USDI, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office (952), P. O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965

56 -- SUPPLY, DELIVER, AND STOCKPILE CHIP SEAL ROCK SOL HAQ001026 DUE 053100 POC Tom Fulton (503) 952-6218, FAX (503) 952-6312 E-MAIL: BLM, or952mb@or.blm.gov. This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Solicitation HAQ001026 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) and incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-16. All responsible sources may submit a quote which will be considered. See Numbered Note(s): 1. SIC 5032; size standard of 500 employees. This will be a firm fixed-price contract for the Bureau of Land Management, Myrtlewood Resource Area, Coos and Douglas Counties, Coos Bay District, Oregon. Supply, deliver and stockpile approximately 10730 tons of crushed aggregate as follows: BID ITEM 1, Weaver Road #28-8-18: Subitem 1A -- Aggregate, Stockpile #1, 350 tons, Subitem 1B -- Aggregate, Stockpile #2, 750 tons, Subitem 1C -- Aggregate, Stockpile #3, 3000 tons. BID ITEM 2, Westside Road #28-9-25.1, Aggregate, Stockpile #1, 680 tons. BID ITEM 3, Lower Signal Tree Road #29-9-36, Aggregate, Stockpile #1 2250 tons. BID ITEM 4, North Rock Creek Road #30-10-3, Subitem 4A -- Aggregate, Stockpile #1 1500 tons, Subitem 4B -- Aggregate, Stockpile #2 750 tons. BID ITEM 5, Sandy Creek #29-10-14.2 & 29-10-15, Subitem 5A -- Aggregate, Stockpile #1 750 tons, Subitem 5B -- Aggregate, Stockpile #2 750 tons. Submit unit prices for each subitem with a total bid price for all items. Delivery time is 60 calendar days beginning June 15, 2000 for all items. Each item of aggregate will be stockpiled at the following locations. Bid Item 1: At mile post 64.2 along highway 42 take the Reston Road and proceed west 4.2 miles and turn left on County road #112, go 4.6 miles to Weaver Road and proceed 0.4 miles to stockpile #1 (subitem 1A) located along the left side of roadway. From stockpile #1 travel 0.8 miles to stockpile #2 (subitem 1B) located along the left side of roadway at the28-8-19 road junction. From stockpile #2 proceed 4.6 miles on Weaver road to stockpile #3 (subitem 1C) located along left side of roadway. Bid Item 2: At mile post 56.9 along highway 42 turn west on Douglas County road #128 (Upper Camas Rd.) proceed 4 miles to BLM road #28-8-31.2 (Lang Creek) continue west 0.7 miles to stockpile site #1 along right side of road # 28-9-25.1. Bid Item 3: At mile post 51.1 along highway 42 take Signal Tree Road #29-9-36.0 and proceed 0.9 miles to stockpile site #1. Bid Item 4: At mile post 40.8 along highway 42 take North Rock Creek Road # 30-10-3 and proceed two miles to stockpile #1 (subitem 4A) located on the left side of roadway near 29-10-35.1 road junction, continue 0.7 miles to stockpile #2 (subitem4B) located on the left side of roadway. Bid Item 5: At mile post 37 along highway 42 take Sandy Creek Road and proceed 3.8 miles to road #29-10-14.2 continue one mile to stockpile #1 (subitem 5A) located left of the roadway near junction of road #29-10-15. Proceed up road # 29-10-15 two miles to stockpile #2 (subitem 5B) located along left side of roadway. Technical Specifications: When crushed rock material is produced from gravel, not less than 75 percent by weight of the particles retained on the No. 4 sieve will have 3 manufactured fractured faces. Crushed rock material shall consist of hard durable rock fragments conforming to the following gradation requirement. Aggregate Surface Course Crushed Rock Material Percentage by weight passing square mesh sieves, AASHTO T 11 & T 27: Sieve Designation (SD) 3/4 inch, Gradation D-1 (GD) 100; SD inch, GD 90-100; SD 3/8 inch, GD 0-35; SD No. 4, GD 0-7; SD No. 200, GD, 0-2. Crushed rock material retained on the No. 4 sieve shall have a percentage of loss of not more than 35 at 500 revolutions, as determined by AASHTO T 96. Crushed rock material shall show a durability value of not less than 35 as determined by AASHTO T 210. The crushed rock material shall show a loss of not more than 20 percent by weight, when submerged in DMSO,dimethyl sulfoxide, for five days, according to Federal Highway Administration Region 10 Accelerated Weathering Test Procedure. That portion of crushed rock material passing No. 4 sieve, including blending filler, shall have a sand equivalent of not less than 35, as determined by AASHTO T 176, except where that portion exhibits a sand equivalence of less than 35, the aggregate will be accepted if it complies with the additional requirement as follows: Sand Equivalent (SE) 34, Percent Passing No. 200 Sieve AASHTO T 27 (PP) 9; SE 33, PP 8; SE 32, PP 7; SE 31, PP 6; SE 30, PP5; SE 29 or less, PP 4. A minimum of one test per bid item, not subitem, shall be performed by the contractor prior to aggregate delivery. Stockpile preparation and construction: Any preparation required at the stockpile sites will be performed by government work crews, including any material required to stabilize the floor of the site. The contractor shall complete the stockpile of aggregate neat and regular in form, and shall be made to occupy the smallest feasible area as staked by the Government. The side slopes shall not be flatter than 1-1/2:1. To avoid segregation of the various sizes in each stockpile, the aggregate shall be built up in layers of one to five feet in thickness. The aggregate shall be placed by truck or other approved types of equipment. Aggregate stockpiles shall be located and constructed so that no intermingling of the gradings occurs. Pushing of aggregates into piles with a bulldozer, or similar type of material moving equipment, will not be permitted. However, bulldozers or similar equipment may be used in the leveling of stockpiled aggregates. That portion of crushed rock material passing the No. 40 sieve, including blending filler, shall have a liquid limit of not more than 35, and a plasticity index of not less than 4 and not more than 12 as determined by AASHTO T 89 and AASHTO T 90. The aggregate described in these specifications will be measured and paid for by the ton using certified scales. Scale tickets shallbe provided to the government representative on site. Scale tickets shall have the following information: gross, net and tare weights, bid and pay item, date, quarry, truck number, driver. FAR provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, is available at: http://www.or.blm.gov/procurement/com_cert.htm; APPLICABLE FAR CLAUSES AND OTHER PROVISIONS: 52.204-6 Contractor Identification Number -- Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number; 52.212-1 Instruction to Offerors -- Commercial Items; 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 (including 52.203-6, 52.2l9-8, 52.219-14, 52.222.21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-3, 52.232-33). Referenced clauses and provisions are available at: http://www.arnet.gov/far. Quoters shall submit signed and dated quotes, either on a SF1449 or letterhead stationary. Quotes shall be sent to Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office (OR952), P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208 by COB (4:15 p.m. local time) on or before May 31, 2000. FAX quotes will be accepted at 503-952-6312. For questions contact Madeline Small @ 503-952-6222. Posted 05/01/00 (W-SN450188). (0122)

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