Oklahoma Department of Central Services, Construction and Properties Division, 50 N.E. 23rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105-3002

F -- REMEDIAL ACTION AT OKLAHOMA REFINING COMPANY SUPERFUND SITE SOL 97105. DUE 110796. Contact Point, Laura Weitelman, (405) 521-3172, Project Manager, Kelly Dixon, (405) 271-7156. The Oklahoma Department of Central Services Construction and Properties Division acting on behalf of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announces its intent to procure a contractor via sealed bids for providing all labor, materials, and equipment for the Remedial Action at the Oklahoma Refining Company Superfund site in Cyril, OK. The project will be ninety percent (90%) federally funded with a ten percent (10%) state match. The project will be conducted by the DEQ through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and state law. Approximately 23 million dollars in federal funds are available for this project. Award is contingent upon funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The contract award is anticipated to take place no later than December 9, 1996. The contract period is anticipated to be 5 years. The Oklahoma Refining Company (ORC) site began operation by APCO as an oil refinery in the early 1900's, was purchased in 1978 by the Oklahoma Refining Company who ceased operations in October 1984. The site is characterized by numerous inactive storage pits and ground water that contain organic and inorganic contaminants. The specified work for the Remedial Action will consist of providing all personnel, equipment, labor, and materials for the construction of a Subtitle C and a Subtitle D landfill on-site, excavation of listed hazardous waste and nonhazardous waste, in-situ bioremediation followed by capping, ex-situ biotreatment operations in the landfills followed by capping, neutralization and capping of acidic waste, handling of caustic material, soil stabilization, installation of subsurface LNAPL recovery trench, well abandonment and new monitoring well installation, and temporary water treatment. The contractor will be required to work with hazardous and nonhazardous refinery waste under difficult conditions. Interested firms should have the capabilities to perform work in potentially hazardous environments. Interested firms will be prequalified based on the information submitted in response to the Request for Statement of Qualifications (RSOQ). Interested firms will be evaluated as ``qualified'' or ``nonqualified'' based on the criteria established in the RSOQ. The RSOQ will be available on now at the Department of Central Service Construction and Properties Division, 50 N.E. 23rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73105-3002. Statements of Qualifications must be received at the above address no later than August 20, 1996. Bidding Documents will be available on September 3, 1996 at the Department of Central Services Construction and Properties Division, 50 N.E. 23rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105-3002. The bid period will be 60 days, bid opening will be at the DCS CAP at 2:00 pm on November 7, 1996. Interested firms must be evaluated as qualified for any bid to be considered responsive. Each firm submitting SOQs will be notified by mail whether they have been evaluated as ``qualified'' or ``non-qualified.'' Should an award be made, it will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. Award is contingent upon funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency. A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on September 17, 1996. The pre-bid meeting will include a mandatory site tour at 10:00 a.m. September 17, 1996, in Cyril, Oklahoma and will be followed by a mandatory conference to allow bidders to ask questions. The conference will start at 5:00 p.m. at the Conference Room at the Best Western, 2101 S. 4th Street, Chickasha, Oklahoma, 73073, (405) 224-4950. Bidders not attending both the site tour and the conference will be considered nonresponsive and those bids will not be opened. The number of representatives for each bidder attending the pre-bid tour and conference will be limited to three (3) persons. Those interested in receiving a Request for Statement of Qualification should contact the following: Laura Weitelman, Oklahoma Department of Central Services, Construction and Properties Division, 50 N.E. 23rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105-3002, (405) 521-3172, Fax: (405) 521-3789. Eight copies of the Statement of Qualifications must be received at the above address no later than 4:30 p.m. Central Standard time on August 20, 1996. Those interested in receiving a Bid Package should contact the Department of Central Services Construction and Properties Division at the same address as above. Bid packages will be available on September 3, 1996. Applications for plans and specifications must be accompanied by a deposit of $120 per set. Please submit the deposit in the form of a check payable to the Department of Central Services. Cash CANNOT be accepted. THE DEPOSIT IS NON-REFUNDABLE. Copies of the plans, specifications, and other bidder documents are on file, open for public inspection, and may be obtained by applying to the Department of Central Service Construction and Properties Division at the same address as above. Bids must be submitted on the forms accompanying the plans and specifications that are supplied by the Department of Central Services for this project. A cashier's check, a certified check or a surety bid bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid shall accompany the sealed bid of each bidder. Security checks will be returned to all but the three lowest bidders immediately after the bid opening. The three lowest bid securities are retained until the contract is awarded. Sealed bids will be received by the Department of Central Services Construction and Properties Division, 50 N.E. 23rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105-3002, until 2:00 p.m. on the 7th day of November 1996, at which time said bids will be opened for providing all materials, labor, and equipment for: Remedial Action construction at the Oklahoma Refining Company Superfund site, located in Cyril, Caddo County, OK. Bids will be opened publicly and read aloud at the above mentioned address immediately following the closing time stated above. A contract must be executed within twenty (20) days following the award to the successful bidder. The successful bidder will be required to provide 100% performance bond, 100% payment bond, and 100% defect bond. Bids received more than ninety-six hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays, before the time set for opening of bids will not be considered and will be returned unopened. (206)

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