J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Construction General Opposite Alexandria Front Revetment   3

**Amendment 0002 Issued 30 August 2024.**

**This is to clarify that the bid opening for this soliciation will be held 30 AUGUST 2024; 14:30 PM CST**

**Amendment 0001 Issued 21 August 2024.**

W912EE - The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) Solicitation Number W912EE24B0018 for J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Construction General Opposite Alexandria Front Revetment.

The work consists of furnishing all necessary plant, labor, materials, and equipment, and performing all work for constructing a longitudinal peaked stone toe dike (LPSTD) and capping out the Opposite Alexandria Front revetment on the Red River in Pineville, LA. Principal features of the work include mobilization and demobilization and bank stabilization work.

The estimated period of performance for completion of construction is 90 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed.

The Government intends to award without discussions but reserves the right to conduct discussion should it be deemed in the Government's best interest.

The bids will be evaluated based on lowest price submitted.

The official solicitation, plans and specifications will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found on the System for Award Management (SAM) Web Page at https://www.sam.gov/. Compact disc and hardcopies will not be available. Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at https://www.sam.gov/. Bidders are encouraged to check often for changes (AMENDMENTS) to posted solicitation. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.

Offerors must have and maintain an active registration in SAM at http://www.sam.gov and must include the NAICS code they are bidding under in order to receive a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.

For additional information regarding this solicitation, please contact Lawren Boolos via email at Lawren.Boolos@usace.army.mil.

Technical inquiries and questions relating to the solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at www.ProjNet.Org when the solicitation is made available. The solicitation, including any amendments, shall establish the official opening and closing dates and times.

ISSUE DATE ON OR ABOUT: 31 JULY 2024; BIDS DUE DATE AND TIME: 30 AUGUST 2024; 14:30 PM CST; THIS PROCUREMENT IS A HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. IT IS ISSUED UNDER NAICS CODE 237990, FSC CODE: Y1PZ, FOR A FIRM FIXED-PRICE CONTRACT.