MATOC FOR BSNP SERVICES FOR MO RIVER   7

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Kansas City District (NWK), intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation for construction activities for routine maintenance and repair for the Missouri River from River Miles (RM) 0-500. The type of contract issued will be a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) with a base of three years, with two option years, and will award up to five (5) contracts.

The work includes construction services to repair selected stone dikes and revetments (structures) on the Missouri River between St. Louis, MO and Rulo, NE in support of the Bank Stabilization and Navigation Program (BSNP), the Missouri River Recovery Program (MRRP), and other miscellaneous Missouri River operations, maintenance, and repair projects. There is an estimated 5,000 number of existing structures. Only a portion of these structures will be repaired. Work will primarily be the placement of up to 500,000 to 800,000 tons of rock on designated structures within the 500 river miles of the project area.

Work will consist of the following: transport and placement of new, well graded shot rock ranging from fines less than 1 2 inch in diameter up to 3,000 pounds, for the work stated above. Rock specification will include up to 6 intermediate gradation sizes and a range of permissible percent finer for each gradation size. Blasting, loading, and placement must be carefully controlled so that the gradation specification is met upon placement at the worksite.

Tonnage on each structure will range from 500 tons up to 30,000 tons with an average tonnage per structure of 2,500 tons. Placement rates per foot will range from 3 tons per linear foot up to 40 tons per linear foot with an average placement rate per linear foot of 6 tons per foot.

It will be evaluated in accordance with FAR Part 15 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 is a competitive small business set aside utilizing the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction).

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 planned 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 expected to be available within the next 90 days.

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Per DFARS 204.7303 and clause FAR 252.204-7012, a new prerequisite involves the Contracting Officer to verify the current NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment that is not more than 3 years old for this requirement. Prior to award, a Contractor is required to have the assessment completed. It is recommended that in order to ensure an award can be made, all Contractors interested in this requirement must complete the assessment prior to submission of their RFP package. To find instructions on how to complete the assessment, use the link provided: https://www.sprs.csd.disa.mil/pdf/SPRS_Access_Instructions.pdf. Use the link provided to go to the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) to do the assessment: https://piee.eb.mil/.

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