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B -- DRILLING AND SAMPLING FOR POTENTIAL ROCK SOURCES, AMERCIAN SAMOA SOL DACW83-98-B-0015 DUE 092498 POC Linda Oshiro, (808) 438-9904 WEB: HED Contracting Home Page, www.pod.usace.army.mil/ebs.html. E-MAIL: click hear to contact the contract specialist, linda.oshiro@pod01.usace.army.mil. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is DACW83-98-B-0015 and is issued as a Invitation for Bids (IFB). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-07. This is not a small business set-aside. The standard industrial code (SIC) is 1799 and the small business size standard is $7.0. Line Items for Drilling and Sampling for Potential Rock Sources, American Samoa is as follows: CLIN 0001. Mobilization and Demobilization. Quantity 3 each (Est.) and CLIN 0002. Set-Ups, Moves, Drilling and Sampling. Quantity 50 Days each (Est.). The following provisions and clauses applies: 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors -- Commercial; submit 52.213-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items with its offer; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items; 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. The following are applicable: 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-41, 52.222-42, 52.0000.4046, 52.243-1II, 52.0046-4077 and 52.0046-4078. Bids are due 24 September 1998 not later than 4:00 p.m., Hawaii Standard Time. Submit proposals to US Army Engineer District, Honolulu, Building S200, ATTN: CEPOH-CT-S, Fort Shafter, Hawaii 96858-5440. Facsimile bids are acceptable, (808) 438-8588. For information regarding the solicitation contact Linda Oshiro at (808) 438-9904. 1. SCOPE OF WORK. Technical Provisions Subsurface Drilling and Sampling for Potential Rock Sources, American Samoa. The purpose of the work is to obtain subsurface information for Potential Rock Sources, American Samoa. The work specified herein is to determine the type,nature and characteristics of the subsurface materials and the extent and conditions of the various materials as they exist to a maximum depth of one hundred feet (100') at the locations specified. This is to be accomplished by means of auger drilling and NX or HQ (wireline) size core drilling. 2. LOCATION OF HOLES. The proposed drilling sites are located within the Islands of Tuituila, Ofu/Olosega and Tau, American Samoa. The actual location of the holes are not shown but will be established in the field by the Government's representative. All borehole locations are not truck accessible and substantial clearing and grading may be required to access drill sites. No precise locations have been established for the drill sites on Ofu/Olosega and Tau Islands. 3. MOBILIZATION AND DEMOBILIZATION. A. Mobilization. At least fifteen (15) work days prior to commencing mobilization the contractor will notify Geotechnicial/Structural Section, Design Branch, [Phone No.(808) 438-5450] of the anticipated start of drilling.Mobilization shall consist of delivering at the site of all plant, equipment, materials, and supplies and personnel to the site, the complete assembly in satisfactory working order of all such plant and equipment on the job; and the satisfactory secure storage at the site of all such materials and supplies. Mobilization shall also include shipping of all equipment and plant to outer (Manu'a) islands and return to Tutuila Island. B. Demobilization. Demobilization shall consist of final clean-up, filling of test holes with earth compacted as required, restoration of pavements, the removal from the site of all plant and equipment after completion of the work, including all packing and shipment of samples. 4. SCHEDULE OF DRILLING AND SAMPLING. The schedule of drilling and sampling will be as directed in the field. The estimated number of boreholes will vary depending on the progess of the work. The anticipated depths of each borehole will also vary but in no case shall the depth exceed 100 feet below the ground surface. The Government's representative reserves the right to modify any schedule developed depending on design requirements and materials encountered in the field. 5. ORDER OF WORK. The order in which the work is to be accomplished will be determined in the field by the Government's representative. 6. CONTAINERS. The contractor shall furnish sample bags and containers meeting the requirements as specified elsewhere in this specification. All sample bags and containers will become the property of the Government and the cost thereof shall be included in the contract price for the applicable item for which payment is provided. The Government will furnish labels for all containers. 7. CARE AND DELIVERY OF SAMPLES. A. Care of Samples. The Contractor shall be solely responsible for preserving all rock core samples in good condition. He shall keep samples from undue exposure to the weather and shall keep all descriptive labels and designations on core boxes clean and legible until final delivery of samples to and acceptance by the Government's representative. B. Delivery. The Contractor shall comply with all requests of the Government's representative concerning the care and protection of samples. Soil and rock samples will be delivered to the Governments Representative. In no event shall samples obtained be stored by the Contractor for more than two weeks. 8. SUPPLEMENTARY HOLES. Boreholes that are abandoned or from which unsatisfactory samples are being obtained will be supplemented by other holes adjacent to the original in order that satisfactory samples or the required information will be obtained. Penetration to the depth where the original hole was abandoned or to the depths where unsatisfactory samples were obtained may be made by any method selected by the Contractor that in the opinion of the Government's representative will permit satisfactory completion and sampling below the elevation where the last satisfactory sample was obtained in the abandoned hole or satisfactory sampling in the reaches where satisfactory samples were not able to be obtained in the original hole. No payment will be made for supplementary holes that are required to be drilled to replace holes that were abandoned or from which satisfactory samples were not obtained because of mechanical failure of drilling and sampling equipment, negligence on the part of the Contractor, or other preventable cause for which the Contractor is responsible except that payment will be made for acceptable portions of these supplementary holes below the depths or outside the reaches for which payment was made for the original hole. 9. AUGER DRILLING. A. Definition and Purpose. Auger drilling shall be made through unconsolidated or partly consolidated sediments or decomposed/soft rock by means of hydraulic rotary auger flights. The purpose of these borings is to quickly advance the borehole through overburden materials. Samples of overburden materials shall not be required. B. Equipment and Supplies. Equipment to be furnished by the Contractor for making auger-drilled boreholes shall include drilling machinery of a type or types approved by the Government's representative. Unless otherwise specified, drilling machinery shall be of the rotary "hydraulic feed" type. Supplies shall include all casing, piping, augers, pumps and power necessary to accomplish the required boring. 10. NX or HQ CORE DRILLING. A. Method of Drilling. Drilling of NX size or HQ size (wireline) diameter cores shall be by any approved standard and accepted method of rotary rock core drilling using impregnated carbide or diamond-set bits by means of which continuous and complete cores may be obtained for any subsurface interval of bedrock specified for investigation. The substitution of carbide insert slug bits will not be allowed. The driller shall notify the Government's representative of material changes, water losses and depths at which they occur. B. Equipment and Method. Equipment and method to be furnished by the Contractor for core drilling shall meet the requirements of ASTM Specifications D2ll3-70, "Diamond Core Drilling for Site Investigations" and shall furnish and use a double tube, swivel type core barrel and spare coring bits. C. Containers. Longitudinally partitioned new wooden core boxes constructed of dressed lumber shall be used for all rock cores. As many core boxes as may be required shall be used in submitting each rock core or group of cores. Core boxes shall be completely equipped with all necessary partitions, covers, nails or screws for holding down the cover and other accessories. Not more than 15 feet total length of NX or HQ (wireline) diameter cores shall be placed in a single core box. At least 6 wood spacer blocks and 4d finishing nails shall be furnished with each box to be used to separate individual runs. D. Arrangement. All cores shall be arranged neatly in the partitioned boxes in the same sequence in which they occurred before removal from the holes. Facing the open box with the top of the box above and the open box below, cores shall be arranged in descending sequence beginning at the top left-end of the partition and continuing through the other partitions from left to right. The core from the top of the boring shall be placed in box l and the lower portions of the core shall be placed in successive boxes numbered consecutively. 11. MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT. A. General. The contract unit price for each item shall constitute full compensation for furnishing all plant, labor, equipment and supplies and performing all operations required for the completion of all work included under that item as specified herein, shown on the drawings, or as directed. All measurements for payment shall be made by or in the presence of the Government's representative. The Contractor shall preserve all holes in good condition until final measurement and until the records and samples have been examined and accepted. Payment will not be made for any hole which satisfactory records and samples, as determined by the Government's representative, are not furnished. No separate payment will be made for barricades, backfilling and closing of holes or restoration of the pavement surface. B. Mobilization and Demobilization. Payment for mobilization and demobilization will be made at the contract unit price (ea) for item 1, "Mobilization and Demobilization" in accordance with specifications. All costs associated with inter-island movement of the drilling equipment shall be included in this bid item. C. Set-ups, Moves, Drilling and Sampling. Payment for set-ups, moves, drilling and sampling will be made at the contract unit price (dy) for item 2, Set-ups, Moves, Drilling and Sampling" in accordance with the specifications. All clearing and grading required to access the drill site as well as drilling and sampling shall be included in this bid item and shall be accepted on the basis of services provided in a 10 hour work day. No separate payment will be made for costs associated with inter-island movement of the drilling equipment. Posted 09/14/98 (W-SN249479). (0257)

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