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

56 -- AGGREGATE SUPPLY & STOCKPILING SOL HAQ001051 DUE 082100 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 HAQ001051 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) and incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-18. 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, Coos and Douglas Counties, Coos Bay District, Oregon. Supply, deliver and stockpile approximately 11,900 tons of crushed aggregate as follows: BID ITEM 1 -- Weatherly-Big Creek Road #22-9-14.0, Crushed Aggregate, 2,200 tons, BID ITEM 2 -- North Fork Coquille River Road #25-10-30.0, Crushed Aggregate, 1,500 tons, BID ITEM 3 -- Middle Creek Maintenance Shop, Crushed Aggregate, 3,700 tons, BID ITEM 4 -- Weaver Road #28-8-18.0, Crushed Aggregate, 1,500 tons, BID ITEM 5 -- Tenmile Maintenance Shop, Crushed Aggregate, 800 tons, BID ITEM 6 -- Bridge Maintenance Shop, Crushed Aggregate, 2,200 tons. Submit unit prices for each item with a total bid price for all items. Delivery time is 90 calendar days beginning November 1, 2000 for all items. Each item of aggregate will be stockpiled at the following locations. Bid Item 1: Stockpile site up the Weatherly-Big Creek Road #22-9-14.0. Bid Item 2: Stockpile site approximately 1.5 miles up the North Fork Coquille River Road 25-10-30.0 along the left side of the roadway. Bid Item 3: Stockpile site at the Middle Creek Maintenance Shop approximately 15 miles east of Coquille via country road to Fairview, then right on Coos Bay Wagon Road, left on Burnt Mountain Access, easterly 2 miles to the shop. Bid Item 4: Stockpile site along roadway up the Weaver Road #28-8-18.0. Bid Item 5: Stockpile site at the Tenmile Maintenance Shop located along Reston Road mile post 2.6. Bid Item 6: Stockpile site at the Bridge Maintenance Shop 1/4 mile east of the Bridge School in Bridge, Oregon. 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) 1 inch, Gradation D-1 (GD) 100; SD 1 inch, GD 0; SD 3/4 inch, GD 50-90; SD inch, GD 0; SD No. 4, GD 25-50; SD No. 8, GD 0; SD No. 30, GD 0; SD No. 40, GD 05-25; SD No. 200, GD 02-15. 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 25 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. 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. 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. The aggregate described in these specifications will be measured and paid for by the ton using certifiedscales. Scale tickets shall be provided to the government representative on site. Scale tickets shall have the following information: gross and net 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 August 21, 2000. FAX quotes will be accepted at 503-952-6312. For questions contact Madeline Small @ 503-952-6222. Posted 07/21/00 (W-SN477565). (0203)

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