SOURCES SOUGHT
Y -- NM PRA CAVE 10(1), Carlsbad Caverns - Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- Notice Date
- 8/4/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 237310
— Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Central Federal Lands Highway Division, 12300 West Dakota Avenue, Lakewood, Colorado, 80228
- ZIP Code
- 80228
- Solicitation Number
- NM-PRA-CAVE-10(1)
- Archive Date
- 8/26/2009
- Point of Contact
- Craig Holsopple, Phone: 7209633350
- E-Mail Address
-
craig.holsopple@fhwa.dot.gov
(craig.holsopple@fhwa.dot.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BID – PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THIS NOTICE IS BEING ISSUED TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT INTEREST FROM QUALIFIED TOTAL HUBZONE, 8(A), OR SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES TO SET THIS PROJECT 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 CFLContracts@fhwa.dot.gov or by telefax to 720-963-3360 (Attn: Craig Holsopple) for receipt by close of business (3 p.m. local Denver time) on August 11, 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 $7.5 million, and your firm’s aggregate bonding capacity; and (4) Provide a list of road construction projects involving placement of sidewalk and curbing, construction of water treatment devices, and asphalt surfacing involving Superpave Hot Asphalt Concrete Pavement. State whether your firm was the prime contract or subcontractor on the project. 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 20 miles west of Carlsbad, NM on U.S. 62. The roadway improvements include rehabilitation of surfaces on 7.5 miles of the Carlsbad Caverns entrance road beginning at the park boundary and terminating at the Visitor Center parking area. Improvements to the entrance road will include rehabilitation of the existing driving surface and roadside ditches, repairing and stabilizing damaged paved rundowns, formalizing several existing pullouts with asphalt and curbing, and repairing existing drainage crossings where existing deficiencies exist. Safety improvements to the entrance road will include the installation of new signing and reflective pavement markings, placement of rumble strips leading into the Visitor Center parking areas, and controlled scaling of loose rock along “The Big Hill and the Shady Rest Rock Cut”. The entrance sign pullout will be rehabilitated to include both aesthetic and accessibility treatments according to a pre-existing site design provided by the park. The Archeological Site parking area configuration will be paved and signed to improve sight distance and accessibility ramps installed. The three Visitor Center parking areas entails improvements to the existing drainage systems, reconfiguration of the Bat Flight Draw and Eastern Visitor Center parking areas, and rehabilitation of surfaces on all three. Improvements to the drainage systems will involve the construction of environmentally sound methods for treating and/or diverting runoff away from the caverns. Methods will include the installation of water treatment devices where outfalls release towards the caverns, and the construction of storm sewer systems to redirect outfall away from the caverns. The Bat Flight Draw parking area will be reduced to provide for 10 accessible parking stalls and a bus passenger drop-off. A concrete sidewalk along the existing North edge of pavement will be provided to accommodate pedestrians, emergency vehicles and maintenance vehicles. The asphalt surfacing on the remainder of the 3-teired parking area will be removed and the area will be re-graded and re-vegetated. Pedestrian access from the Visitor Center to the natural cave entrance will be reconfigured utilizing portions of the existing parking area. The Eastern Visitor Center parking area will be reconstructed and reconfigured to improve traffic flow. A passenger drop-off in front of the Visitor Center will be added to accommodate delivery of large groups. Several islands will be modified to accommodate two-way traffic and new signing and striping will be placed to reduce confusion with the parking area circulation patterns. Other improvements will include sidewalk, accessibility ramps, and concrete curbing. The Western Visitor Center parking area will be resurfaced. A California gutter will be placed prior to the existing vendor loading dock to redirect pavement runoff away from the caverns. The parking area will be resigned and striped. It is anticipated that this project will be advertised in late August. Estimated cost $5.5 to $7.5 million
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOT/FHWA/68/NM-PRA-CAVE-10(1) /listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Carlsbad Caverns National Park, 3225 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, New Mexico, 88220, United States
- Zip Code: 88220
- Zip Code: 88220
- Record
- SN01899122-W 20090806/090805000819-a1e5a5936f7328fd33c39f42d1b75232 (fbodaily.com)
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