SOLICITATION NOTICE
Y -- Upper Brownsville Levee Rehabilitation and Flood Protection Improvements at Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) Crossing within the Lower Rio Grande in Cameron County, TX.
- Notice Date
- 7/14/2017
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 237990
— Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
- Contracting Office
- International Boundary and Water Commission, Acquisition Division, Acquisition Division, 4171 North Mesa, Suite C-100, El Paso, Texas, 79902, United States
- ZIP Code
- 79902
- Solicitation Number
- IBM17B0002
- Point of Contact
- Philip K. Johnson, Phone: 9158324714
- E-Mail Address
-
philip.johnson@ibwc.gov
(philip.johnson@ibwc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- "This is a Presolicitation Notice. The Solicitation will include information on how to obtain the plans and specifications. All responsible sources may submit a bid to be considered by the Agency. This is NOT an invitation for bid. Please do not submit a bid in response to this Presolicitation Notice." Purpose of the Project The United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) recently compl e ted r e habilitat i ng a pproximately 65 miles o f our levees w ithin t h e l i mits o f Donna Pump to Brownsville, which is part of the Lower Rio Grande Flood Control Project (LRGFCP) levee system, located in Hidalgo and Cameron Counties, Texas. The existing levee system was designed to protect the existing farmlands and commercial and residential buildings against the 100-year flood event; however, due to t he UPRR rail line i n tersecting both le vee s at a lower elevation th a n the e xisti n g top o f levee elevations of the adjacent levees, the existing levee system needs to be rehabilitated in order to meet the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Levee Accreditation Requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations (44 CFR 65.10). The USIBWC Contractor that is a warded this project shall obtain Right of Entry Agreement from U nion Pacific Railroad Co. General Description of the Work The work for this project generally consists of rehabilitation of approximately 650 feet of an existing levee located in a small segment of the Lower Rio Grande levee situated in Cameron County, Texas. Major Construction Tasks, include: (1) Preparation of Right of Way. (2) Excavation and Embankment required to raise an existing levee. (3) Excavation and Embankment at existing UPRR/B&M Bridge Co. Crossing at Levee. (4) Improvement of existing top of levee. (5) Construction of 6" aggregate surface course. (6) Topsoil placement, re-seeding and establishment of vegetation for erosion control on the side slopes of the levee. The work will require coordination with UPRR/B&M Bridge Co. Performance Period All work shall be completed within two hundred ten (210) calendar days. All flood control levee work, excluding maintenance of seeding, shall be completed within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days. All maintenance of seeding shall be completed within ninety (90) calendar days of completion of all other levee work. Other Information The solicit a tion, plans, and specific a tions are expected to be posted o n o r a b o ut July 31, 2017. T he solicitat io n will b e available for a mini m um o f thirty (30) calendar days, and award o f the contra c t is expected o n o r before September 30, 2017. T h er e will be a site visit (to be addr e ssed o n solic i tation) to the project site, which will c o mme n ce at the USIBWC Mercedes Fi e ld Office loc a ted a t 325 G o lf Course Ro a d in Merc e des, TX 78570. The magnitude of this project is between $500,000 and $1,000,000.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/IBWC/IMD/ElPasoTX/IBM17B0002/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 325 Golf Course Road, Mercedes, Texas, 78570, United States
- Zip Code: 78570
- Zip Code: 78570
- Record
- SN04579931-W 20170716/170714234723-cd04728ca4a9f930587f51c2efb02dd3 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |