U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, ST. PAUL DISTRICT, 190 FIFTH STREET EAST, ST. PAUL MN 55101-1638

Y -- MODIFICATION TO EXISTING CONTRACT FOR THE DEVILS LAKE LEVEE RAISE, STAGE 2, DEVILS LAKE, NORTH DAKOTA SOL 125&&&-9708-0002 POC Contract Specialist DEBBIE PETERSON (612) 290-5408, Contracting Officer PATRICIA JOHNSON (612) 290-5414 (Site Code DACW37) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, intends to negotiate with Orrin A. Holen Construction Company, P.O. Box 126, McClusky, North Dakota, on a sole-source basis under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(2) as implemented by FAR 6.302-2, Unusual and Compelling Urgency. To protect the City of Devils Lake, North Dakota, against flooding, it is necessary to raise the earthen levees from an elevation of 1450 to 1454 this construction season. The Government plans to accomplish this requirement as described below by supplemental agreement(s) to an existing contract for the Devils Lake Levee Raise, Stage 2. The original contract consists of work to construct approximately 1.9 miles of levee to elevation 1450 (which provides protection to 1445 plus 5 foot of freeboard) and the construction of two 5,000 gpm pump stations, including 185,600 cyds of impervious fill and 26,000 cyds of riprap. It is now necessary to raise the earthen levees from an elevation of 1450 to 1457 from Sta. 200 to 270 and along a new alignment from Sta. 270 for an additional 11,500 feet. Work includes preloading and wick drains at the location of the East Ditch Pump Station and the placement of riprap along the levee alignment. This notice of intent is for the raise to elevation 1454, which is the portion most urgently needed. The remainder of work will then be competitively bid. The short construction season in this northern part of North Dakota does not allow for earthwork past early November. Therefore, it has been determined that there is not enough time for a new contract to be advertised, awarded, and a new contractor mobilized. In addition, awarding one or more additional prime contracts for segments of the work is impractical since the geography, topography, and available road access make it unlikely that two or more contractors could work in the project area without interfering with each others operations. The work covered under this proposed modification will include approximately 377,000 cyds of impervious fill and 48,000 cyds of riprap. This proposed modification consists of essentially the same type of work and will require minimal modifications to the technical specifications. The urgent nature of this requirement necessitates designing the changes as the work progresses, therefore, no solicitation document exists. No award will be made on offers/proposals received in response to this notice. For subcontracting opportunities contact Orrin A. Holen Construction at the above address. Specifications, plans or drawings related to the procurement described are (0240)

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