Ferebee Wetland Reserve Program Restoration Project

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) State Office in Raleigh, NC will solicit a Wetland Restoration project under Solicitation # AG-4532-S-10-0010 approximately March 30, 2010. The projects may involve any or all of the following construction services or variations thereof: mobilization, land clearing, earthfill, installation of water control structure, fertilizing, seeding, mulching, planting, temporary cover crops, rock rip-rap, excavation, installation of pipe and appurtances, embankment extension and/or repair, dike removal, swales, pipe outlet channels, diversions, turn-arounds, filling ditches, fencing, demobilization. This project will be within Tyrell County, North Carolina. The magnitude of the sum of this project is between $250,000.00 and $500,000. The government anticipates one award from this solicitation. The NAICS code for this solicitation is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The Small Business Size Standard for this NAICS is $33.5mil. The solicitation will be a Total Small Business set-aside. Site visits for each of the projects will be publicized in the solicitation package. Interested contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at http://www.ccr.gov in order to be eligible for award. Interested contractors must complete the annual representations and certifications electronically via the Online Representation and Certifications Application (ORCA) website at http://orca.bpn.gov. Prospective contractors must be equipped to bond at the level of work for which they are the successful bidder.