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56 -- FISH SPRINGS STOCKPILED AGGREGATE SOL DTFH68-00-R-00001 DUE 081000 POC Aileen Y. China, 303-716-2261, Ed Hammontree, 303-716-2110 E-MAIL: For more information on this synopsis/solicitation, achina@road.cflhd.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, 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. Solicitation Number DTFH68-00-R-00001 is issued as a Request for Quotation. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 17. SIC code 1629. Small business size standard $17 million. This procurement is subject to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. Item No. 1, Mobilization, 1 Each Lump Sum. Item No. 2, Stockpiled Aggregate, 14,000 cubic meters. Item No. 3, Bulldozer (100 KW minimum), 20 hours. The estimated price range for this project is between $25,000 and $100,000. Period of Performance: 60 days after receipt of order. Delivery and acceptance at destination. Davis-Bacon Wage Determination No. UT000027, dated February 11, 2000, applies. The project is located on the Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge in Juab County, Utah. The project is reached by traveling 104 miles southwest of Tooele, Utah. Of the 104 miles, the first 41 miles are south on State Highway 36, until the Pony Express Trail is reached. The Pony Express Trail is a gravel county road. Follow the Pony Express Trail west for 63 miles. Fish Springs Wildlife Refuge is extremely isolated. The nearest gas or groceries is 42 miles away. Arrangements can be made with Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) to accommodate housing for workers. The project consists of screening and blending aggregates, from designated sources, to meet a specified gradation. The screened aggregates will be stockpiled. The stockpiles will be located in the same areas as the aggregate source. There are three stockpile locations. The three locations are the Airstrip Pit, Shop Pit, and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pit. A specified amount of material will be stockpiled at each pit. The Airstrip Pit will have 8000 cubic meters of material stockpiled. The Shop Pit will have a stockpile of 4000 cubic meters. The BLM Pit will have a stockpile of 2000 cubic meters. A minimal amount of slope finishing and shaping will require the use of a bulldozer. No reclamation, other than slope shaping, will be necessary on the Airstrip Pit and Shop Pit as the sources are existing gravel pits. Reclamation requirements for the BLM Pit include topsoil stripping/replacement and seeding. ITEM 1 MOBILIZATION: The gravel pits will continue to be used by the NWR after the completion of this project. Description: This item covers all work necessary to mobilize and demobilize to and from the sites in order to perform the work. Mobilization consists of moving personnel, equipment, material, and incidentals necessary for performing the work in addition to seeding the BLM Pit as required in the BLM letter of consent. Measurement: Measure mobilization by the lump sum. Payment will be made asfollows: 50% of the lump sum, not to exceed 10% of the original contract amount, will be paid following the stockpiling of the first 1000 cubic meters of accepted aggregate, 25% of the lump sum will be paid following the completion of the stockpiling of 7000 cubic meters in addition to the initial 1000 cubic meters accepted aggregate (total of 8000 cubic meters), 25% of the lump sum will be paid after final acceptance. Pay Item 1, Mobilization, Pay Unit, Lump Sum. ITEM 2, STOCKPILED AGGREGATE: This item involves all work necessary for production and stockpiling of surface course aggregate at the locations and quantities designated in Table 1. Table 1 Designated Sources and Quantities are as follows: Airstrip Pit/8000 cm, Shop Pit/4000 CM, BLM Pit/2000 cm Materials: Provide stockpiled aggregate gradation meeting the specified gradation of Table 2. Table 2 Stockpiled Aggregate Gradation: Sieve Size/Percent by Mass Passing Designated Sieve (AASHTO T-27 and AASHTO T-11) are as follows: 19.00mm/100; 4.75mm/34—78; 425.00 micrometer/7 -- 33; 75.00 micrometer/5 -- 20. Obtain the aggregate gradation by screening and blending as necessary. Excavation Area: Limits of excavation and mining at the designated sources will be determined by the Contracting Officer and in the general locations shown on the drawings. Stockpile Site; Prepare aggregate stockpile sites to accommodate the produced quantities within the disturbed areas of the material sources. Prepare the stockpile sites as necessary to meet the following conditions: clear and grub; strip topsoil (BLM Pit only); grade and shape the site to a uniform cross-section that drains; compact the floor of the site; place, compact, and maintain a minimum of 100-millimeter layer of screened aggregate over the stockpile site and access roads for stabilization and to prevent contamination of the stockpiles. Obtain stockpile site approval before stockpiling aggregates. The Government must survey the stockpile site by cross section method after the site is prepared and prior to stockpiling. Provide the Government 24 hours notice after stockpile site preparation, and prior to beginning stockpile operations. Make stockpiles neat and regular in shape. Make the side slopes no steeper than 1:1.5. Build the stockpiles in layers not to exceed 1 meter in thickness. Complete each layer before depositing aggregates in the next layer. Construct stockpile layers by spreading aggregates with trucks or other approved pneumatic-tired equipment. Do not push aggregates into piles. Do not dump the aggregate so any part of it runs down and over the lower layers in the stockpile. Do not drop aggregates from a bucket or spout in one location to form a cone-shaped pile. Do not stockpile aggregate where traffic runs through the piles. Avoid tracking dirt or other foreign matter onto the stockpiled material. Reclamation: Excavated areas will be finished in a manner that allows future accessibility by the NWR or BLM for mining operations. Finished excavation slopes will not be steeper than a 1:1.5 slope for NWR pits and 3:1 slopes at the BLM Pit. Place oversized waste material in stockpiles within the disturbed areas of the sources. The stockpiles of oversized waste material will be utilized by the NWR at a later date. Acceptance: Stockpiles aggregate will be accepted by certification. The certification will certify that material produced and stockpiled satisfies the gradation requirements in Table 2. Include the following with the certification: date and place of manufacture; test results on material and documentation of inspection, testing system, and personnel performing the tests; lot number or other means of cross-referencing to the manufacturer's inspection and testing system; manufacturer's statement that the material complies with all contract requirements; manufacturer's signature or other means of demonstrating accountability for the certification. Material accepted by certification may be sampled and tested at any time. Verification samples will be required for every 1000 cubic meters of surface course aggregate produced. Samples will be taken by the Contractor from the production belt. Samples will be submitted to Jay Banta, Fish Springs NWR Manager. Samples will then be shipped to the FHWA CFLHD Materials Laboratory in Lakewood, CO. Samples will then be tested for gradation using AASHTO T-11 and AASHTO T-27. If samples are found not to be in conformance with the contract, the material will be rejected. Measure stockpiled aggregate by the cubic meter at the stockpile. Measurement will be by cross-section methods at 10-meter intervals. Measurements will be performed by the Government. An existing ground cross-section will be compared to a final coss-section, an end area will be calculated, and the resulting volume will be the basis of payment. Payment: The accepted quantities, measured as provided above, will be paid at the contract unit price per unit of measurement for the pay item listed below. Payment will be full compensation for the work prescribed in this Item. No payment will be made for aggregate failing to meet the gradation specified in Table 2. Payment will be made under Pay Item 2, Stockpiled Aggregate, Pay Unit, Cubic Meter. ITEM 3, BULLDOZER (100 KW minimum). Description: This work consists of furnishing and operating a bulldozer to strip and stockpile overburden/topsoil, reshape and flatten side slopes as part of pit reclamation, and any other work ordered by the Contracting Officer. Measurement: measure bulldozer by the hour of production time as ordered by the Contracting Officer. Payment: Payment will be full compensation for the work prescribed in this Item. Payment will be made under: Pay Item 3, Bulldozer (100 KW minimum), Pay Unit, Hour. The successful offeror will be required to submit a 50% Payment Protection. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial, applies. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items, applies. EVALUATION FACTORS: The significant evaluation factors are price, technical capability and past performance. Technical capability and past performance are equal, and when taken together, are equal to price. Offerors are to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, with its offer. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items, applies. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items, applies, of which the following clauses are appropriate: 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (FEB 1999); 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (E.O. 11246); 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era (38 U.S.C. 4212); 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (29 U.S.C. 793), 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer Other Than Central Contractor Registration (31 U.S.C. 3332). The following clauses are applicable: 52.211-18 Variation in Estimated Quantity (APR 1984), 52.222-4 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act -- Overtime Compensation (JUL 1995), 52.222-6 Davis-Bacon Act (FEB 1995), 52.222-7 Withholding of Funds (FEB 1988), 52.222-8 Payrolls and Basic Records (FEB 1988), 52.222-9 Apprentices and Trainees (FEB 1988), 52.222-10 Compliance with Copeland Act Requirements (FEB 1988), 52.222-13 Compliance with Davis-Bacon and Related Act Regulations (FEB 1988), 52,236-2 Differing Site Conditions (APR 1984), 52.236-3 Site Investigation and Conditions Affecting the Work (APR 1984), 52.236-9 Protection of Existing Vegetation, Structures, Equipment, Utilities, and Improvements (APR 1984), 52.246-12 Inspection of Construction (AUG 1996). SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Offerors are to submit unit prices and totals for Items 1 through 3, technical capability and past performance references, and the Offeror Representations and Certifications at 52.212-3. Offers are due no later than 4:00 p.m. on August 10, 2000. Mail offers to Ms. Aileen Y. China, Federal Highway Administration, 555 Zang Street, Room 259, Lakewood, CO 80228. For project location maps, Wage Determination No. UT000027, copies of provisions or clauses, and a copy of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications, please contact Aileen China at (303) 716-2261 or Ed Hammontree at (303) 716-2110. The government intends to make a single award to the responsive, responsible offeror whose offer is the most advantageous to the Government, price and price-related factors considered. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which shall be considered. Posted 07/11/00 (W-SN473387). (0193)

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