Fox River Upper & Lower Sluiceway, Spillway and Walkway Repairs project in Appleton, WI

VIRTUAL BID OPENING FOR APPLETON, WI, UPPER AND LOWER SLUICEWAY, SPILLWAY, AND WALKWAY REPAIRS PROJECT, IFB #W912P620B0007 THE VIRTUAL BID OPENING WILL BEGIN AT 2:00p.m. CDT ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 Interested individuals will navigate to the below WEBEX link and enter their email address and name. Please provide your full name and information. This information will be utilized to obtain the list of attendees at the virtual bid opening. The bids will be read aloud and individuals will be able to view the information on the WEBEX screen as the bids are entered into a bid tabulation sheet. Should technological issues ensue from the visual viewing at the WEBEX, the audio access will take precedence and satisfy the conditions of bids being communicated publicly/read aloud (the AUDIO INFORMATION FOLLOWS THE BELOW WEBEX INFORMATION). When it's time to join the meeting on the aforementioned date and time, please use the following weblink, meeting number and password: https://usace.webex.com/usace/j.php?MTID=m52e01f3e3a084567c9412bb9f1328c87 Meeting number: +1 (555) 000-0000 Password: MJfn7JKpZ45 ----FOR AUDIO - JOIN BY PHONE: Call-in number (ATT Audio Conference): +1 (555) 000-0000 (US/Canada) Call-in toll-free number (ATT Audio Conference): +1 (555) 000-0000 (US/Canada) Access Code: 268 944 3 Security Code: 268 944 3 Conf ID No.: Enter the # sign -----Looking forward to your participation!! - Regina G. Blair, Contracting Chief, Chicago District-USACE EFFECTIVE 14 SEPTEMBER 2020: The government has issued and posted Amendment 0004 under this Solicitation. The response due date remains 17 September 2020. EFFECTIVE 10 SEPTEMBER 2020: The government has issued and posted Amendment 0003 under this Solicitation. The response due date is changed to 17 September 2020. EFFECTIVE 10 SEPTEMBER 2020: The government has issued and posted Amendment 0002 under this Solicitation. The response due date remains 14 September 2020. EFFECTIVE 28 AUGUST 2020: The government has issued and posted Amendment No. 0001 under this Solicitation. The response due date is changed to 14 September 2020. A second amendment will be issued to provide additional information as outlined in Amendment 0001. By way of this Solicitation Notice, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Chicago District issues the construction Solicitation package hereunder, which is provided for bidding purposes. The construction project is entitled: "Fox River Upper & Lower Sluiceway, Spillway and Walkway Repairs project in Appleton, WI." PROJECT INFORMATION: The successful awardee shall provide construction services for repairing two dams on the Fox River in Appleton, WI: Appleton Upper Dam and Appleton Lower Dam. The Appleton Upper Dam and the Appleton Lower Dam are concrete gravity dams keyed into bedrock. Each dam has a spillway section and a sluiceway section with eight tainter gates, each 20 feet wide. The maximum head differential occurs at Appleton Upper Dam and is 14.5 feet. Work involves removal and replacement of all sluiceway Tainter gates and trunnion assemblies and anchorage, removal, and replacement of steel spillway walkways, full demolition, and replacement of all spillway concrete piers and partial demolition and replacement of all sluiceway concrete piers at both dams. Repair of bedrock scours downstream of the Appleton Upper dam will also be repaired. No more than two gates will be removed at any given time. The dams are remotely located on the Fox River and are water-bound. CONTRACTING OFFICE: USACE Chicago District, 231 S. LaSalle Str., Suite 1500, Chicago, IL 60604 ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Competition for this acquisition is unrestricted witha HUBZone 10% price evaluation preference. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 237990, with a size standard of $39.5M. The estimated magnitude of construction cost is betw een $5M and $10M. This solicitation (this Invitation for Bids) is downloadable from this Internet site ONLY. The files are protable document format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, and printed using Adobe Reader. IN THE CASE OF A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE DATES PUBLISHED IN THIS NOTICE AND THOSE CALLED OUT IN THE IFB DOCUMENT, THE DATES IN THE IFB DOCUMENT OVERRIDES THOSE PUBLISHED HEREIN THIS NOTICE; THIS IS RELATIVE TO THE IFB ISSUANCE DATE AND THE DUE DATE FOR BIDS. IMPORTANT POLICY: Bidders are REQUIRED to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) AT THE TIME ITS BID IS SUBMITTED to comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements. Registration can be completed free of charge at www.sam.gov. The point of contact for this acquisition is Patricia Woodhouse at +1 (555) 000-0000 or via e-mail: contact@example.gov. **Please include solicitation number W912P620B0007 on all correspondence.**