USACE SPK DBB Construction - USDA ARS R and D Center - Davis California

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Sacramento District (SPK) requires Design-Bid-Build (DBB) construction services to be performed in support of a Research and Development (R and D) Center for United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agriculture Research Services (ARS) at the University of California (UC) Davis. The Government anticipates the facility will sit on a primarily flat parcel of approximately 6.6 acres and will need to be a two-story facility of approximately 66,000 square feet (SF) consisting of administrative, reception, classroom, laboratory, chemical storage, constant temperature storage, support spaces, and mechanical penthouse. The project includes construction of all supporting site facilities and utilities, storm water drainage and retention, irrigation, paved surfaces for parking spaces, and pedestrian paths, amenities for bicycles and delivery vehicles, as well as optional work to install a 75 kilovoltampere (kVA) generator and 75 kilowatt (kW) photovoltaic solar array. The facility is anticipated to accommodate ARS staff and support personnel, including the following ARS research programs: Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit (CPGRU), National Clonal Germplasm Repository (NCGR), Sustainable Agricultural Water Systems Research Unit (SAWSRU), and the Davis-based portion of the Invasive Species Pollinator Health Research Unit (ISPHRU). The current available facilities are inadequate to meet ARS needs due to facility conditions and the desire of UC Davis to reacquire the laboratory and office space currently occupied by ARS management units. Additional laboratory, office, administrative, and technical support space are urgently needed to conduct the valuable research underway in each of the ARS research units.