Prelim_Notice_Letter__WA_PRA_MORA_14(6).pdf

Western Federal Lands Highway Division 610 E. Fifth Street

Vancouver, WA 98661 Phone 360-619-7520

Fax 360-619-7932

NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS

RE: WA PRA MORA 14(6)

Nisqually to Paradise Road, Phase I Solicitation No. DTFH70-13-B-00014

Preliminary plans are being posted on FedBizOps to aid prospective Bidders in identifying the location and type of work for this project. The project will be advertised during a period when viewing of the project may not be possible due to snow. Therefore, prospective Bidders are encouraged to view the project during fall as conditions permit. After November 1, 2013, access will be weather dependent. You may contact the Park at 360-569-2211 for current road conditions or check MountRainierNPS on Twitter for road updates. You can also view the Road Status report online at: http://www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/road-status.htm. No Federal Highway Administration personnel will be available for show-me tours.

Two Bid Schedules - The work will be solicited under two alternate schedules, with different amounts of work in each schedule. One schedule will be awarded. See the Description of Work document for additional details.

• Schedule A consists of all work.

• Schedule B consists of all work except for milling, paving and aggregate surface reconditioning on Paradise Loop Road and paving on Rickseker Point Loop Road.

Project Location and Type of Work - All project work is located in the Mount Rainier National Park, Lewis and Pierce Counties, Washington.

• Nisqually to Paradise Road o (Milepost 0.0 to 6.6, from the Nisqually Entrance Station to the Longmire Complex intersection on Paradise Valley Road) - Work on this segment consists of pavement milling, paving, utility trenching, utility conduit and power installation, subgrade reinforcement, subexcavation, deep patch, riprap ditch armoring, riprap slope armoring, Nisqually entrance station site development, Kautz Creek parking area site development, drainage, stone masonry culvert headwalls, & bridge rehabilitation.

• Rickseker Point Loop Road o (Located near M.P. 12.5 on Nisqually to Paradise Road) - Work on this segment consists of paving, and MSE wall.

• Paradise Loop Road o (Located near M.P. 15.4 on Nisqually to Paradise Road) - Work on this segment consists of milling, paving, and aggregate surfacing reconditioning.

Date: August 2013 http://twitter.com/#!/MountRainierNPS http://www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/road-status.htm

Notice to Prospective Bidders WA PRA MORA 14(6) Nisqually to Paradise Road, Phase I

Technical Questions - Requests for specific technical information will only be accepted in writing. Please submit written questions by email to plans_spec@dot.gov (plans_spec@dot.gov).

General Questions - Contact our office at wfl.contracts@dot.gov or at 360-619-7520 (phone).

Solicitation documents - Documents will be available during the winter of 2013/2014. Please monitor our Western Federal Lands webpage http://www.wfl.fhwa.dot.gov/contracting/construction/ or the FedBizOpps site for actual date of solicitation release. To receive automatic notification through FedBizOpps, select the “Watch this opportunity” feature and follow the steps as indicated.

Thank you for your interest in this project.

mailto:plans_spec@dot.gov mailto:wfl.contracts@dot.gov http://www.wfl.fhwa.dot.gov/contracting/construction/

RE: WA PRA MORA 14(6)