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Solicitation Letter Tanawha Bridge Repair

Blue Ridge Parkway 4/23/2019

140P5319R0014

This letter is to identify a few areas that will help you to submit a successful response to the Tanawha Bridge Repair located in the Blue Ridge Parkway. The bridge site is accessible from the Boone Fork Parking Area on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Milepost 299.5 in Watauga County, North Carolina. The bridge is located approximately ½ mile up the Tanawha Trail from the parking area.

All vendors interested in participating in this solicitation must have the following North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code registered in System for Award Management (SAM):

• The NAICS code for this acquisition is 237310 – Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction.

• Your average annual Gross Revenue cannot exceed the small business size standard of

36.5 Million Dollars.

If you require assistance with SAM please contact your local Small Business Administration Office or your nearest Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), open this website and click on the map. http://www.aptac-us.org/new/

All questions on the solicitation should be submitted no later than Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 11:00am, EST (local time); we cannot assure any answers to questions submitted after this deadline.

Questions should be submitted by email to pamela_lyons@nps.gov and must reference the solicitation number in the subject line of your email.

Answers to questions will be posted on Federal Business Opportunity https://www.fbo.gov Friday, May 17, 2019.

Offers are instructed to submit the following information with their proposals:

The following is established as the specific information and format required for any proposal submitted.

1. Incomplete proposals are not acceptable and will render the Offeror non-responsive. Offeror shall submit only one complete proposal package.

2. To aid in the evaluation process, proposals shall be complete, comprehensive and clearly presented. Proposals shall be neat, and assembled in an orderly manner. Elaborate art work, expensive paper/binding, and expensive visual and other presentation aids are neither http://www.aptac-us.org/new/ https://www.fbo.gov/ necessary nor desired. All pages of each part shall be appropriately numbered and identified with the (RFP) number.

3. Proposals shall include: Please refer to Section L – Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offers.

Below are a few things to help with your proposal submission:

• Executed Request for Proposal Documents (Signed SF 1442)

• Completed Price Schedule

• Technical Approach – If a technical approach is not provide the offer will be considered not technically acceptable.

• Past Performance – Not to exceed 5 pages, shall include relevant past performance within past 3 years (Anything older than 3 years will NOT be reviewed)

• Bid Guarantee

4. Period of acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 days past the solicitation close-out date.

Please note that this solicitation is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. Offers are not solicited form firms debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment. Ineligible firms shall consider this an informational copy only.

Preproposal Conference/Site visit:

All interested parties are urged and expected to attend the preproposal/site visit on, Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 2:00pm EST.

The location is approximately Mile Post 299.9 on the Blue Ridge Parkway at the Bone Fork Overlook (NOT the Boone Fork Trail).

Coming from the south the closest access on the Parkway is HWY 221 at approximately Mile Post 305. Head north for about five miles and the Overlook is on the left. Coming from the north best access is HWY 221 in the Blowing Rock area at approximately Mile Post 294. Go south on the Parkway for about 5 miles and the Overlook will be on the right.

Point of Contact for the site visit is Matt Henderson. He can be reached by phone at 336-404- 4149 or email at Matt_Henderson@nps.gov.

Proposals are due Friday, May 24, 2019 by 2:00 pm EST

Estimated Contract Award date is June 1, 2019.

Submit your solicitation is by email to:

Pamela_Lyons@nps.gov

You are responsible for submitting offers, and any modifications, revisions, or withdrawals; so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation.

Federal Acquisitions Regulations can be found at:

http://farsite.hill.afmil/vffara.htm, or http://www.acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html

We appreciate your interest in participating in this procurement.

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