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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 1,1999 PSA#2445

Department of the Army, Baltimore District, Corps of Engineer, 10 South Howard Street, Room 7000, Baltimore, MD 21201-1715

Z -- PUMP STATION MODIFICATIONS, WYOMING VALLEY LEVEE RAISING PROJECT SOL DACW31-00-R-0001 DUE 112299 POC Mrs. Susan Hanle, Contract Specialist, 410-962-3204 WEB: Click on Contracting Opportunities, then click on Requests, www.nab.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via, susan.l.hanle@nab.usace.army.mil. As prescribed in FAR Part 15, this solicitation is being issued as a draft RFP for industry comment. The government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205.18, Bid and Proposal Costs of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. This solicitation is issued for the purpose of giving prospective contractors preliminary notice of the upcoming construction project and an opportunity to review a major portion of the plans and specifications at the 90 percent design stage. Any comments, suggestions, and/or questions concerning the documents will be welcomed. Responses to individual comments, suggestions, and/or questions will not be supplied by the Government. However, all items received by the Government will be given consideration and if deemed appropriate, will be incorporated into the final documents. Comments, suggestions, and/or questions should be forwarded to: US Army Engineer District, Baltimore, ATTN: Mrs. Susan Hanle, CENAB-CT-C, P.O. Box 1715, Baltimore, Maryland 21203-1715. The project will be awarded as a fixed price-plus award fee contract following the evaluation of proposals, as part of a "best value procurement process". Proposals will be closely evaluated regarding the contractor's (and major subcontractors) experience and qualifications, technical approach, and understanding of the essential sequencing of work, schedule milestones, and overall project requirements. The estimated value of the proposed procurement is between $25,000,000 and $50,000,0000. Estimated completion time is 900 calendar days. The project will consist of the rehabilitation of 13 flood control pumping stations along the Wyoming Valley Flood Protection System in the vicinity of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Station capacities range from 15,000 GPM to 270,000 GPM. The work includes the replacement of electrical switchgear in each station; rehabilitation orreplacement of existing pumps, ranging in size from15,000 GPM to 70,000 GPM (42 pumps total); rehabilitation of pump motors, replacement of overhead and underground electrical distribution systems; structural remediation of pump station walls; sluice and flap gate replacements; a new SCADA system for remote monitoring and operation of the stations; stoplog structures at both approaches of a 5-lane bridge; levee tie-in walls; building power system replacement; and other miscellaneous repairs. Note that all of the design work is not complete as of this solicitation. Not included in this solicitation are plans for the structural modifications of some of the pump stations and plans for the replacement of a number of the sluice and flap gates. These plans will be supplied when the project is officially advertised for bids. The plans as contained in this solicitation are estimated to be approximately 90 percent of the construction package. SUBCONTRACTING PLAN REQUIREMENTS: As part of the technical proposal required, each large business offeror must submit an acceptable subcontracting plan that will be evaluated. A minimum of 25% of the total planned subcontracting dollars shall be placed with small business concerns. At least 5% of the total planned subcontracting dollars shall be placed with small disadvantaged business concerns, to include Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions, a minimum of 3% with women owned small businessess and a minimum of 1.5% with Hubzone small business concerns. This procurement is unrestricted and will be issued on CD-ROM. There will be no charge for the plans and specifications. Written requests for the CD should be sent to the above address, ATTN: CENAB-CT-C, Mrs. Susan Hanle. Posted 09/29/99 (W-SN386328). (0272)

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