Solicitation
Design and Construction of Levee Access Manholes for Fairfax-Jersey Creek Levee Unit (Kansas City, Kansas)
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W912DQ26RA065
Due in 18 days
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District wants a design-build contractor to install access manholes into an existing seepage collection system in the Fairfax-Jersey Creek Levee Unit on the Missouri River in Kansas City, Kansas, using minimally invasive (not open-trench) excavation. This is Phase 1 of a two-phase RFP: offerors send qualifications only, no price, and up to three are invited to Phase 2. The award will be a firm-fixed-price contract capped at $3,400,000, with Phase 1 due 26 October 2026.
Watch out for
- Specialized trenchless levee work. Past projects are rated more relevant if they involved deep manholes installed by trenchless methods on federal levees under USACE drilling and invasive program rules, which most small contractors have not done.
Experience executing construction activities on federal levees, to include the
- Only up to three offerors reach Phase 2. Phase 1 is a qualifications screen with no pricing, so heavy proposal effort could end with no invitation to Phase 2, where design concepts and price are submitted.
The Government intends to select up
- Design-build with a hard price cap. Design and construction together cannot exceed the cap, so any design growth or ground conditions risk falls on the contractor.
THE CONTRACT AWARD AMOUNT (INCLUSIVE OF ALL CONTRACT LINE ITEMS) SHALL NOT EXCEED $3,400,000.00 FOR THIS PROJECT.
- Must bring a licensed engineer and past-performance paperwork. You need a licensed P.E. designer (own or subcontractor) plus a CPARS record or a client-completed questionnaire for every project, and subcontractor experience only counts with a signed commitment letter.
Vendor Information Form (Attachment 2) if you wish to have their experience
- Instructions are slightly inconsistent and key file not read. The instructions call the Vendor Information Form both Attachment 1 and Attachment 2, and the front-end/specifications file was too large to read, so submission details and the scope in the draft specs may be missing here.
Read from the notice and 6 attachments. 1 not read in full.
- Solicitation Attachment A - INSTRUCTIONS.pdf
- Attachment 2 to Instructions - Letter of Commitment.pdf
- Attachment 5 to Instructions - Tech Approach and Qualifications.docx
- Attachment 1 to Instructions - Vendor Info Form.pdf
- Attachment 3 to Instructions - Offeror Exp Form.pdf
- Attachment 4 to Instructions - PPQ Form.pdf
- Front-End and Specifications - Phase 1 - W912DQ26RA065 - 20260925.pdf: too large
Full brief
What they want
- Design and build access manholes to reach the levee's existing seepage collection system
- Use minimally invasive excavation; trenching and other mass excavation are not allowed
- Provide a licensed Professional Engineer as designer of record
- Work on a federal levee, including drilling/invasive program plans and temporary flood protection plans (as described in the evaluation criteria)
- Run design quality control and the USACE Three Phase construction quality control program
- Run a safety program following USACE EM 385-1-1 and report accidents to USACE
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price, two-phase design-build
- Place of performance
- Fairfax-Jersey Creek Levee Unit on the Missouri River, Kansas City, Kansas
- Estimated value
- Estimated range $1,000,000 to $5,000,000; the award (design and construction together) may not exceed $3,400,000
- How they'll choose
- Two-phase design-build. Phase 1 picks the most highly qualified offerors (up to three) from qualifications only. Phase 2 award is best value using a tradeoff, with all non-price factors together significantly more important than price.
- Offers due
- 2026-10-26 10:00 AM Central (-05:00), per SAM.gov; the instructions say Phase 1 proposals are due at the date and time on the SF 1442
- How to submit
- Electronic submission, with PDF preferred. The exact delivery address or portal is not in the text provided (the SF 1442 / front-end document was too large to read). Contract Specialist is Erick Ottoson, erick.s.ottoson@usace.army.mil; Contracting Officer is Laura Hedrick.
- Page limits
- Organizational chart limited to 1 page; recommended 3 to 5 sentences per response on the technical form; at most one continuation page per project on the experience form
What they'll judge offers on
- Phase 2 Factor 3: Design Concepts (most important)
- Phase 1 and 2 Factor 1: Performance Confidence (past performance)
- Phase 1 and 2 Factor 2: Technical Approach & Qualifications
- Phase 2 Factor 4: Small Business Participation
- Phase 2 Factor 5: Price
What to include when you submit
- Phase 1 has no price or design proposal
- Submit Attachment 1 (Vendor Information Form, all fields filled, put N/A if not applicable), Attachment 3 (Offeror's Experience Form, one per project) and Attachment 5 (Technical Approach & Qualifications Form)
- Attachment 2 (Letter of Commitment, signed by all parties) is required if a subcontractor or teaming partner's experience is used; Attachment 4 (Past Performance Questionnaire) is required for any project without a CPARS evaluation
- Submit 2 to 5 projects completed or more than 75% complete within the last 10 years, each worth at least $50,000, with at least two showing design work and two showing construction work
- Use the provided templates; extra documents that were not requested are not considered
- Do not cross reference or incorporate other submissions by reference
- Acknowledge any amendments on SF 30
- Mark proprietary information clearly
You must have
- Past experience: at least two and no more than five similar projects, with relevant design work and relevant construction work.
Submit information describing at least two, but no more than five,
- Designer of record must be a licensed Professional Engineer.
must be a licensed Professional Engineer [P.E.] per specifications
- A signed letter of commitment is needed for any subcontractor whose experience you want counted.
If subcontractor experience is submitted but a letter of commitment
- Projects must be worth at least $50,000 to count as similar.
Projects valued at less than $50,000.00 (estimated or actual construction
- No set-aside is stated; NAICS 237990 with a $45 million size standard.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 237990, Size Standard $45 Million.
Not in the notice text
- Period of performance and required completion time (likely in the specifications, which were not read)
- Exact proposal delivery address or portal (SF 1442 and front-end document not read)
- Draft technical specifications for the manholes and the existing seepage collection system
- Bonding and insurance requirements
- Phase 2 due date, Design Concepts and Small Business Participation requirements
- Number of manholes and their depths
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 26, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W912DQ26RA065
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army
- Office
- W071 Endist Kansas City
- NAICS
- 237990
- Product/service code
- Y1PZ
- Business type
- Construction & renovation
- Place of performance
- 66115
- Contracting contact
- Erick Ottosonerick.s.ottoson@usace.army.mil816-389-3878
- Versions
- 3 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Levee Access Manholes for Fairfax-Jersey Creek Levee Unit. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, has a need for design-build construction services to install access manholes to facilitate access to an existing seepage collection system in the levee. Invasive mass excavation methods such as trenching will not be allowed. Minimally invasive excavation methods are required. The location is the Fairfax-Jersey Creek Levee Unit on the Missouri River in Kansas City, Kansas. The requirements are described in more detail in this solicitation. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 237990, Size Standard $45 Million. The magnitude of this project is represented by the following estimated price range: Between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. THE CONTRACT AWARD AMOUNT (INCLUSIVE OF ALL CONTRACT LINE ITEMS) SHALL NOT EXCEED $3,400,000.00 FOR THIS PROJECT. OFFERORS ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO APPROACH THIS AMOUNT.
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