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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MARCH 08, 2014 FBO #4487
SOURCES SOUGHT

Z -- Boardwalk Deck Lumber - Solicitation (Draft)

Notice Date

3/6/2014
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

237990 — Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Philadelphia, 100 Penn Square East, Wanamaker Bldg (RM 643), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107-3390, United States
 

ZIP Code

19107-3390
 

Solicitation Number

W912BU-14-BAMACT
 

Point of Contact

Ravineel R. Francis, Phone: 215-656-6928
 

E-Mail Address

Ravineel.R.Francis@usace.army.mil
(Ravineel.R.Francis@usace.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

This is a Sources Sought Notice and is for information purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS, OR BIDS. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. A Market Survey is being conducted to research wood decking for compliance with the Buy American Act (BAA) for the following specification. The documentation request is for the cost in linear feet (LF) of 2" x 4" Boardwalk Deck Lumber for a project in New Jersey that has approximately 50,000 SF or 150,000 LF of material with an estimated Notice to Proceed Date of Sep 01, 2014 with the following specifications: "Boardwalk Deck Lumber Shall be Hardwood with a modulus of elasticity of not less than 2,700,000 PSI, a bending strength not less than 18,000 PSI, a shear strength of not less than 1,900 PSI. The approved Hardwood equals are IPE/bethabara, cumaru and macaranduba. Hardwoods that are not acceptable include greenheart and angelm vermelho/dinizia excelsum." Specifically we are requesting a detailed cost breakdown of the lumber in LF to verify that the product complies with the Buy American Act. The information must be documented and include the following break out: Name of Material, Country of Origin, Cost for the raw product, transportation cost to import material, customs, duties, taxes, cost of finishing, and any other manufacturing costs. Acceptable documentation include bills of lading, shipping manifest & invoices, country-of-origin marking and labeling from previous projects in the company's history. Simply stating that "yes we comply with the Buy American Act" does not suffice. A detailed cost breakdown of the product is required to verify compliance. If interested in participating in this market research, please provide information on the requested quote detailing the information above as well as baseline budgetary cost and available options via email to Ravineel Francis, Design Manager @ Ravineel.R.Francis@usace.army.mil not later than 3:00 p.m. on or before March 20, 2014.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA61/W912BU-14-BAMACT/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: U.S. Army Engineer District, Philadelphia, Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107-3390, United States

Zip Code: 19107-3390
 

Record

SN03303494-W 20140308/140306234704-8801a15d2abe86d5b7817337ebdb6b9c (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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