Industry Day - Rio de la Plata Flood Control Project, Supplemental Contract 1, Dorado and Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

DESCRIPTION: The US Army Corps of Engineers, Caribbean District, is hosting an Industry Day for the upcoming solicitation for Rio de La Plata Flood Control Project, Supplemental Contract 1, Dorado and Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. This is not a solicitation for proposals and no contract shall be awarded from this notice.

LOGISTICS

DATE: 5 December 2024

LOCATION:

Centro de Emprendimiento | San Juan

159 Calle Carlos F Chardon, San Juan, 00918, Puerto Rico

TIME:

Registration on-site: 8:00am, AST

Seminar and Q&A Session: 8:30am 10:30am, AST

An informative presentation will be provided with detailed information for the upcoming solicitation for Rio de La Plata Flood Control Project, Supplemental Contract 1, Dorado and Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. The focus will be on scope of work, design information, construction considerations, acquisition timeline, and contracting requirements.

Attendees are encouraged to RSVP for the event, if interested, at earliest convenience. Attendees are also encouraged to submit questions in advance in order to allow us to focus on areas of particular interest, but active and open discussion will be encouraged throughout.

Agenda: to be posted.

Presentation: to be posted.

INSTRUCTIONS TO PARTICIPANTS

In order to prepare a list of attendees of individuals participating in this Industry Day, it is requested that an e-mail be sent to Nicole Fauntleroy, nicole.c.fauntleroy@usace.army.mil, no later than (NLT) December 2, 2024 at 5:00 pm, AST.

In your email, please include the following information:

• firm's name
• name and title of those individuals participating
• contact number and e-mail address
• Specify type of business, Small Business Category (if any), UEI Information and if you would like to participate as a Prime or Subcontractor.

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Questions: The Government will address questions the day of and after the event. Attendees will be given the opportunity to submit written questions during the presentation; index cards will be provided. After the Industry Day, all questions must be submitted through ProjNet (See instructions below).

All questions and official/approved answers will be posted on the Sam.gov website.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING QUESTIONS

Questions relating to this webinar and future projects are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at (https://www.projnet.org). To submit and review inquiry items, participants will need to use the Bidder Inquiry Key presented below and follow the instructions listed below the key for access. A participant who submits a comment /question will receive an acknowledgement of their comment/question via email, followed by an answer to the comment/question after it has been processed by our technical team.

All timely questions and official/approved answers will be made available through ProjNet. Official/approved answers to all timely questions will also be posted on the Sam.gov website in the form of a report generated from ProjNet when all answers are finalized. We appreciate your questions and feedback by 5:00 pm, AST on December 6, 2024.

Note: Please indicate the name of the project when submitting your questions.

Rio de La Plata Supplemental Contract 1 - Bidder Inquiry Key: E7H4KM-IE4GA4

Specific Instructions for ProjNet Bid Inquiry Access from ProjNet home page:

1. Identify the Agency. This should be marked as USACE.

2. Email. Enter the email address you would like to use for communication.

3. Key. Enter the Bidder Inquiry Key listed above.

4. Click Continue. A page will then open saying that a user account was not found and will ask you to create one using the provided form.

5. Enter your First Name, Last Name, Company, City, State, Phone, Email, Secret Question, Secret Answer, and Time Zone. Make sure to remember your Secret Question and Answer as they will be used from this point on to access the ProjNet system.

6. Click Add User. Once this is completed you are now registered within ProjNet and are currently logged into the system.

Specific Instructions for Future ProjNet Bid Inquiry Access from ProjNet home page:

1. For future access to ProjNet, you will not be emailed any type of password. You will utilize your Secret Question and Secret Answer to log in.

2. Identify the Agency. This should be marked as USACE.

3. Email. Enter the email address you used to register previously in ProjNet.

4. Key. Enter the Bidder Inquiry Key listed above.

5. Click Continue. A page will then open asking you to enter the answer to your Secret Question.

6. Enter your Secret Answer and click Login. Once this is completed you are now logged into the system.

CONTRACT SCOPE

Rio de La Plata Flood Control Project, Supplemental Contract 1, Dorado and Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

The scope of work for the Rio de La Plata Flood Control Project Supplemental Contract 1 includes construction of several major features: East Levee, West Levee, Channel widening with slope and scour protection, and four culvert structures (3A, 6A, 7 and 11), and wetland mitigation areas; and several minor features to manage interior and exterior drainage, such as drainage swales. This work also includes but is not limited to, clearing and grubbing, temporary construction crossings material disposal areas, temporary traffic controls, demolition of abandoned structures, protection of cultural resource areas, surface and ground water control, utility relocations, and all incidental related work. All work impacting public roads, restricting public traffic, and related to utility relocations shall comply with PRHTA Standard Specifications.

Order of Magnitude: Between $250,000,000 and $500,000,000.

POINT OF CONTACT (POC): Questions regarding this event can be directed to Nicole Fauntleroy, nicole.c.fauntleroy@usace.army.mil.