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

Y -- CONSTRUCTION: PUMP STATION 362, CENTRAL & SOUTH FLORIDA FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT SOL DACW17-00-R-0029 DUE 081500 POC Deidra W. Cox (904) 232-1215 WEB: Business Opportunities, http://www.saj.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist, deidra.w.cox@usace.army.mil. Y -- Pumping Station 362 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 362 includes the following: the station substructure, a fully enclosed building for the equipment, one service 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 electric 110 cfs pumps, 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 200 feet and an invert elevation of 6.5 feet, NGVD. The discharge channel will consist of a trapezoidal channel having a bottom width near the pumping station of 184 feet and an invert elevation of 2.5 feet, NGVD. The existing ground surface elevation in the vicinity of Pumping Station 362 is approximately 13.3 feet, NGVD. Construction time is 780 calendar days. PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS: Award will be made to the offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the Government. Best value will be determined by a trade-off process that combines non-price and price factors. The Government reserves the right to award to other than the offeror with the highest technical rating and reserves the right to award to other than the offeror with the lowest price. Non-price factors are approximately equal to price. Non-price factors will be evaluated on a point system. Evaluation factors in order of importance are: Technical approach, Past performance, Management plan, Financial capability, and Subcontracting plan. Magnitude of construction is over $10,000,000. Solicitation No. DACW17-00-R-0029 will be issued on or about 30 Jun 2000 and open on or about 15 Aug 2000. Solicitation will be issued in electronic format only. Bidders will be provided a CD-ROM at no cost. THIS IS AN UNRESTRICTED ACQUISITION, AND ALL BUSINESSES ARE ENCOURAGED TO RESPOND. Interested offerors must register electronically. The registration form is located at http://www.saj.usace.army.mil. You must also 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 1629, size standard $17,000,000. Posted 06/09/00 (W-SN463388). (0161)

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