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RFP # DTSL55-11-R-C0905

RATING

2. CONTRACT NUMBER

3. SOLICITATION NUMBER

DTSL55-11-R-C0905

|X| NEGOTIATED (RFP)

August 3, 2011

U.S. Department of Transportation Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation 180 Andrews St., PO Box 520, Massena, NY 13662

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations “offer” and “offeror” mean “bid” and “bidder”

SOLICITATION

Sealed offers in original and 4 copies for furnishing the supplies or services in the Schedule will be received at the place specified in Item 8, or if hand carried, in the depository located in Contracting Office until COB local time 9/2/2011. CAUTION — Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals:

See Section L, Provision No. 52.214-7 or 52.215-10. All offers are subject to terms and conditions contained in this solicitation.

INFORMATION CALL:

Teresa Helm Patricia White

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764-3252 764-3236

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teresa.helm@dot.gov patricia.white@dot.gov

11. TABLE OF CONTENTS

AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS

OFFER (Must be fully completed by offeror)

NOTE: Item 12 does not apply if the solicitation includes the provisions at 52.214-16, Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.

12. In compliance with the above, the undersigned agrees, if this offer is accepted within _____ calendar days (60 calendar days unless a different period is inserted by the offeror) from the date for receipt of offers specified above, to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item, delivered at the designated point(s), within the time specified in the schedule.

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20. AMOUNT

21. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION

22. AUTHORITY FOR USING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:

U.S. Department of Transportation St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp.

PO Box 520, Massena, NY 13662

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25. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY CODE

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28. AWARD DATE

IMPORTANT -- Award will be made on this Form, or on Standard Form 26, or by other authorized official written notice.

PART I

SECTION B

SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

1.

Provide quality assurance construction inspection services for an upstream miter gate rehabilitation project located at Snell Lock. Services may also be required for a downstream miter gate rehabilitation work at Eisenhower Lock, located in Massena, New York, which may be performed at the same time.

Not-To-Exceed

Note: Technical and cost proposals are required. See Section L, Pages 37 and 38 for instructions. The Contractor will be paid for their time and materials in accordance with the schedule in his proposal.

Signature __________________________________________________ Date _____________________

END OF SECTION B

SECTION C

DESCRIPTION/SPECS./WORK STATEMENT

I. Introduction.

The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (Corporation) is a wholly owned U.S. Government corporation within the U.S. Department of Transportation, which owns and operates that portion of the St. Lawrence Seaway in U.S. territorial waters between Lake Ontario and Montreal, Canada. The Corporation’s function is to facilitate the safe and efficient passage of commercial vessels through the Seaway. A major part of this function is the operation and maintenance of Eisenhower and Snell Locks located in Massena, New York. The Corporation is planning rehabilitation work on the upstream miter gate at Snell Lock in the winter of 2012 and under separate contract, rehabilitation of the downstream miter gate at Eisenhower Lock is planned for the winter of 2013. The contractor performing the rehabilitation of the downstream miter gate at Eisenhower Lock in 2013 may do some of the work during the period of January through March 2012, which will proceed concurrently with the work at Snell Lock.

II. Scope Of Work.

The Corporation will retain a single Inspection and Testing Contractor to provide quality assurance construction inspection services for both projects. The work areas will comprise the Snell Lock upstream miter gate and may also include the Eisenhower Lock downstream miter gate if the Rehabilitation Contractor for that project chooses to do certain activities (described below under b. Eisenhower Lock Downstream Miter Gate Rehabilitation) in the winter of 2012. Both projects may proceed concurrently during the period of January through March 2012, but will be performed under separate Rehabilitation Contracts. Inspection reports, logs and records for each project shall be completely separate, however, as workloads permit, inspection personnel may be shared between the projects. Each contractor will be referred to in this Work Statement as the “Rehabilitation Contractor” for the project under discussion in the particular part of the Work Statement. For the purposes of this Work Statement, the term “contract documents” refers to all contract documents pertaining to the particular project under consideration, i.e. the Snell Lock upstream miter gate rehabilitation or the Eisenhower Lock downstream miter gate rehabilitation projects. The term “project specifications” refers to the specifications governing the specific project under discussion. The required scope of inspection services for each of these projects is presented below:

a. Snell Lock Upstream Miter Gate Rehabilitation: The upstream miter gate rehabilitation consists of the following basic tasks: replace the miter and quoin contact blocks on the miter gate and the embedded wall quoins/contact blocks, replace and prestress the gate diagonals, replace pintles and pintle castings with bushings, and repair cracks and defects that have been identified in a previously performed condition survey. The construction inspection and testing services required will include but not limited to inspecting all work to insure conformance with project specifications and drawings, preparing daily logs, sampling and testing fresh concrete during placement, performing weld inspection and nondestructive examination (NDE) as required, participating in project progress meetings and preparing a final report on the project upon its completion. Specific duties are listed below:

· Provide inspection and testing services to verify that the project is being performed in accordance with the plans and specifications and Rehabilitation Contractor’s Quality Control procedures.

· Verify that the miter gate leaves are lifted and moved in accordance with the approved plan.

SECTION C (CONT’D)

· Verify proper qualification of welding procedures and personnel.

· Verify proper performance of structural steel work, including all welds.

· Check plumb and trueness of the miter and quoin posts and wall quoin assemblies before zincing.

· Monitor and inspect diagonal installation and prestressing operations.

· Monitor the zincing operation to verify that the work is being done in accordance with the approved plan, that proper alignment and contact of the wall quoin and miter gate contact blocks is maintained throughout and after the zincing operation and that the gate leaves are plumb after completion of the zincing. The gates shall be checked when the zinc has cooled to verify that proper contact of the mating surfaces is achieved and the gate leaves are plumb and are not warped.

· Perform NDE of designated shop and field welds and other areas as described in the project specifications and/or on the contract drawings. This includes visual inspection and other NDE on all new repair welds on the miter gate structure, new diagonals, and embedded wall quoin assemblies as shown on the contract drawings. This NDE will comprise ultrasonic examination (UT) of all new full penetration welds, and magnetic particle examination (MT) of all fillet and partial penetration welds associated with the diagonals and miter gate structures. Wall quoin contact block splices will be examined after all surface finish completion by the visible dye Liquid Penetrant (PT) method. Acceptance criteria for visual examination and NDE are stated in American Welding Society (AWS) D1.1 Structural Welding Code for cyclically loaded structures.

· Monitor and verify the Rehabilitation Contractor-performed inspections that are required by the project specifications. These Rehabilitation Contractor-performed inspections include visual inspection of all workmanship, dimensional conformance and welding for compliance with the requirements of AWS D1.1. In addition, the Rehabilitation Contractor must perform NDE on all new welds on the miter gate structure that are associated with reinforcing the gate at points to receive concentrated loads from jacking, bracing and moving the gate and also on new temporary structural systems that are used for jacking, moving and bracing the gate leaf. This NDE comprises UT on all full penetration welds and MT on all fillet and partial penetration welds. The Rehabilitation Contractor must also perform MT on all locations on the miter gate leaf where temporary welds have been removed. Acceptance criteria for visual examination and NDE are per AWS D1.1 requirements for cyclically loaded structures.

· Verify proper surface preparation, application of and curing of coatings is in accordance with approved Rehabilitation Contractor submittals and manufacturer’s instructions.

· Receive, review and transmit to the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) Rehabilitation Contractor submittals and requests for interpretation or clarification of the contract specifications and/or drawings and make appropriate recommendations.

· Review, make recommendations and transmit to the COTR any requests for change orders.

· Monitor demolition activities associated with the removal of the existing wall quoins. The Inspection and Testing Contractor will verify that the Rehabilitation Contractor is following approved methods to remove existing concrete and that the removal is carried out to the proper lines without damaging existing concrete to remain in place.

· Perform concrete quality control functions as described in Paragraph C.23 “Cast-In-Place Concrete” in the project specifications.

· Monitor and verify prestressing of diagonals, and verify final trueness, plumbness and in-plane tolerance of each miter gate leaf.

· Review Contractor payment requests and make recommendations to COTR regarding payment.

· Maintain a log of Rehabilitation Contractor activities to include a summary of daily progress, photographic record of critical work completed, Rehabilitation Contractor personnel on site, work hours, equipment on site, subcontractors and suppliers on site, materials and quantities delivered, visitors and purpose, etc.

· Act as the agent of the COTR in matters of this Contract that pertain in any way to the COTR.

· Assist the COTR with acceptance tests per Paragraph C.31 “Acceptance of The Work” in the project specifications.

Because the miter gate has critical dimensional, alignment, and stress tolerances, the Inspection and Testing Contractor shall provide as a minimum one degreed engineer with substantial field experience in critical close-tolerance heavy millwright work who shall inspect installation of the wall quoins, pintles/ bushings, miter gate contact blocks and diagonals. Further, a PE shall oversee all quality control procedures compliance as discussed under Paragraph III. Project Requirements. below especially with regard to the diagonal pre-stressing and miter gate alignment/plumbing and acceptance testing.

b. Eisenhower Lock Downstream Miter Gate Rehabilitation: The Corporation is awarding a separate contract to rehabilitate the Eisenhower Lock downstream miter gate in the winter of 2013. Because of the large amount of work to be accomplished in a short time frame, the Corporation is allowing the Rehabilitation Contractor the option of performing some of the work in the winter of 2012 in order to gain a head start on the project. This work may include the replacement and prestressing of the diagonals and may also include construction of a work platform to facilitate access to the lower miter gate. The replacement and prestressing of the diagonals will be similar to that to be performed on the Snell Lock upstream miter gate, with the exception that each downstream leaf will have two sets of diagonals instead of one set as for each upstream leaf. The specific inspection duties and tasks will be similar to those required for the Snell Lock upstream miter gate diagonals. The work platform will be a permanent part of the lock structure since it will be left in place during the navigation season. For this reason, quality control inspection is required. The exact nature of the work platform construction is not known at this time, since the Rehabilitation Contractor is responsible for the design and the project has not yet reached that stage, however, it is expected to include structural concrete and/or structural steel, and there may be anchored elements as well. The construction inspection services required will include but not be limited to inspecting all work to insure conformance with applicable sections of the project specifications, drawings and approved Rehabilitation Contractor submittals, preparing daily logs, verifying the Rehabilitation Contractor’s quality control operations, participating in project progress meetings and preparing a final report on the project components constructed upon their completion. A generalized breakdown of the required services is listed below:

· Review Rehabilitation Contractor submittals and advise on their conformance to requirements.

· Perform monitoring to verify that the project is being performed in accordance with the contract documents, including approved Rehabilitation Contractor submittals describing work methods, quality control procedures and materials for the work platform.

· Receive, review and transmit to the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) any requests for interpretation and clarification of the contract specifications and/or drawings.

· Review, make recommendations and transmit to the COTR any requests for change orders.

· For the work platform, specific structural concrete and structural steel quality control/assurance requirements and tasks will be as described in the project contract documents with specific modifications as may be necessary to suit the actual approved design.

· Review Rehabilitation Contractor payment requests and make recommendations to COTR regarding payment.

SECTION C (CONT’D)

· Maintain a log of Rehabilitation Contractor activities to include a summary of daily progress, photographic record of critical work completed, Rehabilitation Contractor personnel on site, work hours, equipment on site, subcontractors and suppliers on site, materials and quantities delivered, visitors and purpose, etc.

· Act as the agent of the COTR in matters of this Contract that pertain in any way to the COTR.

· Assist the COTR with the final acceptance examination of the completed work in accordance with Paragraph C.32 of the project specifications.

It should be noted that it is not a certainty that the inspection and testing services described under b. Eisenhower Lock Downstream Miter Gate Rehabilitation above will be required. The need for these services depends on whether the Rehabilitation Contractor elects to do any work in 2012. The offeror shall provide technical and cost proposals to furnish all labor and equipment required to accomplish these services for both projects being performed concurrently. The Contractor shall be paid in accordance with the unit fee schedule for actual services rendered (See Section L, page 38 of 40).

III. Project Requirements.

The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall be fully responsible for designing and administering a Quality Control Plan for each Rehabilitation Contractor’s work, in accordance with the requirements stated above in Paragraph II “Scope of Work”. For this purpose, quality is defined as conformance of the work to the project specifications and drawings and to any national or industry codes and standards, and other documents referenced by the contract documents. The Quality Control Plan shall also include monitoring each Rehabilitation Contractor’s quality control procedures to verify conformance to the approved procedures, work plans, mix designs, shop drawings and the contract documents. The Inspection and Testing Contractor will have the authority to reject any nonconforming work. Any discrepancies and/or problems shall be verbally brought to the COTR's attention immediately and followed up in writing to the Contracting Officer and the COTR within forty eight (48) hours. Arrangements with the testing laboratory shall require test results to be furnished within the minimum number of days required for each test. Test results shall be furnished to the Contracting Officer and COTR by the testing laboratory as soon as they become available. All test methods shall be in conformance with the appropriate recognized standards governing such methods such as American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), American Concrete Institute (ACI), American Welding Society (AWS), etc. Attached for reference and information are the contract documents for each project.

IV. Duties and Responsibilities.

a. General. The duties and responsibilities listed in this paragraph apply for each of the two projects. The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall be the Corporation's agent at the site and will act as directed by and in coordination with the COTR and the Contracting Officer. The Inspection and Testing Contractor's dealings in matters pertaining to on-site work in general shall be with the COTR and with the Rehabilitation Contractor and any dealings with any subcontractors shall only be through or with the full knowledge and approval of the Rehabilitation Contractor. The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall mobilize all personnel and equipment as necessary to staff the project on the basis of the Rehabilitation Contractors’ schedules. The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall serve as the Contracting Officer’s liaison with the Rehabilitation Contractor working principally through the Rehabilitation Contractor and shall assist him/her in understanding the intent of the specifications and drawings.

b. Conferences and Meetings. The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall attend the preconstruction meetings scheduled by the Contracting Officer and shall schedule, attend and maintain records of weekly progress meetings and other job conferences or project-related meetings as necessary. He/she shall prepare and circulate minutes of these meetings to the Contracting Officer and COTR within forty eight (48) hours after each meeting.

c. Inspection, Testing and Rejection of Defective Work. The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall conduct on-site inspection of the work and perform tests on materials used in the work to determine if the work is proceeding in accordance with the contract documents. Specific inspection and testing tasks to be performed include but may not be limited to those which are listed above in Paragraph II “Scope of Work”. The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall immediately report to the Rehabilitation Contractor, Contracting Officer and the COTR any work believed to be unsatisfactory, faulty or defective or which does not conform to the specifications and drawings, or which has been damaged. The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall likewise report any work that he/she believes requires further investigation or special testing, inspection or approval. All such reports shall be furnished verbally at the time of discovery and shall be confirmed in writing within forty eight (48) hours.

d. Project Staffing. The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall furnish at least one qualified representative for each shift. Additional qualified personnel shall be provided by the Inspection and Testing Contractor as needed to provide proper quality assurance, inspections and testing for the various activities performed by the Rehabilitation Contractor(s). Because both projects are separated by a distance of about three (3) miles, personnel may be shared between projects provided that the personnel are properly qualified to perform required testing and inspections which may reasonably be expected during the assigned shift. For each project, the Inspection and Testing Contractor shall provide a sufficient number of Engineers and/or Construction Inspectors to monitor the work and perform required sampling and testing. In addition, personnel performing testing and inspection of concrete shall be properly certified in accordance with the ACI. Personnel performing NDE of welding and structural steel work shall be certified to Level II for the particular NDE method being used in accordance with American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) provisions. Personnel performing visual inspection of welding shall be certified as a Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) by the AWS. AWS certified Associate Welding Inspectors (CAWI’s) may be utilized provided they are overseen by a CWI. The Construction Inspectors shall be overseen by a New York licensed Professional Engineer (PE) who shall act as liaison to the COTR. It will not be necessary that a PE be on site at all times that each Rehabilitation Contractor is working. However, a PE must be available to answer questions raised by the Construction Inspectors during their shift. Also, a PE will be required to oversee the inspection of miter gate diagonal prestressing, plumbing and alignment. The number and type of the Inspection and Testing Contractor’s inspection personnel for each project/shift shall be determined by the Inspection and Testing Contractor based on the activities planned by the Rehabilitation Contractor for that shift and the Quality Control Plan developed under Paragraph III. Project Requirement. above. Personnel assigned to the project for any given shift shall be selected from the approved staff list and any personnel changes from those on the approved list are subject to the approval of the Contracting Officer.

e. Interpretation Of Contract Documents. The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall immediately report to the COTR when clarifications and interpretations of the specifications and drawings are needed and transmit to the Rehabilitation Contractor clarifications and interpretations as issued by the COTR.

f. Modifications/Change Orders. The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall consider and evaluate any requests by the Contractor for modifications to the drawings or specifications and report these requests to the COTR and Contracting Officer with recommendations. The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall also review any change order requests from the Rehabilitation Contractor, and make recommendations to the COTR and Contracting Officer.

g. Records. The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall maintain at the job site orderly files for correspondence, reports of job conferences, reproductions of original specifications and drawings including addenda, change orders, additional drawings issued subsequent to the execution of the Contract, the COTR's clarifications and interpretations of the specifications and drawings, progress reports, test/testing results and reports, photographic record of critical work completed and other project related documents. The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall also keep daily logs recording the Rehabilitation Contractor’s hours on the job site, names, job classifications and work hours of his/her personnel, subcontractors with their trade, personnel and hours on site, weather conditions, equipment on site, materials delivered to the site, data relative to questions of interpretation of contract documents, modifications/change orders or changed conditions, list of the job site visitors, daily activities, decisions, observations in general and specific observations in more detail as required and submit the original to the Contracting Officer and a copy to the COTR on a daily basis. Names, addresses and telephone numbers for the Rehabilitation Contractor, subcontractors and major suppliers of materials and equipment shall also be recorded.

h. Progress Reports. The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall furnish to the Contracting Officer and copy to the COTR, weekly reports of work progress and of the Rehabilitation Contractor's compliance with the progress schedule, and shall consult with the COTR in advance of scheduled major inspections or the startup of key phases of the work.

i. Payment Requests. The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall review applications for payment with the Rehabilitation Contractor for compliance with the established procedure for their submission and approved schedule of values and shall forward same with recommendations to the COTR noting particularly the relationship of the payment requested to the schedule of values, work completed and materials and equipment delivered to the site but not incorporated in the work. Final payment for completion of work under the rehabilitation contract will not be made by the Corporation until a recommendation for acceptance of the work is received, in writing, from the Inspection and Testing Contractor.

j. Certifications. During the course of the work, the Inspection and Testing Contractor shall verify that the Rehabilitation Contractor has submitted certificates and other required data applicable to the items actually installed in accordance with the specifications and drawings and shall transmit this material to the Contracting Officer with copies to the COTR for review prior to progress or final payment for the work.

k. Completion. The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall conduct a final inspection in the company of the COTR and the Rehabilitation Contractor, prepare a final list of items to be completed or corrected, observe that all items on the final list have been completed or corrected and make recommendations to the Contracting Officer with copies to the COTR concerning acceptance.

l. Health and Safety. The Inspection and Testing Contractor‘s personnel on site shall follow Corporation and Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) health and safety regulations as applicable to particular activities and shall provide all personal protective gear required to conform to Corporation and OSHA requirements. The Rehabilitation Contractors shall be responsible for the safety of their workers however, the Inspection and Testing Contractor shall monitor the Rehabilitation Contractors for compliance with Corporation and OSHA provisions and to each Rehabilitation Contractor’s own project-specific health and safety plan with the same level of authority and responsibility as for the technical provisions

SECTION C (CONT’D)

of the contract. If the Inspection and Testing Contractor determines that any of the Rehabilitation Contractor’s work practices are not conforming to Corporation and OSHA health and safety regulations, he/she shall immediately notify the Rehabilitation Contractor and record it in the daily log. If the deficiency is not corrected in a timely manner or presents an imminent danger, the Inspector and Testing Contractor will have the authority to stop the work, but in that case, he/she must notify the Contracting Officer and COTR within one (1) hour of such occurrence. Any accidents shall be verbally reported immediately to the COTR with a written report to the Contracting Officer with copies to the COTR to follow within twenty-four (24) hours.

V. Limitations of Authority:

The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall not:

· authorize any deviation from the specifications and drawings or substitution of materials or equipment unless authorized by the Contracting Officer,

· exceed the limitations of the COTR's authority as set forth in the contract documents,

· undertake any of the responsibilities of the Rehabilitation Contractor or his/her subcontractors,

· advise on, issue directions relative to or assume control over any aspect of the means, methods, techniques, sequences, or procedures of construction unless such advice or directions are specifically required by the specifications, or

· accept submittals from anyone other than the Rehabilitation Contractors.

VI. Final Reports.

The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall issue a separate final report for each project. Within four (4) weeks of the completion of the work, the Inspection and Testing Contractor shall submit to the Contracting Officer an electronic copy of a draft report which shall include but not be limited to a summary of the work activities, reports/comments on all aspects of the work, all test results and recommendations for investigation/correction of nonconforming materials and/or workmanship. After the Corporation has reviewed the draft report and furnished the Inspection and Testing Contractor with comments, he/she will then have two (2) weeks to furnish three (3) paper copies and one electronic copy of the final report.

VII. Corporation-Provided Facilities.

The Corporation will provide a heated office space with a desk at one of the buildings on the north side of Snell Lock. Access to a restroom will also be provided at that location. The Inspection and Testing Contractor shall provide a lockable file drawer/cabinet to insure that their documents are secure. The Corporation will require the Rehabilitation Contractor(s) to provide any and all equipment and personnel necessary for the Inspection and Testing Contractor’s personnel to gain access to any and all areas that they request.

VIII. Submittals.

Initial submittals shall be made with the proposal in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 52.215-1 in the clause “Solicitation Provisions” further on in this document. Within two (2) weeks of award, the Inspection and Testing Contractor shall submit a Project Quality Control Plan which will be a more detailed version of the outline Project Quality Control Plan submitted with the proposal.

IX. Contract and Reference Drawings.

Electronic copies of contract and reference drawings have been provided for use in preparing Technical and Cost Proposals for the work. Paper copies of specifications and drawings will not be provided. See Section J, List of Attachments, for a complete listing of contract and reference drawings for each project. Note that “Grass River Lock” and “Robinson Bay Lock” are the former names for Snell Lock and Eisenhower Lock respectively.

X. Site Visit.

Offerors are urged to visit the work site prior to preparing proposals to better determine the extent of work required. Failure to visit the site will not relieve the successful offeror of the responsibility for completion of the intended work. Site visits will be conducted at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, August 16, 2011. Arrangements must be made with the Office of Engineering and Maintenance, Phone (315) 764-3240 or 3251 (no collect calls). Any expenses incurred in the site visit will be borne by the offeror.

XI. Project Schedule.

· Proposals due by 9/2/11.

· Award of contract by 9/16/11.

· Inspection and Testing Contractor to commence on-site work for each project based on each Rehabilitation Contractor’s schedule. (on or about 01/10/12)

· Draft of project reports four (4) weeks after project completion by the Rehabilitation Contractor.

· Issue final reports two (2) weeks after receiving Corporation’s comments.

END OF SECTION C

SECTION D

PACKING AND MARKING

D.1. PRESERVATION, PACKAGING, AND MARKING.

Any materials shipped directly to the Contractor on site shall be plainly marked on or adjacent to the exterior shipping label to show the contract number, description of contents, and the contractor’s name.

Packages shall be addressed/delivered to the address below:

END OF SECTION D

SECTION E

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address: www.arnet.gov/far/.

52.246-6 INSPECTION-TIME-AND-MATERIALS OR LABOR-HOURS (MAY 2001)

E.1. Inspection of services provided hereunder shall be made by the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) or any inspectors designated by the Contracting Officer. The presence or absence of a Government inspector does not relieve the Contractor from any contract requirement, nor is the inspector authorized to change any term or condition of the specification without the Contracting Officer’s written authorization.

All work shall be conducted under the general direction of the Contracting Officer and is subject to Government inspection and test at all places and at all reasonable times before acceptance to ensure strict compliance with the terms of the contract.

E.2. The Contractor shall be responsible for the professional quality and technical accuracy of the services furnished by the Contractor under this contract. The Contractor shall, without additional compensation correct or revise any errors or deficiencies in the required services. The Contractor shall be liable to the Government in accordance with applicable law for all damages to the Government caused by the Contractor’s negligent performance of any of the services performed under this contract.

END OF SECTION E

SECTION F

DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1. PROJECT SCHEDULE

· Proposals due by 9/2/11.

· Award of contract by 9/16/11.

· Inspection and Testing Contractor to commence on-site work for each project based on each Rehabilitation Contractor’s schedule. (on or about 01/10/12)

· Draft of project reports four (4) weeks after project completion by the Rehabilitation Contractor.

· Issue final reports two (2) weeks after receiving Corporation’s comments.

END OF SECTION F

SECTION G

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

G.1. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR

Patricia L. White, Contracting Officer, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, 180 Andrews Street, PO Box 520, Massena, New York, 13662-0520, telephone number (315) 764-3236, facsimile number (315) 764-3268, and e-mail patricia.white@dot.gov administer the contract.

No oral or written statement by anyone other than the Contracting Officer shall modify or otherwise affect any contract clause. Only Contracting Officers acting within their scope of authority can execute contract modifications on behalf of the Government (Corporation). No claim by the Contractor for any increase in the contract price or adjustment in the performance schedule shall be valid except as may be covered by a duly executed contract modification.

G.2. REQUIRED INSURANCE

a. The Contractor shall procure and maintain during the entire period of his/her performance under this contract the following minimum insurance coverage:

(1) Workmen’s Compensation Coverage: As required by applicable New York Statutes in effect as of contract award date.

(2) Comprehensive General Liability Insurance:

Bodily Injury Liability: $500,000 each person; $1,000,000 each accident

(3) Comprehensive Automotive Liability Insurance:

b. Prior to commencement of work hereunder, the Contractor shall furnish to the Contracting Officer a certificate or written statement of the required insurance including Professional Liability Insurance. The policies evidencing required insurance shall contain an endorsement to the effect that cancellation or any material change in the policies adversely affecting the interests of the Corporation in such insurance shall not be effective until ten (10) days after written notice thereof to the Contracting Officer.

c. The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in subcontracts under this contract that require work on a Government installation and shall require subcontractors to provide and maintain the insurance required in paragraph (a). The Contractor shall maintain a copy of all subcontractors’ proofs of required insurance, and shall make copies available to the Contracting Officer upon request.

G.3. CONTRACTING OFFICER DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY

The Contracting Officer may delegate all or part of her authority to administer this contract. Such a delegation will be in writing and will describe the extent of the authority delegated. The Contracting Officer will provide a copy of such delegation to the Contractor.

SECTION G (CONT’D)

G.4. CONTRACTING OFFICER’S TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE (COTR)

The Contracting Officer may designate Government personnel or other Contractors to act as the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) to perform functions under the contract such as review and/or inspection and acceptance of supplies, services, including construction, and other functions of a technical nature. The Contracting Officer will provide a written notice of such designation to the Contractor within five working days after contract award or for construction, not less than five working days prior to giving the contractor the notice to proceed. The designation letter will set for the authorities and limitations of the COTR under the contract. The COTR will ensure that the Corporation’s project objectives are met, along with providing necessary information, direction, coordination, etc., within the contractual work description. The COTR is not authorized to change any of the terms or conditions of this contract nor sign documents such as contracts or contract modifications.

When in the opinion of the Contractor, the COTR requests work outside the existing scope of the contract, the Contractor shall promptly notify the Contracting Officer in writing. The Contractor shall take no action until the Contracting Officer has issued a contractual change or otherwise resolved the issue. A copy of all written correspondence to the COTR by the Contractor shall also be mailed or otherwise furnished to the Contracting Officer at the address listed under Item 1 of Part D.

G.5. INVOICE/PAYMENT

The Contractor shall prepare and submit invoices to the designated billing office specified in the contract. A proper invoice must include the items listed below:

· Name and address of the Contractor;

· Invoice date and number;

· Contract number;

· Description of work or services performed.

· Delivery and payment terms (e.g. discount for prompt payment terms).

· Name and address of the Contractor official to whom payment is to be sent (must be the same as that in the contract or on a proper notice of assignment).

· Name (where practicable), title, telephone number, and mailing address of person to be notified in event of a defective invoice.

G.6. COMPLIANCE WITH EXECUTIVE ORDERS

· EXECUTIVE ORDER (EO) 13514: FEDERAL LEADERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL, ENERGY, AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

The Corporation encourages the use of environmentally sound, energy-efficient products and services. This includes, but is not limited to, the use of energy-efficient office equipment, supplies that contain recovered materials, and products that are either degradable, ozone safe, recyclable, contain low volatile organic content compounds, or contribute to source reduction. The Contractor shall comply with the requirements of this order within the scope of its operations.

SECTION G (CONT’D)

· EXECUTIVE ORDER (EO) 13043: INCREASING SEAT BELT USE IN THE UNITED STATES

The contractor is encouraged to adopt and enforce on-the-job seat belt use policies and programs for its employees when operating company-owned, rented, or personally owned vehicles.

G.7. The Contractor shall not in any way represent that he/she is part of the United States Government or that he/she has the authority to contract or procure supplies on the credit of the United States of America.

END OF SECTION G

SECTION H

SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall be responsible for providing the Contracting Office with the following information on all his/her employees and subcontractor employees assigned to work on site prior to commencing work.

· Employee(s) name

· Copy of employee(s) driver’s license

· Make and license plate numbers of vehicles to be used on site

The Corporation shall issue an identification pass and a parking permit to each of the Contractor’s employees engaged on the contract work. Contractors are responsible for requiring their employees to display their pass while on site. Passes are to be returned to the COTR or Corporation security personnel upon completion of the project or upon the release of any employee. The Contractor shall notify the COTR of any personnel changes(s) prior to arriving on site.

H.2. REPORT OF LOCAL/LABOR/SUPPLIERS

This procurement is part of the Corporation’s Asset Renewal Program (ARP). The Corporation is required to report on any ARP related actions as to the dollars being spent locally to include labor hires, material suppliers, and contractor travel costs. In as much, the Corporation requests the Contractor’s cooperation in recording and reporting their local costs incurred during performance of this contract. Reports shall be submitted to the Contracting Office monthly or at time of completion depending on the length of the project. The Contractor may use any type format or document to report these costs. No supporting documentation is required. Please direct any questions regarding this reporting requirement to the Corporation representative listed on page one of this solicitation.

END OF SECTION H

PART II

SECTION I

CONTRACT CLAUSES

52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address: www.arnet.gov/far/

I. FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR CHAPTER 1) CLAUSES

52.202-1 DEFINITIONS (JULY 2004)

ACTIVITY (JAN 1997)

2010)

52.209-6 PROTECTING THE GOVERNMENT’S INTEREST WHEN SUBCONTRACTING WITH

CONTRACTORS DEBARRED, SUSPENDED, OR PROPOSED FOR DEBARMENT (DEC 2010)

52.215-2 AUDIT AND RECORDS – NEGOTIATION (MAR 2009)

52.215-8 ORDER OF PRECEDENCE – UNIFORM CONTRACT FORMAT (OCT 1997)

52.216-7 ALLOWABLE COST AND PAYMENT (JUN 2011)

52.219-4 NOTICE OF PRICE EVALUATION PREFERENCE FOR HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS

CONCERNS (JAN 2011)

Offer elects to waive the evaluation preference.

52.219-8 UTILIZATION OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS (JAN 2011)

52.219-28 POST AWARD SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM REPRESENTATION (APR 2009)

52.222-1 NOTICE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF LABOR DISPUTES (FEB 1997)

52.222-3 CONVICT LABOR (JUNE 2003)

52.222-21 PROHIBITION OF SEGREGATED FACILITIES (FEB 1999)

52.222-26 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY (MAR 2007)

52.222-35 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR VETERANS (SEP 2010)

52.222-36 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES (OCT 2010)

52.222-37 EMPLOYMENT REPORTS VETERANS (SEPT 2010)

52.222-41 SERVICE CONTRACT ACT OF 1965 (NOV 2007)

52.222-50 COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (FEB 2009)

52.223-5 POLLUTION PREVENTION AND RIGH-TO-KNOW INFORMATION (MAY 2011) ALT I (MAY

2011)

52.223-6 DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE (MAY 2001)

52.223-17 AFFIRMATIVE PROCUREMENT OF EPA-DESGINATED ITEMS IN SERVICE AND

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS (MAY 2008)

SECTION I (CONT’D)

52.228-5 INSURANCE-WORK ON A GOVERNMENT INSTALLATION (JAN 1997)

52.232-7 PAYMENTS UNDER TIME AND MATERIALS AND LABOR HOUR CONTRACTS (FEB 2007)

52.232-25 PROMPT PAYMENT (OCT 2008)

52.232-33 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER-CENTRAL CONTRACTOR

REGISTRATION (OCT 2003)

52.237-2 PROTECTION OF GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, AND VEGETATION (APR 1984) 52.242-13 BANKRUPTCY (JULY 1995)

52.243-3 CHANGES – TIME AND MATERIALS OR LABOR HOURS (SEP 2000)

52.244-6 SUBCONTRACTS FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS (DEC 2010)

52.246-6 INSPECTION-TIME-AND-MATERIALS AND LABOR-HOURS (MAY 2001)

52.247-63 PREFERENCE FOR U.S. FLAG AIR CARRIERS (JUNE 2003)

52.249-6 TERMINATION (COST REIMBURSEMENT) (MAY 2004) ALTERNATE IV (SEPT 1996)

52.249-14 EXCUSABLE DELAYS (APR 1984)

52.222-42 STATEMENT OF EQUIVALENT RATES FOR FEDERAL HIRES (MAY 1989)

In compliance with the Service Contract Act of 1965, as amended, and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29 CFR Part 4), this clause identifies the classes of service employees expected to be employed under the contract and states the wages and fringe benefits payable to each if they were employed by the contracting agency subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5341 or 5332.

This statement is for Information Only: It is not a Wage Determination

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ACQUISITION REGULATION CLAUSES

(48 CFR CHAPTER 12)

SECTION I (CONT’D)

52.209-9 Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Jan 2011)

(a) The Contractor shall update the information in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) on a semi-annual basis, throughout the life of the contract, by posting the required information in the Central Contractor Registration database at http://www.ccr.gov.

(b)(1) The Contractor will receive notification when the Government posts new information to the Contractor’s record.

(2) The Contractor will have an opportunity to post comments regarding information that has been posted by the Government. The comments will be retained as long as the associated information is retained, i.e., for a total period of 6 years. Contractor comments will remain a part of the record unless the Contractor revises them.

(3)(i) Public requests for system information posted prior to April 15, 2011, will be handled under Freedom of Information Act procedures, including, where appropriate, procedures promulgated under E.O. 12600.

As required by section 3010 of Public Law 111-212, all information posted in FAPIIS on or after April 15, 2011, except past performance reviews, will be publicly available.

END OF SECTION I

PART III

SECTION J

LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

The following information is furnished on CD:

CONTRACT AND REFERENCE DRAWINGS

UPSTREAM MITER GATE REHABILITATION-SNELL LOCK

Contract Drawings

Upstream Miter Gate Rehabilitation Vicinity, Locality and Site Maps

Snell Lock SLS-327-137/2 Upstream Miter Gate Rehabilitation Site Plan

Gate Leaf Lifting and Moving Schematic Plans and…