RECOVERY----SELBY ROAD IMPROVEMENT

RECOVERY: PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE FOR SELBY ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, LOCATED IN THE Carrizo Plain National Monument, San Luis Obispo County, California. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED FROM THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) (RECOVERY ACT) OF 2009. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) intends to issue a Request of Proposal (RFP) to award a single, firm fixed-price contract to furnishing labor, equipment, supplies and materials, to place aggregate base over multiple sections of road covering approximately 4.6 miles of the Selby Road on a prepared sub- grade. This will be a best value award. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 237310, with a standard size of $33.5M. The cost range is between $100,000.00 and $200,000.00. The anticipated period of performance is 120 calendar days from Notice to Proceed. Site Visit: Schedule date is January 27, 2010 at 9:00 am., location of site visit will be provided by Nancy Dodson. Potential contractors are to provide their own transportation at no cost to the Government. The Government assumes no liability on behalf of contractors attending the site visit. Contractors intending to attend the site visit tour shall contact Nancy Dodson, Range Technician at 661-391-6146 at least 48 hours before the scheduled site visit and advise her of the firms name and number of persons that will attend. Location to site is via Hwy 58 approximately 60 miles west of Bakersfield, California on the Carrizo Plain National Monument. The Carrizo is accessed off of Hwy 58 to 7-Mile Road to Soda Lake Rd. The Selby Road is 15 miles south of the northern entrance to the monument. This acquisition will be advertised on a restricted basis as 100% HUBZone Set-aside. This announcement serves as the advanced notice for this project. The Solicitation can be found at FedConnect on January 25, 2010, search under the Solicitation Number L10PS01858. For amendments and updates, register or update the registration at the FedConnect website at http://www.fedconnect.net Contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. Please be advised that the awardee will be subject to Section 1512(c) of the Recovery Act, which requires that each contractor report on its Recovery Act funds under the awarded contract. These reports will be made available to the public.