BASED ON RESPONSES RECEIVED, THIS PROJECT WILL BE ADVERTISED ON A FULL AND OPEN BASIS. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BID – PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW. THIS ACTION IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR A TOTAL HUBZONE, 8(A) SMALL BUSINESS OR SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (Details Below). Prime Contractors who are HUBZone small businesses, 8(a) small businesses, or Service disabled veteran-owned small businesses and who intend to submit a bid for this solicitation MUST submit the following by e-mail to
[email protected] or by telefax to 720-963-3360 (Attn: Brenda McGehee) for receipt by close of business (3 p.m. local Denver time) on June 18, 2009: (1) A positive statement of your intention to submit a bid for this solicitation as a Prime Contractor; (2) A copy of the letter from SBA stating date of HUBZone small business certification or acceptance to the 8(a) small business program. In the case of a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Concern, you must provide proof of eligibility (DD form 214 or a letter of adjudication from the Veterans Administration). This information must be provided in order to determine eligibility – DO NOT SEND COPIES OF YOUR CCR PROFILE; (3) letter from bonding agent stating your firm’s capability to bond for a single project of $15 million, and your firm’s aggregate bonding capacity; and (4) Provide a list of road construction projects involving preservation treatments using chip seals and modified slurry seals in various combinations. State whether your firm was the prime contract or subcontractor on the project. DO NOT SEND INFORMATION ON PROJECTS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE THE ABOVE WORK. The size of a small business firm includes all parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, etc. Refer to the Code of Federal Regulations 13 CFR 121.103 for information on how the SBA determines affiliation and 13 CFR 121.108 regarding the penalties for misrepresentation of size status. All firms should be certified in the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) located at https://orca.bpn.gov/ A Qualified HUBZone SBC receiving a HUBZone contract for general construction must spend at least 50% of the cost of the contract incurred for personnel on its own employees or employees of other qualified HUBZone SBCs. This requirement may be met by expending at least 50% of the cost of the contract incurred for personnel on its employees or it may subcontract at least 35% of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel to one or more qualified HUBZone SBCs. A qualified HUBZone SBC prime contractor may not, however, subcontract more than 50% of the cost of the contract incurred for personnel to non-qualified HUBZone SBCs. PROJECT DETAILS: This project provides pavement preservation of the paved surfaces in the North Rim Section of Grand Canyon National Park. Grand Canyon National Park is located in Coconino County of Arizona in the northwest portion of Arizona. This solicitation will also have an option to that provides for the preservation of the South Rim portion of Grand Canyon National Park. The preservation treatments being use are chip seals and modified slurry seals. Other construction applications used on a lesser scale are pavement patching, crack sealing and pavement markings. The North Rim Project, Schedule A, has approximately 430,000 square yard of chip seal and 70,000 square yards of modified slurry seal. Included in the Project will be approximately 450 square yards of pavement patching in locations designated by the Project Engineer prior to placement of the preservation treatments. If the Option is awarded, the work on the South Rim will include 725,000 square yards of chip seals and 359,000 square yards of modified slurry seals. This work would also include approximately 8,000 square yards of pavement patching. Advertisement is expected in late June of 2009. The estimated price range for the Schedule A work and the Option X worked combined is between $5 million and $15 million.