Site work for a water / sewer project in Moorhead, Minnesota. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Paul District has a requirement for the Fargo Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, Southern Embankment Reach SE-5. The Fargo Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, Southern Embankment Reach SE-5, is located in Clay and Wilkin counties, Minnesota, and consists of an overflow earth dam embankment with soil-cement mixture and a gravel road on top, topsoiled and seeded side slopes, and ditches on both sides. The dam embankment will tie into and extend east from the end of the existing Reach SE-4 embankment at the intersection of Hwy 75 and 180th Ave. S, to Township Road 171. The project includes excavating and replacing the existing Hwy 75 intersection with an impervious section and repaving the intersection. The reach also includes replacement existing culverts with cast-in-place twin box culverts at Wolverton Creek. The combined total length of the dam embankment is approximately 1.8 miles. The embankment material will come from a stockpile just west of Hwy 75 off of 180th Ave. S. The estimated magnitude of this project will be between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 237990; Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction with a size standard of $45.0 Million. The resulting contract shall be a Firm, Fixed-Price contract. The solicitation is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. The solicitation is an Invitation for Bid (IFB). No CD's or hard copies of the solicitation will be available. Offerors are responsible for checking the Contract Opportunities website (https://sam.gov/content/opportunities) for any update(s) to the solicitation. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offeror's inability to access the document posted at the referenced website. There is no "Plan Holder List" for this project. The interested vendors list is listed as part of the solicitation posting on the Contract Opportunities website. In order to view this list, vendors will need to sign into their SAM account. In order for contractors to conduct business with the Department of Defense, the contractor must provide registration information to the System for Award Management (SAM). All Offerors must be registered in SAM prior to receiving an award, have an active SAM account, and have the Representations and Certifications (FAR and DFARS) sections completed prior to award. Registration instructions may be obtained, and online registration may be accomplished, at https://sam.gov/content/entity-landing. As required by 15 U.S.C. 644(w), the Corps of Engineers' policy and procedures, as well as past performance information, in regard to definitization of requests for equitable adjustments is found at https://www.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/Partnering. Bidders shall submit inquiries not later than 10 days prior to bid opening in order to ensure adequate time is allotted to form an appropriate response and amend the solicitation if necessary. Those who submit an inquiry will receive a system-generated email acknowledgement. All answers to inquiries will be posted in ProjNet after they have been reviewed by the USACE technical team. Bidders are advised to review the solicitation in its entirety and to review all previously submitted questions and responses prior to submitting a new inquiry. The Contractor shall be required to (a) commence work under this contract within 10 calendar days after the date the Contractor receives the notice to proceed, (b) prosecute the work diligently, and (c) complete the entire work ready for use not later than the dates below: The interim completion date for CLINS 0004, 0005, 0006, 0013AA, 0013AB, 0015AA, and 0015AB is November 15, 2025. All construction shall be completed by September 8, 2026. All turf establishment shall be completed by September 8, 2027. The completion date is based on the assumption that the successful offeror will receive the notice to proceed by March 14, 2025. Liquidated Damages for Construction: $1,145.84 Liquidated Damages per Calendar Day Liquidated Damages for Turf Establishment: $294.00 Liquidated Damages per Calendar Day *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.