehabilitation projects within the past ten years, documented experience with roller-compacted concrete applications, and must hold a West Virginia Contractors Licensing Board Classification C (General Engineering) license. The contractor must perform at least 15 percent of total work with its own workforce, maintain a qualified superintendent on-site, comply with local labor market hiring requirements (75 percent from the local labor market), and adhere to all federal procurement standards including Davis-Bacon wage rates. Construction is scheduled to commence March 2, 2026, with substantial completion required by December 30, 2027, and final completion by January 29, 2028, with liquidated damages of $2,500 per day for failure to complete the first-year milestone (reservoir draining, riprap berm, and riser work by December 30, 2026) and $4,183.33 per day for failure to achieve final project completion. The mandatory pre-bid meeting was held on November 12, 2025, at the Mercer County 4-H Camp in Princeton, West Virginia; vendor questions were due by December 1, 2025, at 2:00 PM EST/EDT; and bids are due January 14, 2026, at 1:30 PM EST/EDT, to be submitted to the Department of Administration Purchasing Division at 2019 Washington Street East, Charleston, West Virginia 25305.

The project is partially funded by federal dollars through the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Watershed Rehabilitation Program under Public Law 83-566, subjecting all contractors to federal procurement standards and Davis-Bacon prevailing wage determinations. The solicitation includes federal funds provisions requiring good faith efforts for minority and women-owned business enterprise (MBE/WBE) participation, though no specific documentation requirements, minimum participation limits, or designated MBE/WBE databases are mandated in the available documentation. Bidders must submit a five percent (5 percent) bid bond with their proposals and must acknowledge receipt of all addenda (five addenda have been issued as of December 31, 2025) by submitting a completed Addendum Acknowledgment Form with their bids; failure to acknowledge addenda may result in bid disqualification. Required bonding includes performance bonds, labor and material payment bonds, and a two-year maintenance bond for roofing work (if applicable), all equal to 100 percent of the contract value. The contractor must also maintain comprehensive insurance coverage including $1,000,000 commercial general liability and $1,000,000 automobile liability, and must stockpile 9,220 cubic yards of earthfill material for future Site 14 work as part of the contract deliverables. While specific budget or award values are not explicitly stated in the solicitation documents, the project's comprehensive scope including extensive excavation (26,200 cubic yards for embankment and 13,800 cubic yards for auxiliary spillway), concrete work (4,430 cubic yards of RCC), and riprap installation across a 690-foot embankment suggests a substantial federal-funded construction contract, likely in the multi-million-dollar range based on typical dam rehabilitation project costs.