Prairie Creek Section 205 Flood Risk Management Project

Design-Bid-Build of Russellville, Arkansas Prairie Creek Small Flood Risk Management Project, Pope County, Arkansas.

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The US Army Crops of Engineers, Little Rock District (CESWL), has been tasked to solicit and award a Design-Bid-Build competitive negotiation procurement in order to obtain construction services for a Russellville, Arkansas Prairie Creek Small Flood Risk Management Project, Pope County, Arkansas.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 237990 – Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction.  The US Small Business Administration Size Standard is $45M

Project Description:

The work includes channel widening and straightening for approximately 0.9 miles of Prairie Creek in downtown Russellville, AR (from currently 20’ wide to 60’ wide at project completion. Work includes excavation of soil material along the bank and in the channel, placement of 12 – 24” riprap, and construction of retaining walls in select locations.

Work also includes the removal and replacement of bridges at Parkway Avenue and Commerce Street in downtown Russellville, demolition and removal of existing uninhabited structures and the relocation of electrical utilities at select building locations along Prairie Creek.

Interested firms must be able to provide all management, tools, supplies, parts, materials, equipment, transportation, and trained labor necessary for the construction of hydraulic structures from materials that can include, but are not limited to, soil, concrete, and large riprap.

Project features include construction of the following:

1. (650 SY concrete) and replacement of an approximately 60’ X 60’ Parkway Avenue bridge and a 60’ X 40’ Commerce Street bridge. Parkway Avenue is a main thoroughfare and its replacement must be operated with limited street closure times (compressed schedule for replacement).
2. and Removal of 6 – 10 uninhabited structures along Prairie Creek (approximately 135,000 CF of structures material and 27,000 SF of concrete, associated asphalt pavement (1,800 SY) and concrete driveways/parking lots (1,600 SY) and 750 LF of vertical and sloping concrete retaining walls to be hauled 5 miles to dump site
3. of approximately 7,000 SF existing rip-rap and replace with 2,000 square yards of grade stone-B rip-rap and 2,000 SY 6 inch aggregate rock

1. and haul approximately 40,000 cubic yards of soil material and fill approximately 2,000 CY with soil material

1. of a 10’ X 10’ concrete pad with underground bored conduit that will carry high amperage electrical service lines from the concrete pad to select locations along the exterior wall of a shopping mall. Work also includes installation of high-capacity electrical line (approximately 120 LF) from meter locations on the shopping wall to breaker boxes inside the shopping mall.
2. of construction areas, soil and dust control, erosion control
3. control expertise required

1. familiarity with Russellville, AR building codes and requirements for traffic control and construction practices

1. site for all demolition and cut material is located at Russellville municipal airport approximately 5 miles away from construction site.

The project area is located in downtown Russellville, Arkansas. Prairie Creek is subject to flashy storm-flow events when rainfall occurs. Additionally, Prairie Creek is located in a highly congested area of Russellville and street closures must be kept to a minimum. Because it’s a downtown area, working spaces will be confined. Loose material being tracked by construction equipment or falling from construction equipment, such as dust, dirt, mud, and rock must be kept to a minimum. Substantial experience in traffic control is required with minimum traffic disruptions during construction. Relocation of underground power line must coincide with ongoing channel work.

Estimated Value Range:  In Accordance with FAR 36/DFARS 236, the estimated value for this requirement is between $5M and $10M.

Estimated Schedule Dates:  The project is expected to take no longer than 720 days

Issue Solicitation:  December 06, 2024

Construction Contract Award:  August 26, 2025

Contract Completion:  September 15, 2027

All solicitation documents will be available when the solicitation is released.

The proposed contract will be competitive firm-fixed price contract procured in accordance with FAR 15, Negotiated Procurement using the Best Value Trade-Off process.  There will no public bid opening.  The Government will evaluate and select for contract award the contractor that provides the best value to the Government.  All contractors shall submit a proposal that includes a technical volume and a price volume.  The proposals will be given consideration for both the technical evaluations factors and price.

Small Business & 8(a) participants are reminded under FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, DOD will not pay more than 85 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities.  Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the 85 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded for general construction-type procurement.

Solicitation will be issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP).  This solicitation will be issued via Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE), https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/index.xhtml and the Government Point of Entry (GPE), www.sam.gov. Amendments to the solicitation will be issued via the GPE/PIEE as well. It is each offerors responsibility to download the solicitation and monitor the sites for updates.

Offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to submit a proposal in response to this solicitation. Contractors may register for SAM at no cost to them at the following website: www.sam.gov.

All questions or comments should be forwarded in writing via email to Deborah Oswalt Deborah.Oswalt@usace.army.mil and Marcus Mitchell  Marcus.D.Mitchell@usace.army.mil.