Manhattan Levee Flood Risk Management Project   2

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) solicitation for construction activities for update to the Manhattan Levee Flood Risk Management Project.

The Manhattan, KS FRM project w ill include approximately 20,000 linear feet of levee raises along the Big Blue and Kansas River as well as 500 linear feet of a new levee (tie-back Hayes and Casement).Additionally, the project will include underseepage control measures including 28 relief wells, and 8,140 linear feet of underseepage control berms to accommodate the levee raise. Five existing gatewell structures will be modified, one will be replaced and one new drainage structure near station 140+00.The Manhattan, KS FRM project will include numerous utility relocations as well.

It will be evaluated in accordance with FAR Part 14 and FAR Part 36.

In accordance with FAR 36.204 and DFARS 236.204, the estimate magnitude if this construction project is: Between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000.

This procurement will be solicited Unrestricted, utilizing the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction).

The estimated performance period for completion of construction is 913 days after notice to proceed.

An Industry Day is planned for 31 March 2021. Please see attachments for information.

At this time, no Pre-Solicitation Conference is planned for this solicitation. If the Government does elect to hold a Pre-Solicitation Conference, the Pre-Solicitation Announcement will be modified accordingly.

At this time, no organized site visit has been scheduled for this solicitation. If one is scheduled, details will be included in the solicitation.

Bid Bonds shall be in the amount of 20% of the bid price or $3,000,000.00, whichever is lesser of the two values. Payment and Performance Bonds will be required for the full amount (100%) of the awarded contract before the Notice to Proceed can be issued.

Bids will be due the day and time specified in the solicitation. The solicitation is now expected to be available on or about 2 June 2021

To view or download the solicitation and all other associated documents requires registration at the https://beta.sam.gov website. Offerors are responsible for checking the beta.sam.gov website frequently for any update(s) or questions and answers to the solicitation. This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the offeror's responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. This website is occasionally inaccessible due to maintenance. The Government is not responsible for any loss of internet connectivity or for an offeror's inability to access the document at the reference website.

Prior to submitting a bid, interested offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. Bids from contractors without an active SAM registration will NOT be considered for award. Firms can register via the SAM internet website at https://www.sam.gov/SAM/. If the offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity must have a valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. SAM.GOV registration is free of charge. For assistance with SAM registration, please visit https://www.aptac-us.org/

DUE TO RECENT UPDATES TO THE SAM.GOV REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS PLEASE REVIEW YOUR SAM.GOV REGISTRATION AT THIS TIME. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD YOUR REGISTRATION MUST BE UPDATED TO COMPLY WITH CURRENT VERSION OF THE PROVISION:

FAR 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services - Representation (Oct 2020).

IF YOUR REGISTRATION HAS THIS PROVISION WITH A DATE PRIOR TO OCTOBER 2020 YOU ARE NOT CURRENT AND ANY OFFERS YOU SUBMIT FOR FUTURE WORK COULD BE NON-RESPONSIVE IF YOUR SAM RECORD IS NOT UPDATED.

For any questions or inquiries, contact the primary point of contact listed on this announcement.

Technical inquiries and questions relating to the solicitation are to be submitted via PROJNET when the solicitation is made available.

The Government reserves the right to cancel or change this pre-solicitation notice at any time prior to the posting of a solicitation for this requirement.