Lowell Creek Tunnel Repairs, Seward, Alaska

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THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY FOR LOWELL CREEK TUNNEL REPAIRS, SEWARD, AK. OFFER OR BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR THIS NOTICE. ­­­­This solicitation will be a full and open Invitation for Bid (IFB) with Definitive Responsibility Criteria. Any resulting contract will be firm-fixed priced. The solicitation for this project will be available by INTERNET ACCESS ONLY and the anticipated download availability date for this solicitation will be on or after 3 November 2026. Access to the documents will be through a link on the SAM.gov website: http://www.SAM.gov/. Use the Search function and use this solicitation number to Search by Solicitation/Award Number. Any future amendments to the solicitation will also be available for download from the SAM.gov website. The Contractor shall comply with commercial and industry standards as well as all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and procedures. The Construction Wage Rates (formerly Davis-Bacon Act) will apply. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code will be 237990 - Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, which has a size standard of $45 Million. The total estimated magnitude of construction is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. The type of contract shall be firm-fixed price. The estimated award date of this contract is December 2026 with a 1000 calendar-day period of performance. This project is contingent on availability of funds. If the project is cancelled, all bid preparation costs will be borne by the offeror. All offerors are advised that they must be registered in SAM.gov (http://www.SAM.gov/) when submitting a bid and at time of award. Joint ventures must also be registered in SAM.gov as a joint venture. Offerors who are not registered in SAM.gov should consider applying for registration immediately. Visit https://sam.gov/entity-registration for information on registration. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Perform repairs of worn areas and install new center rails of the Lowell Creek Tunnel which is an approximately 2,100 feet long tunnel through Bear Mountain on the southwest side of Seward, Alaska. The tunnel is 10-foot high, horseshoe shaped tunnel which diverts Lowell Creek away from Seward, through Bear Mountain into Resurrection Bay. The contractor is to furnish all labor, equipment, supplies, materials, supervision, and other items and services necessary to accomplish the work. The contractor shall comply with commercial and industry standards as well as all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and procedures. Construction wage rates (formerly Davis-Bacon Act wage rates) shall apply. NOTE: Electronic bid submissions will be accepted via the PIEE Solicitation Module website at: https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/index.xhtml. Search via Solicitation Number Search W911KB27BA005. Additional information concerning PIEE can be found at: https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/sol/index.xhtml