BASED ON RESPONSES RECEIVED TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE, THE DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE TO ADVERTISE THIS PROJECT ON A FULL AND OPEN BASIS. LOOK FOR SOLICITATION NUMBER DTFH68-09-B-00028. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BID – PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW. THIS ACTION IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR A TOTAL HUBZONE OR SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (Details Below). Prime Contractors who are HUBZone 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 (4 p.m. local Denver time) on May 22, 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. 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 $2 million, and your firm’s aggregate bonding capacity; and (4) Provide a list of road construction projects your firm has been involved in that required construction of a bridge with pre-stressed concrete box beams, asphalt paved ditch and shotcrete waterways, roadway excavation, controlled blasting techniques, MSE wall removal and reconstruction, and work in environmentally sensitive areas. State whether your firm was the prime contract or subcontractor on the project, and what portion of the project your firm completed. 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: The project is located approximately 15 miles northeast of Tucson, AZ on Arizona Forest highway 39, know locally as the Mt Lemmon Highway. Project length is 0.06 miles. Work includes spot repairs at two locations. Site MP 9.8 includes constructing a new 60 ft bridge with pre-stressed concrete box beams; asphalt paved ditch and shotcrete waterway; class 6 riprap; 15” and 5” concrete curb; and guardrail replacement. There is approximately 1700 yd3 of roadway excavation, probably requiring controlled blasting techniques. The existing MSE wall will need to be repaired or removed as necessary to construct the bridge. Some of the existing temporary fix of soil nails and shotcrete will need to be removed as well. MP 10.5 work includes a 42” culvert removal and replacement with a 42” culvert and concrete inlet; class 5 riprap; 5” concrete curb; remove and reset guardrail; and MSE wall removal and reconstruction as necessary to install new culvert. The estimated cost is $ 1 to 2 million and we expect construction work to start early September 2009 and finish around February 2010. There are possible Mexican Spotted owls & Peregrine Falcons nesting within the project limits that will restrict construction activities. This is a difficult construction project in a short construction season located in very steep and rocky terrain. No formal detailed road closures, except for 30 minute delays, will be in effect as all construction activities will require maintaining existing traffic flow.