Site work for a water / sewer project in Pajaro, California. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

Questions relating to this solicitation and technical inquiries will be submitted via email to the assigned contract specialist, Logan Champlin, logan.champlin@usace.army.mil. Please include the solicitation number, the project title, the location of the project together with the company name, email address, and telephone number in your correspondence. Inquiries must be received no later than 14 calendar days prior to the date set for bid opening. Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project Plans call for a levee project to prevent flooding in the Pajaro and Watsonville areas. California Assembly Bill 876 was signed into law. This bill would exempt the Pajaro River flood control project from various state and local environmental laws and regulations, only if specified criteria are met and only until a specified date, and as of that date would repeal these provisions. The bill would provide, among other exemptions, that a specified report, as described, shall be conclusively presumed to satisfy the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act for the Pajaro River Project, including to support the issuance of any permit, funding, or other approval by a state or local agency for the Pajaro River Project when implementing the California Environmental Quality Act. The bill would also require the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency to consult with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board regarding the avoidance, minimization, or mitigation of specified environmental impacts, on or before March 1, 2024, as provided. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Monterey and Santa Cruz. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. As of January 2024, construction documents are expected to be complete in the spring of 2024, with construction expected to begin in the summer of 2024. The project will be managed by the USACE in partnership with PRFMA and the state. The scope of this Invitation for Bid (IFB) is for FY25 Pajaro Reach 6. The project is for the Reach 6 levee and floodwall construction along the Corralitos Creek, a tributary of the Pajaro Reiver Levee System in the City of Watsonville, County of Santa Cruz. The project consists of 2.6 miles of flood risk management levees with approximately 111,600 compacted cubic yards (cy) of fill, and 1,500 ft of floodwalls. This requirement is for full and open competition and will be awarded with a single Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract. 1.2 BID EXPENSES AND PRE-CONTRACT COSTS This Invitation for Bid (IFB) does not commit the Government to pay, as a direct charge, any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of a bid. 1.3 ACCURACY IN BIDS Bids must set forth full, accurate, and complete information as required by this IFB (including attachments). The penalty for making false statements is prescribed in 18 U.S.C. 1001