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56 -- LIBBY ASBESTOS PROJECT -- FILL AND TOPSOIL SOL DTRS57-00-R-20027 DUE 071000 POC Point of Contact -- Elia DellAnno, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-2128 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, Dellanno@volpe.dot.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Subpart 13.5, and Part 15, as 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 DTRS57-00-R-20027 and is issued as a Request for Proposals (RFP). This solicitation is a small business set-aside in accordance with Section 15 of the Small Business Act; the Standard Industrial Classification Code is 3295 and the Small Business size standard is 500 employees. The U.S. Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA has a requirement for assisting the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, to provide clean fill and topsoil in Libby, Montana. The clean fill and topsoil will be used as part of site remediation and restoration at the Railroad Loading Facility in the town of Libby, Lincoln County, Montana. The quantities listed below include a base amount with options to increase depending upon the Government s need. The clean fill is defined as per the Administrative Rules of Montana (ARM), Title 17 Environmental Quality Part 2, Solid Waste Management Section. The Solid Waste Management Rule: solid dirt, gravel, rocks and rebar-free concrete, emplaced free of charge to the person placing fill, in order to adjust topographic irregularities for agricultural or construction purposes. The clean topso il will be capable of producing natural vegetation. Prior to award, the fill and topsoil will be sampled by the Government to determine if the soil meets state and federal regulations as clean fill and topsoil for commercial and residential properties. The fill and topsoil must pass the following tests: EPA Approved Methods (SW 846 3050A, 6010A, 7471A, 8260A) including analysis for asbestos in accordance with EPA Approved Methods. Testing of the topsoil for nutrient levels, concentrations of organic matter, percent of cation exchange capacity (CEC), and soil texture. The testing will be conducted by the Government prior to contract award and also during contract performance at intervals stated below. The product shall be available upon a scheduled request to provide the fill and topsoil. The fill and topsoil shall be available starting July 13, 2000 and will be available through October 30, 2000. The vendor shall have the capability of providing soil six days per week (Monday through Saturday) excluding September 4, 2000. The vendor shall have the capability of providing up to 2300 yd3 of topsoil and 5000 yd3 of fill per week during the availability period stated above. Manifesting/Record Keeping -- The contractor shall provide receipts for each truckload of clean fill and topsoil. The receipts shall be provided to the Volpe Center . Award (s) will be made on line items selected based upon best value to the Government, and the evaluation factors listed in FAR clause 52.212-2 below. Provide price proposals to include the following line items: Item 0001 Clean Fill Del ivered 10,000 yd3 Unit Price $________, per cubic yard; Item 0001AA-Option-Clean Fill Delivered 10,001yd3 up to 65,000yd3 -- Unit Price $_________, per cubic yard. Item 0002-Clean Topsoil Delivered 5,000 yd3 Unit Price $________per cubic yard, Item 0002AA Option-Clean Topsoil Delivered 5,001yd3 up to 30,000yd3 -- Unit Price $_________per cubic yard. Delivery/Site Location: Delivery shall be FOB destination for all Items. The Railroad Loading Facility, in Libby in Lincoln County, Montana. The Railroad Loading Facility is accessed by Montana Highway 37 and is located approximately 5 miles from downtown Libby. Offerors may propose alternate proposal for providing the soil for a no delivery price for topsoil or fill. An alternate proposal will be considered. The provision at 52.212- 1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items, is hereby incorporated by reference. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items: Evaluation factors are: (1) price; (2) acceptable soil test results and (3) availability. If the contractor passes the soil test and the amount of soil is available, the vendor with the lowest price will get the award for Item 0001, 0001AA and 0002 and 0002AA. Alternate proposals will be considered by the Government. The Government s intent is to award 2 or more contracts from this RFP. The Government will make an award(s) resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror (s) whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government intends to order up to a maximum of 65,000 cubic yards of fill and a maximum of 30,000 cubic yards of topsoil. The Government understands that 1 contractor may not be able to provide all 65,000 cubic yards of fill or 30,000 cubic yards of topsoil, therefore the intent is to award more than 1 contract. Each contractor is only guaranteed 10,000 cubic yards of fill if awarded contract for line 0001 and 0001AA; or 5,000 cubic yards of topsoil if awarded line item 0002 and 0002AA. All offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items with their proposal. The clause at 52-212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items is incorporated by reference. Addendum 1 to 52.212-4 is as follows: After contract award the Government will samp le and analyze soil in accordance with the testing listed previously in this document. The soil will be tested by the Government at least every 1000 cubic yards. In order to meet project flexibility needs testing will occur either at the vendor s site or the dropoff location. The vendor will be informed in writing of the results of the testing. 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition; additional clauses cited in 52.212-5 that apply to this acquisition are:1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22. Two copies of each offer shall be delivered to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe Center, 55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142, ATTN: Elia Dell Anno, DTS-852, Building 4, R oom 244, by 2:00P.M. Eastern Standard Time on July 10, 2000. Proposals may be faxed to (617) 494- 3024 . Email questions must be received by July 5, 2000 to Elia Dell Anno at Dellanno@volpe.dot.gov and Byrne@volpe.dot.gov. The Contracting Officer for this procurement is Linda Byrne Byrne@volpe.dot.gov. Any document(s) related to this procurement will be available on the Internet; these documents will be available on a WWW server which may be accessed using Web browsers. The WWW address, or URL, of the Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page is: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. Offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the potential amendment's posting and availability for downloading may register at the Volpe Center site. Contractors are warned that when th ey register to receive amendments and other notices, the responsibility for providing the Government with an accurate and complete e-mail address lies with the contractor. The Government will make no additional efforts to deliver information when the system indicates that transmissions cannot be delivered to the e-mail address provided. NO HARD COPIES of amendments will be mailed. Telephone requests will not be honored. This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Business and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportatio n-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. Posted 06/30/00 (D-SN470671). (0182)

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