The agency is announcing an upcoming solicitation. Watch for the actual RFP/RFQ to be posted later.
The U.S. Army needs a small business to modify a 1,300-foot channel in Cleveland, Tennessee, to reduce flood elevations.
Key Details
What exactly do they need?
The U.S. Army needs a small business to modify a 1,300-foot channel in Cleveland, Tennessee, to reduce flood elevations. This includes channel excavation, hauling, grading, stripping, hydroseeding, planting, clearing and grubbing, and riprap placement around existing sewer manhole. The channel bench cut ranges from 0 to 60 feet wide.
What's the contract structure and timeline?
The contract is a firm-fixed-price construction contract with an anticipated period of performance of approximately 365 calendar days from the notice to proceed.
How will they pick the winner?
The notice doesn't say.
When and how do you bid?
The solicitation will be posted to both Sam.gov and Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module on or around 11 July 2025. Bids shall be submitted electronically via the Solicitation Module of PIEE suite. Submissions shall be in Adobe PDF format. Electronic Bid Submissions is required through the Army's Electronic File Sharing Service in PIEE (https://piee.eb.mil/).
Who can apply
- Must be a certified small business
- Has experience with heavy and civil engineering construction
- Has done similar work for the U.S. Army before
Heads up — easy to miss
- All participants are required to have personal protective equipment, i.e. hard hat, safety glasses, reflective vests, and steel-toed shoes before entering the project site. Attendees who do not have these items present at the site visit may not be able to participate in the visit.
- Each individual attendee must register by verifying their name and company information via email to Kenyanna.L.Jennings@usace.army.mil.
- If you miss the scheduled site visit, no alternative arrangements will be made due to personnel and time constraints.
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your small business is registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (https://sam.gov) and Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) at the time a bid is submitted.
- Verify your company information via email to Kenyanna.L.Jennings@usace.army.mil to register for the site visit.
- Find a teaming partner who already has the required experience with heavy and civil engineering construction.