Y--Cow Creek Realignment, Lake Meridian Restoration Improvements, Kent, WA

The Seattle District Corps of Engineers has a requirement for Cow Creek Realignment, Lake Meridian Outlet and Wetland Restoration Improvements. This contract provides approximately 2400 feet of new sections of Cow Creek (Lake Meridian Outlet) channel and floodplain with associated fish/wildlife passage and habitat improvements. The base work, identified as Phase 2, will include a new (realigned) channel in Gary Grant Soos Creek Park to a new confluence with Big Soos Creek 0.35 miles north (upstream from) Kent-Kangley Road. It also includes a proposed split flow diversion between the existing and new channel alignments just east of the City of Kent 152nd Avenue Right-of-Way/Puget Sound Energy power line easement; and includes three box culverts across the new stream section. An optional portion of this contract, Phase 3, will include associated downstream wetland restoration improvements (approximately 3.0 acres) along the existing channel that extends 0.55 miles downstream to its crossing of 152nd Avenue SE. Restored and new channel construction/restoration and wetland restoration will consist of, but not be limited to, the following contractor work items: Excavation of native soils for new channel and wetland restoration construction; placing geosynthetic clay and soil-bentonite liner materials (for stream and wetland restoration construction, respectively) and streambed gravels, gravel/cobble and cobble boulder mix and large woody debris (LWD) along the streambed, and topsoil along stream bank sections; Placement of topsoil/compost mix over the liner in the wetland restoration sections and installation of a new flow control outlet structure; Construction of three trail and/or utility access crossings of the new Cow Creek channel section within Soos Creek Park using three-sided pre-cast concrete arch culverts with headwalls/wingwalls and associated handrails; restoration of trail sections disturbed or created by construction with crushed rock surfacing; permanent re-vegetation of channel and wetland sections and riparian buffer areas either disturbed by construction or enhanced by exotic species control with native plant species. This procurement is set aside for award to a service disabled veteran-owned small business concern. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 237990 and the small business size standard is $33.5-million. Estimated cost is in the range of $1,000,000 - $5,000,000. Please be advised of on-line registration requirement in Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database http://www.ccr.gov. A Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation package including the plans and specifications will be available on or about 29 October 2010 for downloading at the Governments website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. Award will be made to the Technically Acceptable Lowest Offeror, No paper copies will be issued. Interested parties should use the FedBizOpps [REGISTER TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION] and [REGISTER AS AN INTERESTED VENDOR] feature which provides notification when the RFP becomes available for download and all postings associated with the solicitation, thereafter. Each potential offeror is responsible for checking this website to gain all the current information available. Any further announcements regarding this solicitation will be posted at www.fedbizopps.gov. Point of Contact is Sharon Gonzalez, Contract Specialist, Phone +1 (555) 000-0000, Fax +1 (555) 000-0000, Email contact@example.gov.