The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is issuing a set aside for certified small business contractors for the East Access Road Repairs at the Union Village Dam in Thetford, Vermont. The NAICS code for the work described below is 237310 with a size standard of $45M. The period of performance will be 365 days. The estimated magnitude of this project is between $350,000 and $700,000

The work of this project involves reconstructing and repairing of a segment of the existing gravel road and a segment of the existing asphalt paved road, a riprap-lined roadside drainage ditch at a location on Buzzell Bridge Road, just east of the Union Village Dam in Thetford, Vermont is also included. The project includes an option bid item to complete the removal and disposal of existing asphalt pavement and the full depth hot mix asphalt replacement to the remaining asphalt paved road. As part of the base bid, the work will also include the full removal and offsite disposal of an existing large diameter pipe culvert with plastic flared end and the existing concrete drop inlet structure.

The work also includes the installation of a new precast reinforced concrete box culvert, new precast reinforced concrete headwalls and wingwalls at the inlet and outlet ends of the new culvert and a new energy dissipator at the outlet end of the new culvert consisting of a rock riprap-lined stilling basin and rock riprap apron. Work will also include clearing and grubbing of trees and their offsite disposal, the removal and disposal of washed out, broken, and cracked existing asphalt pavement and removal silty subgrade soils, the removal, stockpiling, and reuse of existing 18-inch (d50) rock riprap, cleaning and re-adjustment to three existing concrete drop inlet structures and their plastic pipe culverts.

The work will also include all necessary earthwork, such as, but not limited to excavation, filling, backfilling, trenching, compaction, and grading; placing topsoil and seeding at disturbed areas; and the placement, maintenance, inspection, and removal of erosion prevention and sedimentation controls measures.

Please note that this solicitation is set aside for certified small businesses. Neither telephonic, mailed, nor faxed requests for hard copies of this solicitation will be accepted. The solicitation will only be available online; in order to view the solicitation offerors must access the System for Award Management website (www.sam.gov). In order to download the solicitation, bidders must access the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (https://piee.eb.mil/). All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the USACE New England District.