Z--Project Number 107071, Ditch 13 Channel Cleanout in Drainage District Number 16 of Mississippi County, Arkansas.

This is a Notice of Intent of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District, located at 167 N. Main Street, B-202, Memphis, TN 38103-1894 to negotiate an 8(a) sole source award with Kingridge Enterprises, Inc., 2501 D S Broadway, Little Rock, AR 72206-2182. The supplies and services to be procured in this solicitation are classified under the NAICS code 237990 and the Small Business size standard is $33.5 million dollars. The estimated value of the proposed work is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. This contract action was accomplished using other than competitive procedures because a statue exists that expressly authorizes or requires that this acquisition be made from a specific source or through another agency; specifically FAR 6.302-5(b)(4) for sole source awards under the 8(a) program 15 U.S.C. 637(a) and in accorudance with 13 CFR 124.1-1(c) and FAR 19.8. Per FAR 6.302-5 a J & A is not required for this award. This project consists of channel clearing and cleanout of Ditch 13 from Station 0+00 to Station to 328+50, south of Manila, AR. This project is located in Mississippi County, Arkansas. Designed inlets and culverts entering through the channel side slopes of Ditch 13 will have rock placement. Excavation will be required at these locations for the embedment of rock. This project also consists of establishment of turf within the right-of-way limits including the berm, excavated material disposable area, anywhere above top bank that is denuded of grass due to construction activities, and the excavated channel slopes down to waters edge.