Leflore County, Mississippi Greenwood West Levee STA. 196+70 Pipe Replacement FC/MR&T, Yazoo River Basin Greenwood, MS   3

** Amendment 0001 Issued 17 June 2024 **

**The Bid Opening Date is hereby changed to June 26, 2024 at 14:00 hours Centural Standard Time. A forthcoming amendment to the solicitation will be issued**

**Solicitation posted May 17, 2024. Drawings were uploaded on May 20, 2024.**

W912EE - The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) Solicitation Number W912EE24B0007 for Leflore County, Mississippi Greenwood West Levee STA. 196+70 Pipe Replacement FC/MR&T, Yazoo River Basin Greenwood, MS.

The work consists of furnishing all plant, labor, materials and equipment, and required excavation and removal of existing 12-inch and 15-inch diameter pipes and replacing them with a 36-inch RCP in the Greenwood West Levee system. Principal features of the work include mobilization and demobilization, pipe and appurtenances installation, reinforced concrete pipe, drop inlets, bedding material, R200 riprap, turf establishment, stormwater pollution prevention, and environmental protection.

This IFB will result in the award of one (1) Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) Construction contract. The set-aside for this procurement is for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction with a size standard of $45 Million.

In accordance with FAR 36.204, the magnitude of this construction project is estimated to be between $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00.

The estimated period of performance for completion of construction is 120 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 SAM System for Award Management Web Page at https://www.sam.gov. Hardcopies will not be available. Telephone and Emailed 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 solicitations. 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 the System for Award Management (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 once the solicitation is made available. The solicitation, including any amendments, shall establish the official opening and closing dates and times.

ISSUE DATE: May 17, 2024. BID OPENING DATE AND TIME: June 18, 2024 at 2:00 pm Central. THIS PROCUREMENT IS A SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE.