Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) Contract 11B, Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) A-2 Reservoir Embankment and Structures, Palm Beach County, Florida   4

SUBJECT: Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) Contract 11B, Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) A-2 Reservoir Embankment and Structures, Palm Beach County, Florida - W912EP24R0002

*** Offerors shall submit an offer subject to Project Labor Agreement (PLA) requirements in accordance with FAR 22.504, General requirements for project labor agreements. Any PLA reached pursuant to the PLA requirements in the solicitation does not change the terms of the contract or provide for any price adjustment by the Government.***

DESCRIPTION OF WORK:

The Jacksonville District has a new requirement for Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) Contract 11B, Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) A-2 Reservoir Embankment and Structures, located in Palm Beach County, FL.

The Scope of Work for this project includes the following features:

Clearing, grubbing, de-mucking/removal of overburden, blasting, excavation, and processing of several million cubic yards of earthen material for the construction of a 17.75 miles-long "D-623" embankment dam. Embankment height will be 38.0 ft above average natural grade in the north, east, and west: and 34.0 ft above average natural grade in the south. Work will also include construction of four multi-barrel, gated outlet-work structures (S-624, S-625, S-626, and S-628), one un-gated overflow spillway section (S-627), as well as one multi-bay, gated inline-spillway (S-629).

In addition, the work will include rock foundation preparation, installation of a seepage cutoff wall, canal filling, and all incidental related work to prepare approximately 2 miles of foundation for the 17.75 miles-long D-623 embankment dam. Rock foundation preparation and cutoff wall installation for the remaining 15.75 miles will be completed by others prior to this contract's conclusion. The approximate toe to toe width of the foundation is 260 feet in the north, east, and west; and 235 feet in the south.

Lastly, the work will include construction of approximately one mile of parallel open channels (canals) as well as a maintenance road with benches between the canals. The northern most canal (C-636 seepage canal) will have a bottom width of 10 feet, 2.5H:1V side slopes, and a depth of 16.5 feet below average natural ground surface. The southernmost canal (C-623 Inflow/Outflow canal) will have a bottom width of 55 feet, 2.5H:1V side slopes, and a depth of 16.5 feet below average natural ground surface. The maintenance road and benches will separate C-623 and C-636 by approximately 65 feet and will have a minimum crest width of 14 feet 4.5 feet above average natural ground surface.

Surface and subsurface water management will be required to control surface and groundwater levels and conduct work in the dry at various locations within the construction limits in accordance with applicable contract specifications.

All lands for this project are owned by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and will be provided to the USACE for construction of these project features.

Pursuant to DFARS Clause 252.232-7007- Limitation of Government's Obligation, to be included in the solicitation, the awarded contract will be incrementally funded.

The estimated period of performance is 3,652 calendar days after issuance of Notice to Proceed with 90 days to commence performance after award.

PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS:

Award will be made to the offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the government utilizing the Best Value Tradeoff Process. Proposals will be evaluated in the areas of Technical Merit, Past Performance, Small Business Participation, and Price. A fourth non-price factor will be assessed by the Government: namely, the submission of a Project Labor Agreement (PLA).

NAICS Code 237990: Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

Small Business Standard: $45 million

Magnitude of Construction: Over $500 million

THIS IS AN UNRESTRICTED ACQUISITION. ALL RESPONSIBLE OFFERORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE.

The solicitation will be issued on or about Friday, 23 February 2024 with receipt of proposals on or about Tuesday, 9 April 2024. Solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be posted on the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website.

The PIEE website can be found at https://piee.eb.mil/

In order to receive notification of any amendments to the solicitation, interested vendors must REGISTER AS AN INTERESTED VENDOR on the sam.gov website. If you are not registered, the Government is not responsible with providing you with notification of any changes to the solicitation. You must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to receive an award from the solicitation.

The SAM website can be located at https://sam.gov.

The Pre-proposal Conference information will be provided with the solicitation posting.

**DRAFTS PLANS & SPECIFICATIONS ARE PROVIDED AS ATTACHMENTS TO THIS NOTICE. THESE ATTACHMENTS ARE NOT FINALIZED, BUT ARE UPDATED FROM THE INDUSTRY DAY NOTICE POSTING W912EP23Z0041**