Y--Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, East Bank Mississippi Levees, Tallula-Magna Vista, MS, Levee Enlargement and Berms, Item 474-L

The work consists of furnishing all plant, labor, materials and equipment, and constructing Item 474-L, Levee Enlargement and Berms, in Issaquena County, Mississippi. Principal features of the work include mobilization and demobilization, clearing a nd grubbing, semicompacted levee embankment, uncompacted berm embankment, removing and replacing existing gravel surfacing, providing new sand-clay-gravel or crushed stone levee surfacing, water control structures, corrugated metal pipe, stone protection, mowing and turfing, removing and stockpiling existing cattle guards and existing concrete bedding beams, furnishing and installing new cattle guards and new concrete bedding beams, protection of existing relief wells, required blending of materials, provid ing as-built drawings, performing associated Contractor quality control (including providing a CQC System Manager who shall perform no other duties in addition to quality control), using the Government-furnished software (RMS) for electronic exchange of in formation and management of the contract (See Section 01312 QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM), storm water pollution prevention and environmental protection. Estimated value of the proposed work is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. Plans and specifications will be available on the Vicksburg Consolidated Contracting Office (VCCO) Web Page at http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/contract/. Compact discs and hardcopies will not be available. Bidders should check the VCCO Web Page often for new solicitations and/or changes (AMENDMENTS) to existing ones. Issue date on or about 08 Aug 2005. Bid opening date will be established in an amendment to the solicitation. IF BIDDER IS LARGE BUSINESS, A SUB-CONTRACTING PLAN WILL BE REQUIRED. THIS PROCUREMENT IS UNRESTRICTED.