Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Procurement Branch, AWP-55, P.O. Box 92007 WWPC, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007

Z -- CONSTRUCT AN ARSR-4 TOWER FOUNDATION EQUIPMENT BUILDING AND MISC. SITE IMPROVEMENT AT CHILDS MOUNTAIN SOL DTFA08-98-R-03206 POC Michelle H. Turner (310) 725-7567. Public announcement of proposed procurement. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Western-Pacific Region has a requirement to construct an ARSR-4 Radar site. The site consist of a 3,071 square foot, two (2) story equipment building, a 50 ft. x 50 ft. Air Route Surveillance Radar (ARSR-4) tower foundation, four (4) 13 ft. Radio Transmitter (RT) tower foundations, a 2000 gallon above ground fuel tank, a 3500 gallon septic holding tank, a 2500 gallon water storage tank, 350KW emergency engine generator, and miscellaneous site development on Childs Mountain, near Ajo Arizona. The building will be constructed of poured-in-place concrete and concrete masonry unit block. Site development shall include, but not limited to; all site grading, site utilities, site lighting, ~ drainage, sidewalk, fencing, pavements, and compacted gravel surfacing. Work will also include the demolition of one existing 75 ft. steel tower including foundation, one (1) 50 ft. diameter tower foundation, 4 concrete piers, concrete retain walls, and existing fence line. Construction will consist of 3 phases. Phase I will be the construction of the tower foundation, equipment building, and all associated site work. After Phase I is completed the contractor will demobilize from the site. During Phase II, the FAA will then accepted the radar and relocate the existing RCAG equipment into the new equipment building. Once this work is completed, the contractor will be given the notice to proceed with Phase III. Phase III will be the demolition of the existing 75 foot tower including foundation and equipment trailers, the 50 ft. diameter 12 sided concrete foundation, installation of 10 ton air conditioning unit, site paving, and removal/installation of the perimeter fence. All work shall be performed in strict accordance with the project specifications and drawings. The estimated dollar range for this procurement is between $1 million to $5 million. Standard Industry Code (SIC) 1542. All interested contractors must respond to on or before December 11, 1997 and sent to the above address or via facsimile to (310) 536-8550; Attn: Michelle H. Turner. Telephonic requests will not be accepted. Screen Information Request (SIR) is the evaluation criteria used by the FAA to evaluate offerors submittals, screening decisions will be based on the evaluation criteria established in SIR. The purpose of SIR is to obtain information which will allow the FAA to identify the offeror which provides the best value procurement, make a selection decision and award the contract to conclude the competitive process. Specific evaluation factors include; (1) Specialized experience of the firm. Firm shall illustrate the scope of the effort, its complexity, how schedules were implemented and how objectives were met. (2) Past performance on FAA and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (3) Capacity & capability of firm to accomplish the work. The firm shall submit a complete resume. Firm shall provide recent experience and technical knowledge of project personnel. Firm shall provide current workload, total number of on going projects, their construction value and percentage of completion. (4) Financial capacity/bonding information. Firm shall provide working capital, banking and credit references. The SIR must be received at the designated office no later than December 8, 1997. The FAA will be conducting a mandatory job walk on December 2, 1997, 11 a.m. The site is located approximately 100 miles southwest of Phoenix near the town of Ajo, AZ, approximately 5 miles north of the town of Ajo along Highway 85 and 6 miles off highway 85. The site is located in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge. All interested parties should meet at FWS office (1 mile north of town), 1611 N. Second Ave. Ajo, AZ 85321-1634. The following notice below is for informational purposes for minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged BusinessUtilization (OSDBU), has programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontract at any tier. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, payment and performance bonds up to 1 million per contract. The DOT provides 80 percent guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are also available under the DOT Short Term Lending Programs (STLP), at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000.00. For further information regarding the bonding and lending programs, please call the DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at (800) 532-1169. (0325)

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