USDA, Natural Resource Conservation Service, formerly Soil Conservation Service, 75 High Street, Room 301, Morgantown, WV 26505

Y -- UPPER BUFFALO CREEK CHANNEL, MARION COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA SOL SCS-6-WV-95 DUE 022395 POC Contact Point, DeAnn Shoemaker, (304)291-4486, Contracting Officer, William L. Doerr, (304)291-4486, Additional Contact, Beverly Stemple, (304)291-4486 Invitation for Bids will be available January 19, 1995. Requests for packages should be mailed to USDA, Natural Resource Conservation Service, (formerly USDA, Soil Conservation Service), Attn: DeAnn Shoemaker, 75 High Street, Room 301, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505 or sent via FAX to (304) 291-4628, Attn: DeAnn Shoemaker. PHONE REQUESTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The work shall consist of the widening, deepening, and stabilizing of the existing channel. The average excavated depth of the channel will be 15 feet. Approximately 23,420 cubic yards of rock riprap will be placed over the soil material on the 2 to 1 side slopes. The riprap will be placed on the channel sides and bottom. The channel bottom will be enlarged to a bottom width of 50 feet. The channel side slopes will be 2:1. One section of the channel will consist of approximately 600 linear feet of wall to be constructed of steel piling with concrete lagging. A 3 foot deep, 15 foot wide subchannel will be constructed through the entire length of the channel work. The subchannel will have 2 to 1 side slopes and be lined with rock riprap. Three water lines, nine sanitary sewer manholes and a natural gas line will be relocated. Material excavated from the channel will be hauled to and stabilized at an off site disposal area. The work shall also consist of associated stabilization of side drainage and tributaries with rock riprap, CMP, PVC or drainpipe. In addition, the work shall consist of the final grading of the areas along side the completed channel and all related sediment and erosion control and seeding and mulching. This project is designated as Upper Buffalo Creek Channel located in Marion County, West Virginia. Estimated price range is over $5,000,000. Estimated quantities of work are: Clearing and Grubbing, 1 LS; Building and Foundation Removal, 1 LS; Bridge Removal, 1 LS; Miscellaneous Structures Removal, 1 LS; Fertilizer, 3,000 LB; Seed Mixtures, 340 LB; Straw Mulch, 28 TN; Sediment Dams, 1 EA; Sediment Dam Basin Cleanout, 5 EA; Silt Fence, 2,000 LF; Straw Bale Filters, 8 TN; Seeding and Mulching, ;13 AC; Surveys, 1 LS; Mobilization and Demobilization, 1 LS; Water for Construction, 2,500 M-Gal; Removal of Water, 1 LS; Excavation, Channel, Common, 77,000 CY; Excavation, Channel, Rock, 15,000 CY; Earthfill, General, 5,000 CY; Salvaging and Spreading Topsoil, 2,200 SY; Concrete, 14 CY; Corrugated Metal Pipe Conduits, 50 LF; Loose Rock Riprap, 23,420 CY; Boulder Placement, 70 TN; Grouted Rock Riprap, 340 CY; Contractor Inspection, 1 LS; Field Office, 1 LS; Steel Bearing Piles, 2,348 LF; Concrete Lagging, 200 CY; Guard Rail Construction, 700 LF; Aggregate Paving, 1,300 SY; Water and Sewer Relocations, 1 LS; and Gas Line Relocations, 1 LS. Performance time is 979 calendar days. A pre-bid conference and site showing is scheduled for February 2, 1995, at 10:00 a.m. and will be held at the City of Mannington City Hall, 206 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Mannington, West Virginia. The conference will be conducted by Dave Pierce, Contracting Officer's Technical Representative, Natural Resources Conservation Service, (formerly Soil Conservation Service), (304) 457-1118. There will be no other pre-bid conference/ site showing. All responsible parties may submit a bid which will be considered by the Agency. (0004)

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