International Boundary & Water Commission, United States Section, The Commons, Building C, Suite 310, 4171 N. Mesa, El Paso, TX 79902-1441

Y -- RIO GRANDE AMERICAN CANAL EXTENSION (RGACE) - REACH C AND REACH E SOL IFB95-07. DUE 073195. Contact Delfina C. Lechuga, Contracting Officer, or Maria C. Smith, Contract Specialist at (915) 534-6682. Pre-Solicitation Notice. The International Boundary and Water Commission, United States Section, requires the furnishing of labor, materials, and equipment for the construction of Reach C and E of the Rio Grande American Canal Extension (RGACE) project located in El Paso, El Paso County, TX. Reach C consists of approximately 5 miles of canal reconstruction. The RGACE will be located adjacent to the Rio Grande on U.S. Government property on the landside of the U.S. levee. The RGACE is part of an overall project which involves the construction of approximately 12 miles of a concrete-lined extension and approximately 3 miles of Franklin Canal reconstruction. Contracts have previously been awarded for 7 of the 12 miles of canal extension. The purpose of the facility will be to ultimately provide a more equitable distribution of waters between the United States and Mexico and reduce water losses. Reach C begins in the area adjacent to the Yarbrough Drive overpass and ends at the Riverside Canal, a length of approximately 5 miles. This portion of the project includes the construction of a reinforced concrete-lined trapezoidal canal section, concrete check structures, turnouts, a wasteway, an outlet structure, relocation of the Playa Lateral and the Playa Interceptor Drain and structures, box culvert installation, canal transitions, demolition of small canal structures, placement of riprap, placement of levee gravel surfacing and seeding of canal slopes and other disturbed areas. The Rio Grande may be used as the borrow source for the embankment fill material for Reach C. Reach E begins in the area of the Leon Street Wasteway and ends at the 2nd Street culvert and is approximately 1.5 miles long. This portion of the canal extension includes demolition of existing concrete trapezoidal canal section and reconstruction of a new reinforced concrete trapezoidal canal extension, canal transitions, a turnout, chain link fence salvage and demolition, small metering bridge, placement of levee gravel surfacing and seeding of canal slopes and other disturbed areas. Tentative dates for issuing and closing IFB 95-07 are July 31, 1995 and August 30, 1995, respectively. The work under this contract is to be completed within 630 calendar days. The estimated price range for construction of the RGACE - Reach C and E is over $10,000,000.00. Plans and specifications will be available for inspection, without charge, at the International Boundary and Water Commission, U.S. Section, The Commons, Building C, Suite 224, 4171 North Mesa Street, El Paso, Texas 79902-1441. Requests for IFB 95-07 should be submitted in writing by July 7, 1995 to the International Boundary and Water Commission, U.S. Section, Attn: Maria C. Smith, at the preceding address. An amount of $60.00, nonrefundable, will be charged for each set of the solicitation documents. Recipients of the IFB that do not submit a bid should advise the issuing office as to their desire to remain on the mailing list for receipt of future solicitation notices. (158)

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