RECOVERY - TX PRA BIBE 13(5), West Entrance Road, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas

BASED ON RESPONSES RECEIVED FOR THIS NOTICE, THE DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE TO ADVERTISE THIS PROJECT ON A FULL AND OPEN BASIS. LOOK FOR PRESOLICITATION NUMBER DTFH68-09-C-00021. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BID 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 April 23, 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 $1 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 PROJECT DETAILS 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: This project will involve roadway drainage repair on 273 feet of roadway in Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, TX. Principal work items for this project include: lump sum contractor testing; lump sum removal of structures and obstructions; 1,800 cu yds of roadway excavation; 270 cu yds of polyvinyl chloride coated gabions; 14 cu yds of concrete; one concrete headwall for 60-inch pipe culvert; 150 ln ft of pipe culvert; 1,740 sq yds of rolled erosion control product; lump sum traffic control; all of the previous items along with associated survey and staking, soil erosion control, fence and conserved topsoil. All quantities are estimates and subject to change.