Description
The US Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, is soliciting bids for construction services for levee repairs at Saline County Levee District #2, Ray-Carroll Bottoms Consolidated Levee District of Carroll County, and Howard County Levee District #4. The scope of work includes furnishing all equipment, labor, operators, supervision, quality control, supplies, materials, and incidentals necessary to satisfactorily perform and provide construction. This may include earthwork operations, bringing in fill and borrow material, haul road development, clearing of debris, erosion repair, rutting repair, levee surfacing, and installation of stone armored protection. The project has a magnitude of $250,000 to $500,000. Some key requirements include:
• Performing work in accordance with the contract specifications and drawings
• Ensuring positive drainage away from the newly constructed levee
• Protecting existing public and private utilities and infrastructure within the construction footprint
• Maintaining a suitable seed bed prior to seeding operations
• Undertaking necessary measures to ensure a suitable seed bed prior to seeding operations
• Removing heavy growth herbaceous vegetation and replacing lost earthen material at no cost to the Government
The project involves repairs to specific stations along the levees, including landside and riverside slope failures, and foreshore erosion. The contractor will be required to excavate failed material, re-construct the levee embankment, and compact the fill material. The contractor must also ensure that the work is done in accordance with the contract specifications and drawings, and that all necessary permits and approvals are obtained.