U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, P.O. Box 4970, Jacksonville, Florida 32232-0019

Y -- PUMP STATION 319, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA PROJECT FOR FLOOD CONTROL AND OTHER PURPOSES SOL DACW17-99-R-0042 POC Wanda I. Cruz 904-232-2083 WEB: Click here to view further information and bidders, http://www.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist, wanda.i.cruz@usace.army.mil). Pumping station 319 is in Palm Beach County, Florida. The work will include construction of the pumping station substructure and superstructure, earthwork adjacent to the pumping station, miscellaneous civil work, installing Government-furnished pumps, diesels, gear reducers and controls, and providing miscellaneous related mechanical and electrical systems. The construction of Pumping Station 319 includes the following: (a) Construction of the pumping station will include, but not be limited to, the station substructure, a fully enclosed building for the equipment, one access bridge, fuel storage area with containment, sanitary facility, trash racks, and related civil works. (b) Installation of five Government-furnished pumps, diesels, speed reducers and controls being supplied by Ingersol-Dresser Pump Corporation under Contract No. DACW17-99-C-0043. Three of the pumps are 960 cubic feet per second (cfs) and two pumps are 550 cfs. The diesel engines are manufactured by Fairbanks-Morse and the right-angle speed reducers are manufactured by Philadelphia Gear. (c) Miscellaneous related mechanical and electrical will include, but not limited to, electrical station service equipment, lighting, two standby diesel-generators, air system, vacuum priming system, HVAC equipment, cooling water pumps and equipment, lubricating and fuel oil systems, traveling trash rakes, a bridge crane, water treatment and other miscellaneous equipment. (d) Other construction will include, but not limited to, the pumping station approach and discharge channels. The approach channel will consist of a trapezoidal channel having a bottom width near the pumping station of 157 feet and an invert elevation of 8.0 feet, NGVD. The discharge channel will consist of a trapezoidal channel having a bottom width near the pumping station of 157 feet and an invert elevation of 1.5 feet, NGVD. The existing ground surface elevation in the vicinity of Pumping Station 319 is approximately 15 feet, NGVD. This is an unrestricted acquisition and all responsible sources are encouraged to participate. The contract will be awarded on a "best-value" basis. Evaluation factors will include Technical, Past Performance and Price. Magnitude of construction is over $10,000,000. Solicitation DACW17-99-R-0042 will be issued on or about December 01, 1999 with proposals due on or about February 02, 2000. Solicitation will be issued in electronic format only. Offerors will be provided a CD-ROM at no cost. Please include telephone, facsimile number and tax identification number in response. Request for CD-ROM may be made to: wanda.i.cruz@usace.army.mil. You may respond by facsimile to: ATTN: KENNETH FAULK at (904) 232-2749. If your response is returned by delivery service, the street address is 400 West Bay Street, Room 867, Jacksonville, FL 32202. NOTE: Contracting information for the Jacksonville District is now available at our web site: http://www.usace.army.mil/. You must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration in order to be eligible to receive an award from this solicitation. Call 1-888-227-2423 for more information. SIC Code 1542. Size Standard $17 million. Posted 10/20/99 (W-SN393216). (0293)

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