USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, formerly USDA, Soil Conservation Service, 75 High Street, Room 301, Morgantown, WV 26505

Y -- CRANBERRY CREEK CHANNEL, RALEIGH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA SOL SCS-9-WV-95 DUE 060195 POC Contact Point, DeAnn Shoemaker, (304)291-4486, Contracting Officer, William L. Doerr, (304)291-4486, Additional Contact, Beverly Stemple, (304)291-4486 Invitation for Bids will be available April 5, 1995. Request for packages should be mailed to USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly Soil Conservation Service), Attn: Deann Shoemaker, 75 High Street, Room 301, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505 or sent via FAX to 304-291-4628 Attn: Deann Shoemaker. NO PHONE REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. The work consists of the construction of approximately 2.1 miles of channel work on Cranberry Creek Channel located in Beckley, WV. The channel work will consist of the widening, deepening, and stabilizing of the existing channel. The excavated depth of the channel will vary from 8 feet to 18 feet. Approximately 30,000 tons of rock riprap will be placed over the soil material in areas of open channel. The riprap will be placed on the channel bottom and sides. In addition, approximately 1,000 CY of grouted rock riprap will be placed. In the riprap channel areas the channel bottom will be enlarged to a bottom width varying form 16 feet to 40 feet. The channel side slopes in these areas will be 2:1. Other areas of the channel will have vertical walls installed. The vertical walls will consist of steel piling with concrete lagging. The total length of piling is approximately 27,500 LF with approximately 91,100 SF of conctete lagging. The bottom width in these areas varies from 24 feet to 54 feet. The channel will be constructed of closed conduit (combinations of 8 feet high and 10 feet high by 12 feet wide concrete box culverts) in 4 areas totaling approximately 1,900 feet in channel length (approximately 5,400 feet in actual concrete box culvert lenth. The total width of box culverts in these areas varies from 24 feet to 36 feet. The work shall also consist of the construction of temporary channel crossing detours at 4 locations. These detours will include temporary structures for maintaining traffic. The work shall also consist of the design and construction of two permanent access bridges. One of these bridges will have a minimum opening of 24 feet and the other one will have a minimum opening of 40 feet. The work shall also consist of associated stabilization of side drainage and tributaries with rock riprap, CMP or RCP. In addition, the work shall consist of the final grading of the areas along side the completed channel and related seeding and mulching. This project is designated as the CRANBERRY CREEK CHANNEL, located in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Estimated price range is over $10,000,000. Estimated quantities of work are: Clearing and Grubbing, 1 LS; Structure Removal, 1 LS; Fertilizer, 13,700 LB; Seed Mixture, 2,370 LB; Straw Mulch, 77 TN; Sediment Basin, 12 EA; Silt Fence, 3,060 LF; Seeding and Mulching, 13.7 AC; Surveys, 1 LS; Mobilization, 1 LS; Removal of Water, 1 LS; Excavation, Common, 229,050 CY; Excavation, Rock, 74,932 CY; Drainfill, 17,937 TN; Concrete, Class 4000, 758 CY; Steel Reinforcement, 83,472 LB; Reinforced Concrete, 1,755 LF; PVC Pipe, 4'' diameter, 58 LF; PVC and Drainpipe, 6'' diameter, 3,985 LF; PVC Pipe, 8'' diameter, 12 LF; Corrugated Metal Pipe, 559 LF; Loose Rock riprap, 29,909 TN; Grouted Rock Riprap, 1,055 CY; Chain Link Fence, 6,346 LF; Contractor Quality Control, 1 LS; Concrete Barrier, 300 LF; Guard Rail Removal and Reset, 1,425 LF; Guardrail Construction, 1,366 LF; Precast Concrete Box Culvert, 12'x8', 810 LF; Precast Concrete Box Culvert, 12'x10', 4,632 LF; Concrete Drop Inlet, 13 EA; Aggregate Base Course, 2,452 TN; Aggregate for Maintaining Traffic, 145 TN; Traffic Control Devices, 10,500 EA; Cleaning of Individual Traffic Control Devices, 100 EA; Flagger, 500 HR; Barricade Warning Lights, 10,000 DAY; Concrete Wheel Stops, 90 EA; Steel Bearing Piles, Type W27x94, 12,280 LF; Steel Bearing Piles, Type W27x146, 8,815 LF; Steel Bearing Piles, Type W27x178, 6,384 LF; Concrete Lagging, 91,100 SF; 5 Building Underpinning, 1 LS. Performance time is 931 calendar days. A pre-bid conference and site showing is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on April 25, 1995 and will be held at the City of Beckley Municipal Building, 409 South Kanawha, Beckley, West Virginia. The conference will be conducted by Loren Rice, Contracting Officer's Technical Representative, Beckley, WV, 304-255-9225. There will be no other pre-bid conference/site showing. All responsible parties may submit a bid which will be considered by the agency. (0081)

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