BASED ON RESPONSES RECEIVED TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE, THE DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE TO ADVERTISE THIS PROJECT ON A FULL AND OPEN BASIS. ALL FIRMS WHO RESPONDED TO THE SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ARE ENCOURAGED TO BID THIS PROJECT. LOOK FOR SOLICITATION NUMBER DTFH68-09-B-00026 THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE 2009. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BID 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 (4 p.m. local Denver time) on May 7, 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 $25,000,000 million, and your firm’s aggregate bonding capacity; and (4) Detailed descriptions of projects your firm has completed as a prime contractor which are similar in scope to the work outlined under MAJOR WORK ITEMS AND ESTIMATED QUANTITIES below. 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 60 miles (97 km) northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The proposed project will rehabilitate 17.5 miles (28.2 km) of Northshore Road between mileposts 27.3 to 47.6. The route is entirely within the Lake Mead NRA. Project work includes rehabilitation, restoration, spot reconstruction (3.3 m (5.3 km)), and resurfacing of the existing roadway, parking areas, and pullouts. Roadway rehabilitation consists of widening the roadway using aggregate base to achieve the design width; pulverizing the existing asphalt pavement and aggregate base; placing of aggregate base to correct superelevation and crown; and resurfacing with hot asphalt concrete pavement. Roadway reconstruction is identified in areas where existing roadway deficiencies are excessive and can not be corrected with rehabilitation. This work includes removing the existing pavement; minor excavation and embankment to construct the subgrade; placing of aggregate base; and resurfacing with hot asphalt concrete pavement. In addition, project work includes the removal of inferior subgrade material (sub-excavation), drainage improvements (culvert/drop inlet installations and extensions, cleaning culverts, headwall construction, concrete curb and gutter construction, and riprap installation); reinforced concrete low water crossing construction, temporary tortoise fence, historic masonry work, and other incidentals. Masonry work includes reconstruction of historic stone headwalls that need to be dismantled and reconstructed. The roadway is currently open to public traffic and will remain open during construction with short delays. The construction will be completed in three segments. The contract will require paving of one segment before pavement is removed or pulverized on another section. The work is anticipated to take between 6 to 12 months starting in August 2009. When the solicitation is issued, contractors will be required to price bid items and bid the number of calendar days they will take to construct the project. MAJOR WORK ITEMS AND ESTIMATED QUANTITIES (Quantities subject to change): • Roadway Excavation: 15,000 m3 • Subexcavation: 5,000 m3 • Pulverizing: 25 km • Aggregate Base: 100,000 metric tons • Asphalt Surfacing: 62,000 metric tons • Riprap: 12,000 m3 • Culvert: 620 m • Concrete pavement: 442 m2 • Concrete curb and gutter: 8,000 m • Tortoise Barrier: 58,000 m • Pavement Markings: 55,000 m • Historic Stone Headwalls: 9 m2 • Stone masonry walls: 30 m