W912EE - The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, intends to issue an Invitation for Bids (IFB) Solicitation Number W912EE24B0002 for Mississippi River, RM 548.3-R, FC/MR&T, Channel Improvement, Paradise Lake Closure. The work consists of furnishing all plant, labor, materials, and equipment needed, and performing all work for regrading the Paradise Lake Closure on the Mississippi River. Principal features of the work include excavation and grading of existing enclosure; excavation and grading of a rock chute; and furnishing, delivering, and placing Graded Stone "C". This IFB will be for one (1) Firm Fixed-Price Construction Contract. This procurement is a Total Small Business Set-Aside under North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code 237990 with a size standard of $45 Million. In accordance with FAR 36.204, the magnitude of this construction project is estimated to be between $10 Million and $25 Million. The official plans and specifications will be available on the SAM website at https://sam.gov/. Bidders may register on the Interested Vendor's List (IVL) at https://sam.gov/ and retrieve an IVL from the same location. Compact disc and hard copies will not be available. Telephone and fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Bidders are encouraged to check often for changes (AMENDMENTS) to posted solicitations. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing. Bidders must have and maintain an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://sam.gov and must include the NAICS code they are bidding under to receive a Government contract award. If the bidder is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award a bidder is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective bidder. For additional information regarding this solicitation, please contact Andrew McCaskill via email at andrew.mccaskill@usace.army.mil. Technical inquiries and questions relating to the solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at www.projnet.org when the solicitation is made available. The solicitation, including any amendments, shall establish the official opening and closing dates and times. BID OPENING DATE AND TME WILL BE ON 22 NOVEMBER 2023 AT 2:00 PM LOCAL TIME. THIS PROCUREMENT IS A TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. IT IS ISSUED UNDER NAICS 237990, FSC Y1PZ, FOR ONE (1) FIRM FIXED-PRICE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.