Y--Rio Grande Floodway San Acacia Phase 1 and 2, Socorro County, NM

RIO GRANDE FLOODWAY, SAN ACACIA PHASE I-II LEVEE CONSTRUCTION, SOCORRO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO. The proposed procurement is an Unrestricted acquisition and thus open to large and small businesses. NAICS is 237990/SIC 1794, with a size standard of $36,500,000.00. The magnitude of construction for this project will be between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. Bonding will be required for this acquisition. Offerors attention is directed to Section 00 21 13 in the Solicitation for information regarding the tour of the site. Plans will be issued on or about 14 August 2014, with proposals due on or about 19 September 2014. Offerors are advised that this requirement may be delayed, cancelled, or revised at any time during the solicitation, or final award process, and is subject to the availability of funds. CONSTRUCTION SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED under this firm fixed price contract includes the complete removal of the existing levee and spoil bank, and replacement with an engineered levee for an approximate project length of 6.0 miles south starting at the north Socorro Diversion in Socorro County, NM. The engineered levee will be constructed using satisfactory material from the removal of the existing levee and spoil bank. Ancillary work to construction of the engineered levee will include clearing and grubbing, inspection trench excavation and backfill, a soil bentonite low permeability cutoff wall, a levee subdrainage system, seeding of levee slopes and adjacent disturbed areas, jetty jack demolition and reconstruction, dumped riprap, and articulated concrete block revetment at the end of the project. The project will also include the demolition of an abandoned 230 x 25 feet timber bridge in the north Socorro diversion channel, survey monument reconstruction, and bollard and cable system construction with a parking area adjoining the levee. All permanent work shall be done free from water, therefore a diversion and dewatering plan will be required for USACE approval that shows the methods for dewatering and details of temporary protection of the work using earth berms, cofferdams, or another method proposed by the contractor. THE PROJECT will be advertised as an Invitation for Bid. Proposed procurement will result in a firm-fixed price contract. Questions of a technical nature should be addressed to Mr. Jerry Nieto at +1 (555) 000-0000 or e-mail at: contact@example.gov. BIDDERS MUST BE REGISTERED with the System for Award Management (SAM), formerly the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), in order to receive a Government Contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: http://www.sam.gov. Additionally, a paper form for registration may be obtained from the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at +1 (555) 000-0000. This solicitation will be issued via Internet only. Notification of amendments shall be made via Internet only, as well. It is therefore the contractors' responsibility to check the following address daily for any posted changes to this solicitation. For security reasons, all technical and engineering data related to this solicitation will be distributed using the Federal Business Opportunity (FBO) system. FBO is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies. Interested offerors must register with FBO or they will not be able to download information from the site. Registration instructions can be found on the FedBizOpps website at www.fbo.gov by clicking on the Register Now hyperlink. Contractors registered with Federal Business Opportunity (FBO) may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments from the Internet AFTER SOLICITATION ISSUANCE. All offerors are encouraged to visit the Army's Single Face to Industry Website at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi to view other business opportunities. Offerors are encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the FedBizOps website at www.fbo.gov. Offerors are advised that this requirement may be delayed, cancelled, or revised at any time during the solicitation, or final award process, and is subject to the availability of funds.