SOLICITATION NOTICE
Y -- Gulf Intracoastal Waterway West Closure Complex (GIWW WCC)
- Notice Date
- 12/22/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 237990
— Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans, US Army Engineer District, New Orleans, ATTN: CEMVN-CT, P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans, LA 70160-0267
- ZIP Code
- 70160-0267
- Solicitation Number
- W912P809R0004
- Response Due
- 2/5/2009
- Archive Date
- 4/6/2009
- Point of Contact
- Chris Nuccio, (504) 862-2704<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Synopsis for GIWW West Closure Complex The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District intends to issue a solicitation using the Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) method, also known as the Construction Manager at Risk method for preconstruction services and optional construction services to construct the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway West Closure Complex (GIWW WCC). This project will be located on the west bank of the Mississippi River near New Orleans, Louisiana in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway just west of the Algiers and Harvey canals. This project will function as a major component of the Greater New Orleans Hurricane Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS). The GIWW WCC will consist of a navigable floodgate or floodgates with a total opening of between 300 and 335, at least 20,000 cfs drainage pumping station containing 16 large mixed-flow vertical type pumps, a concrete T-wall and flow control structure in an environmentally sensitive location, and an earthen levee. The entire complex will be constructed without closure of the navigation channel and with an aggressive intermediate target completion date for the surge barrier of June 2011. The final construction effort shall be completed by 2013. Major components of work will include but are not limited to: - providing preconstruction services during the design phase - procurement of all materials and equipment necessary - mechanical and hydraulic dredging, dry excavation - placement of compacted clay embankment - placement of stone scour protection - cofferdam and/or braced excavation construction - road relocation and construction - placement of sheet piling, prestressed concrete piling and steel H-piling and steel pipe piling -mass reinforced concrete, reinforced concrete -structural steel fabrication -sandblasting and painting -installation of pumps, engines, gear boxes, overhead cranes, climber screens, piping systems, HVAC systems, and associated mechanical equipment -installation of gate machinery and associated mechanical equipment -installation of primary and secondary electrical systems including power, lighting, controls, security, lightning protection and ancillary electrical equipment -building construction Preconstruction phase services include but are not limited to technical design input, construction sequencing, constructability reviews, reviews of design documents, and scheduling and pricing input: All with the emphasis on achieving the intermediate goal of surge barrier completion by June 2011. Design is at least 35% complete at this time and will continue to progress concurrent with this solicitation. The period of performance for the Base Pre-construction services is anticipated to be six (6) months from contract award. This solicitation will award the preconstruction phase services as the base bid using the ECI method and the construction phase will be an option for exercise under the contract. The project is fully funded at this time. The estimated magnitude of this construction project is between $750,000,000 to $1,000,000,000, with pre-construction services limitation of less than 5% of the total value of the base plus options. This solicitation will be issued as a Request for Proposals (RFP) resulting in the award of a single firm fixed price (FFP) contract for pre-construction services with option for firm fixed price incentive (FFPI) with successive targets construction. The NAICS Code for this acquisition is 237990, other heavy and civil engineering construction. The small business size standard is $33.5M. Proposals received in response to this solicitation will be evaluated in two phases in accordance with procedures outlined in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 15 for Best Value Trade Off. The non-cost factors are listed in descending order of relative importance. Factors 1 and 2 are comparatively equal and are more significant when compared to factor 3. Factor 4 is less significant than factor 3. Factor 5 is less significant than factor 4. Factor 6 is less significant than 5. Factor 7 is less significant than 6. Cost Factor price is significantly less than the non-cost factors. The criteria for technical evaluation includes the following factors: 1) Technical Capabilities, 2) Past Performance, 3) Staffing Plan, 4) Project Management, 5) Familiarity with Local Area and Conditions, 6) Pump Manufacturer Subcontractor Plan, and 7) Small Business Subcontracting Plan. Cost Factor 8) price, will be subjectively evaluated for reasonableness and realism provided it is within the specified target ceiling. The solicitation will include a detailed list of evaluation factors, including any subfactors or elements, and will provide instructions for proposal requirements and the basis for award. Any changes to evaluation factors will be issued by amendment. A pre-proposal conference will be scheduled for on or after January 22, 2009 at The Marriott Hotel at 3838 N. Causeway Blvd, Metairie, LA 70002. This solicitation is unrestricted and open to both Large and Small Business. Proposals from all responsible sources will be considered by the agency. If a source is a large business, and the proposal exceeds $1 Million, that offeror will be required to submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan, conforming to the requirements of FAR 19.704 and DFARS 219.7, with goals based on percentage of total subcontracted dollars. The targeted goal percentages for this project are: Small Business, 70.0% Small Disadvantaged Business, 6.2% Women-Owned Small Business, 7.0% HUB Zone Small Business, 9.8% Veteran-Owned Small Business, 3.0% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, 0.9 Small Business Concerns are strongly encouraged to compete for this requirement and may wish to consider Joint Ventures, Mentor-Protg Agreements, Small Business Consortiums, and other innovative Teaming arrangements in order to leverage and/or consolidate bonding and financial capacities. The Small Business Administration (SBA) must approve of any such arrangement. The proposal instructions and closing date and time for submission of proposals will be contained in the solicitation notice and package. The solicitation is expected to be issued on or about 06 Jan 2009 with proposals due on or about 6 Feb 2009. The solicitation will be available on FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov. The Government will not provide written paper copies of the solicitation. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests for the solicitation package will not be honored. Potential offerors MUST register on FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov/ in order to receive notification(s) and/or change(s) to the solicitation. The Interested Vendors List (IVL) will be activated and may be accessed and printed from the FedBizOpps web site. Prospective contractors who would like their company name included on the IVL list may do so on the FedBizOpps website under IVL. Potential contractors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. You will need the adobe acrobat reader for.pdf files (www.adobe.com) in order to open most files posted by the New Orleans District. Offerors are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administrations Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), in order to receive a Government contract award. If you are not registered with CCR, you may request an application via phone at 1-888-227-2423 or register on line at http://www.ccr.gov. To register with ORCA, you may go online at http://www.bpn.gov/orca/. The point of contact for this synopsis is Mrs. Paulette Phillips at 504-862-1555or Paulette.S.Phillips@usace.army.mil.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Engineer District, New Orleans ATTN: CEMVN-CT, 7400 Leake Avenue New Orleans LA<br />
- Zip Code: 70118<br />
- Zip Code: 70118<br />
- Record
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