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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

Omaha District, Corps of Engineers 106 South 15th Street Omaha, Nebraska 68102-1618

:NOTICE: Failure to acknowledge : Solicitation No. W9128F 08 R 0024 :all amendments may cause rejec- :

:tion of the bid. See FAR : Date of Issue: 13 May 2008 :52.214-3 of Section 00100 : Date of Opening: 16 Jun 2008

Amendment No. 0002 30 May 2008

SUBJECT: Amendment No. 0002 to Specifications and Drawings for Construction of:

Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for Construction Missouri River Recovery Program:

Task Order No 0001: Fish And Wildlife Mitigation, Tyson Bend Project, Missouri River, Iowa & Nebraska

Solicitation No. W9128F 08 R 0024.

TO: Prospective Bidders and Others Concerned

1. The specifications and drawings for subject project are hereby modified as follows (revise all specification indices, attachment lists, and drawing indices accordingly).

The Changes Listed Below Apply To Task Order 0001: Tyson Bend

a. Specifications. (Descriptive Changes.)

(1) Section 02482 Page 2, delete paragraph 1.2 Overdepth Dredging, and substitute the following:

“1.2 OVERDEPTH DREDGING

The contractor shall not be entitled to any additional payment for over depth dredging (non-compensable over depth) provided the Missouri River flows near the project site is at or above the flow represented by 19,000 cfs during the navigation season as specified in paragraph 3.4.1.1. If the Missouri River discharge falls below 19,000cfs during the navigation season or below the minimum flows from the table below during the non-navigation season, the contractor will be entitled to payment for the net additional overdepth (overdepth beyond the established non-compensable over depth). The table below represents historical data for the Missouri River flows at Decatur.

Missouri River Flow at Decatur, Nebraska (USGS 06601200) (flows in cubic feet per second)

Month Max. 1% 5% 10% 30% 50% 70% 90% 95% 99% Minimum

JAN 30000 29100 27000 25700 20000 16300 15100 13500 12800 11000 8600

FEB 39400 37400 31000 29900 20000 16600 15100 12800 11800 11000 9900

MAR 67700 52900 42000 38000 29200 22500 16000 11300 10300 9900 9600

APR 99900 98000 72000 46400 32700 30400 26300 24000 23000 22100 20500

MAY 88600 86300 72000 48100 36800 32100 28300 25300 24500 22100 19300

JUN 73000 69200 64900 50000 37900 32700 29600 26900 26600 25600 23400

JUL 79400 69200 66100 56600 35100 31800 28300 26400 26100 25000 24700

AUG 67400 67100 63000 55700 32800 30900 27800 25900 25000 22300 21200

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SEP 70400 68300 66000 56900 35100 31400 29200 26600 25400 21900 20700

OCT 72300 70800 63400 56600 34000 30900 28200 15800 13400 12000 11600

NOV 73200 72800 62600 57200 33800 27900 13000 11400 10900 10540 9900

DEC 71000 53800 43500 32400 20300 16500 14800 13000 11900 9900 8100

Note: Based on daily values at Decatur from 1987 to 2007”

(2) Section 02482 Page 3, paragraph 1.5 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS, add the following to the beginning of paragraph:

“Bio degradable hydraulic oil shall be required in all hydraulic systems on any dredging course of action including all equipment operating on the river.”

(3) Section 02482 Page 5, paragraph 3.4.1.1 Period,

a) Line 2, delete “21,000 cfs” and substitute “19,000 cfs”.

b) Line 3, delete “19.0 feet” and substitute “19.2 feet”.

(4) Section 02482 Page 6, paragraph 3.4.1.1, 3rd subparagraph, delete the last sentence of the paragraph “Note that the allowable dredge discharge for Decatur river flows between 21,000 and 24,000 cfs will be 8,000 gallons per minute.”

(5) Section 02482 Page 6, paragraph 3.4.1.3 Shoaling, delete the table shown and substitute the following:

“Dredge Discharge, GPM Missouri River at Decatur (water and sediment) Discharge (cfs) Stage (feet) 3,000 16,000 18.0 6,000 19,000 19.2 8,000 22,000 20.2 12,000 33,500 23.7 16,000 44,600 26.0 20,000 55,750 28.0 24,000 66,850 29.8 (Stages for the listed flows can vary in response to changes in the riverbed.

The contractor should refer to the USGS website to be aware of the current stage/flow relationship.)”

b. Specifications (New and/or Revised and Reissued). Delete and substitute or add specification pages as noted below. The substituted pages are revised and reissued with this amendment.

Pages Deleted Pages Substituted or Added

General Wage Decision No IA080031 General Wage Decision No IA080031 Dated 5/23/2008

c. Drawings (Reissued). The following drawing sheet is revised with latest revision date of 30 May 2008, and reissued with this amendment.

(1) Sheet H3.01

2. This amendment is a part of the bidding papers and its receipt shall be acknowledged on the Standard Form 1442. All other conditions and requirements of the specifications remain unchanged. If the bids have been mailed prior to receiving this amendment, you will notify the office where bids are opened, in the specified manner, immediately of its receipt and of any changes in your bid occasioned thereby.

a. Hand-Carried Bids shall be delivered to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Contracting Division (Room 301), 106 South 15th

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Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68102-1618.

b. Mailed Bids shall be addressed as noted in Item 8 on Page 00010-1 of Standard Form 1442.

3. Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m., local time at place of bid opening, 16 Jun 2008.

Attachments:

General Wage Decision No. IA080031 dated 5/23/2008 Drawing listed above Pre-proposal Attendance (For Information Only) Pre-proposal Questions and Answers (For Information Only) Tyson Bend Site Visit Attendance (For Information Only)

U.S. Army Engineer District, Omaha Corps of Engineers 106 South 15th Street Omaha, Nebraska 68102-1618

30 May 2008

MFS/2184

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General Decision Number: IA080031 05/23/2008 IA31

Superseded General Decision Number: IA20070031

State: Iowa

Construction Type: Heavy River Work

Counties: Iowa Statewide.

HEAVY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR WORK ON OR PERTAINING TO THE

MISSISSIPPI AND MISSOURI RIVERS.

Modification Number Publication Date 0 02/08/2008 1 02/15/2008 2 05/23/2008

CARP0004-007 01/01/2008

SCOTT COUNTY

Rates Fringes

CARPENTER........................$ 26.40 11.62

ENGI0150-008 06/01/2007

CEDAR, CLINTON, DES MOINES, LEE, LOUISA, MUSCATINE AND SCOTT

COUNTIES

Rates Fringes

Power equipment operators:

GROUP 1.....................$ 26.15 16.90

GROUP 2.....................$ 24.55 16.90

GROUP 3.....................$ 23.40 16.90

POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR CLASSIFICATIONS

GROUP 1:Cranes; Shovel; Clamshell; Dragline; Backhoe;

Derrick; Tower Crane; Cable Way; Concrete Spreaders (servicing 2 pavers); Asphalt Spreaders; Asphalt Mixer;

Plant Engineers; Dipper Dredge Operator; Dipper Dredge Cranemen; Dual Purpose Trucks (Boom or Winch); Leverman or Engineman (Hydraulic Dredge); Mechanics; Paving Mixer with tower attached (two operators required); Piledriver; Boom Tractor, Stationary, Portable or Floating Mixing Plant;

Trenching Machine (over 40 HP), Building Hoist (2 drums), Hot Paint Wrapping Machine; Cleaning & Priming Machine, Backfiller (throw bucket), Locomotive Engineer; qualified Welder; Tow or Push Boat; Concrete Paver; Seaman trav-L-plant or similar Machine; CMI Autograder or similar machine; Slip Form Paver; Caisson Augering Machine, Mucking Machine, Asphalt Heat Planer Unit; Hydraulic Cranes; Mine

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Hoists; Athey; Barber-Green; Euclid or Haiss loader;

Asphalt Pug Mill; Fireman & Drier; Concrete Pump; Concrete Spreader(servicing 1 paver); Bulldozer; Endloader; Log Chippers or similar machines; Elevating Grader;Group Equipment Greaser, LeTourneaupul & similar machines; DW-10;

Hyster Winch & similar machines; Motor Patrol; Power Blade;

Push Cat; Tractor pulling elevating grader or power blade;

Tractor operating scoop or scraper, Tractor with power Attachments; Roller on Asphalt or Blacktop; single drum hoist; Jaeger mix & Plant Machine; Pipe bending Machine;

Flexaplane or similar Machine, Automatic Curbing Machine;

Automatic Cement & Gravel batch plants (1 stop set-up);

Seaman pulvi-mixer or similar Machine, Blastholer;

Self-propelled Rotary Drill or similar Machines; Work Boat;

Combination concrete finishing & float; Self-propelled sheep foot roller or compactor (used in conjunction with a grading spread); Asphalt Spreader Screed Operator; Slusher;

Apsco Spreader or similar Machine; Forklift (over 6000 lbs.

capacity or working at heights above 28 ft.); Concrete Conveyors, Chip Spreader; Underground Boring Machine;

Straddle Carrier; Hydro-Hammer; Hydraulic Pumps or power Units driven by any power source (except manually); used to hoist or lift machinery or material; Off Road Haul Units.

GROUP 2: Asphalt Boosters; Firemen and Pump Operators at Asphalt Plants; Mud Jack; Concrete Finishing Machine, Form Grader with Roller on Earth; Mixers (3 Bag to 16-E); Power Operated Bull Float; Tractors without Power Attachments;

Dope Pots (Agitating Motor); Dope Chop Machines;

Distributors (back end); Portable Machine Fireman; Power winch on paving work; self- propelled roller or compactor (other than provided for above); Pump Operator (more than one well-point pump); Portable Crusher Operator, Trench Machine (under 40 hp); Power Subgrader (on forms) or similar machines, Forklift (6000 lb. or less cap.); Gypsum Pump; Conveyor over 20 hp.; Fuller Kenyon Cement Pump or similar machines; Light Plant; Mixers (1 or 2 bag); Power Batching Machine (Cement Auger or Conveyor); Boiler (Engineer or Fireman); Mechanical Broom; Automatic Cement and Gravel Batch Plants (two or three stop set-up); Small rubber-tired Tractors (nor including backhoe or endloaders); Self-propelled Curing Machine; Driver on Truck crane or similar machines.

GROUP 3: Oilers; Mechanical Heater (other than Steam Boiler), Belt Machine, Small Outboard Motor Boats Safety Boat & Lift Boat), Engine Driven Welding Machine & Small tractors (used to unroll wire mesh), Water Pumps, Air Compressors, Permanent Automatic Elevators.

ENGI0234-002 12/01/2007

REMAINING COUNTIES

Power equipment operators:

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GROUP 1.....................$ 26.20 12.10

GROUP 2.....................$ 25.60 12.10

GROUP 3.....................$ 23.30 12.10

POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR CLASSIFICATIONS

GROUP 1: Power shovel, crane, backhoe (1.5 yd and over), dragline, hoisting engineer (steel erection), motor patrol (finish), piledriver, master mechanic, sideboom tractor, horizontal boring machine, finish dozer, central mix plant, paver or self propelled spreader, tow, safety, or push boat, CMI paver, subgrader or equivalent, asphalt plant, pushcat, mechanics - welders, churn or rotary drill, trenching machine (Cleveland 80 or similar capacity), asphalt laydown, asphalt screed, asphalt heater planer, concrete pump, self-propelled curb machine (with seat), loader operator (2 cu yd and over), scraper, dozer (rough), group greaser, asphalt roller, backhoes of any size when digging building footings.

GROUP 2: Motor patrol (rough), concrete curb breaking machine, loader (under 2 yd), backhoe under 1/2 yd, concrete widening machine, paver breaker, Barber Green, Haiss loader or similar machines, crawler tractor (pulling disc, sheepsfoot, ripper, or flat roller), self-propelled sheepsfoot roller, self-propelled roller, dristributor, screening and washing plant, self-propelled vibrating compactor, trenching machine, steel placing machine, conveyor, finishing machine (on concrete), flex plane, bullfloat, form grader, self-propelled elevator grader, water wagon on compaction

GROUP 3: Boiler, mechanical boom, oiler, welding machine, Pump (other than dredge), boom and winch trucks, compressor, tank car heater (combination boiler and booster), pumps on well points and deep wells for dewatering, truck crane combination driver-oiler, concrete curbing machine, batch plant (dry), spreader attachments, utility tractor with attachments, light plant mechanical heater, pumps over 3", farm type tractor (pulling disc, harrow or roller).

* IRON0111-005 05/01/2008

(EXCLUDING DES MOINES, LEE, DUBUQUE, CLAYTON, ALLAMAKEE,

HARRISON, POTTAWATTAMIE, MILLS, FREMONT, JACKSON, CLINTON,

LOUISA, MUSCATINE, WOODBURY AND MONONA COUNTIES)

Ironworker.......................$ 26.16 17.22

LABO0309-005 01/01/2008

SCOTT COUNTY

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Laborers

GROUP 1.....................$ 23.41 11.20

GROUP 2.....................$ 23.91 11.20

GROUP 3.....................$ 24.54 11.20

LABORER CLASSIFICATIONS

GROUP 1 - Flagman; Dumpman; Spotter; Broom Man; Landscaper;

Planting & Removal of Trees; Fencing Laborers; Cleaning of Forms or Lumber (in Bone Yard); Laying of Sod; Moving and/or Maintenance of Flares & Barricades; Operation of all Hand, Electric, Air, Hydraulic or Mechanically Powered Tools under the the Laborers' including Jackhammer, Tamper, Air Spade, Auger, Concrete Saw, Chain Saw, Utility Saw, Rock Drill, Vibrator; Mortar Mixer; Power & Hand Saw (When Clearing Timber); General Laborer; Material Handler; Form Handler; Concrete Dumper; Puddler; Explosives Handler;

Center Strip Handler & Installer; Prime Mover or any Mechanical Device Taking the Place of Concrete Buggy or Wheelbarrow; Sandpoint Setter; Asphalt Kettleman; Sheeting Hammer Driver; Laying & Jointing of Telephone Conduit; Gas Distribution Man; Pipe Setter On Lateral, Drain Tile, Culvert Pipe & Storm Sewer; Catch Basin Lead; Catch Basin;

Manholes; Batch Dumper; Tank Cleaner; Cofferdam Worker;

Bankman on Floating Plant; Jointman With Pipelayer; Back-up Man (Corker, Joint Maker) With Pipe Setter On Sewer & Water Main; Batterboard Man or Laser Operator on Sewer & Water Main; Laborer in Ditch or Tunnel, on Sewer or Water Main & Telephone Conduit, Cutters; Burners; Torchman; Gravel Box Man; Asphalt Plant; Concrete Plant; Deck Hand; Unloading of Steel & Rebar; & Wrecking Laborers

GROUP 2 - Asphalt Raker or Luteman; Pipe Setter on Sewer or Water Main; Gunnite Nozzle Man; Asphalt or Concrete Curb Machine Operator; Concrete Burning Machine Operator; & Coring Machine Operator; Hazardous Waste Worker; Asbestos Abatement Worker

GROUP 3 - Concrete Specialist (All work relating to but not limited to pouring, striking of & finishing all concrete surfaces)

PLAS0544-001 10/01/2004

SCOTT COUNTY

Rates Fringes

CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER...$ 22.13 9.86

SUIA2002-002 12/01/2007

CARPENTER

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Mississippi River...........$ 24.29 7.83 Missouri River..............$ 24.29 7.83

CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER...$ 24.67 8.90

Ironworkers: (setting of all structural steel and reinforcing steel installation:)

Des Moines and Lee Counties....................$ 23.50 13.81 Dubuque, Clayton & Allamakee Counties..........$ 24.34 12.88 Harrison, Pottawattamie, Mills & Fremont Counties....$ 25.92 9.45 Jackson, Clinton, Louisa & Muscatine Counties........$ 26.30 17.08 Woodbury & Monona Counties..$ 20.95 8.79

Laborers:

Class A Mississippi River..........$ 25.08 7.60 Missouri River.............$ 23.08 7.60 Class AA Mississippi River..........$ 25.93 7.60 Missouri River.............$ 23.93 7.60 Class B Mississippi River..........$ 23.43 7.60 Missouri River.............$ 21.43 7.60 Class C Mississippi River..........$ 20.35 7.60 Missouri River.............$ 18.35 7.60

TRUCK DRIVER.....................$ 20.95 8.90

LABORERS CLASSIFICATIONS

GROUP A: Sandblaster, gunite nozzleman, diamond and core drills powered by air, sewer utility man and laser operator, all work performed by laborers working from a bos'n chair, swinging stage, tagline or block and tackle, drill operators of air tracks, wagon drills and similar drills, steel highway formsetter, stingman, powerman blaster, asphalt luteman and rakers, asphalt distributor operators, concrete saw operators, and skilled concrete laborers, deckhands.

GROUP AA: Pipelayer, concrete specialist; tunnelman

GROUP B: Tree climber, form setter, potmen (not mechanical), depth grade checker, and cutting torches on demolition work, trencher operator (walk behind), safety boat operators, power buggyman, concrete and paving sawmen, form line and expansion joint assembler, bottomman, caulker-jointer and painter (striper), timber and chair-sawman, mechanical stresser or strechman on post-tension or pre-stressed concrete on or off job, form

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GROUP C: Waterboy, flagman, flagger/traffic control, watchman.

TEAM0371-001 05/01/2006

SCOTT COUNTY

Rates Fringes

Truck drivers:

GROUP 1.....................$ 25.93 7.50+a GROUP 2.....................$ 26.33 7.50+a GROUP 3.....................$ 26.53 7.50+a GROUP 4.....................$ 26.78 7.50+a GROUP 5.....................$ 27.58 7.50+a

Footnote:

a. PENSION: $27.40 per day.

TRUCK DRIVERS CLASSIFICATIONS

GROUP 1: Drivers on 2 axle trucks hauling less than 9 tons , air compressor and welding machines and brooms, including those pulled by separate units, warehousemen, greasers and tiremen, pick- up-trucks when hauling material, tools or men to and from and on the job site, and forklifts up to 6,000 lb capacity

GROUP 2: 2 or 3 axle trucks hauling more than 9 tons but hauling less than 16 tons. A-frame winch trucks, or similar equipment when used for transportation purposes. Forklifts over 6,000 lb capacity, winch trucks, four axle combination units, hydrolift Trucks, vactor trucks or simiolar equipment when used for transportation purposes..

GROUP 3: 2, 3, and 4 axles hauling 16 tons or more, water pulls, 5 axles or more combination units, water pulls, articulated dump trucks

GROUP 4: Oil distributors, lowboys

GROUP 5: Drivers who require special protective clothing while employed on hazardous waste work.

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WELDERS - Receive rate prescribed for craft performing operation to which welding is incidental.

Unlisted classifications needed for work not included within the scope of the classifications listed may be added after award only as provided in the labor standards contract clauses (29CFR 5.5 (a) (1) (ii)).

In the listing above, the "SU" designation means that rates listed under the identifier do not reflect collectively bargained wage and fringe benefit rates. Other designations indicate unions whose rates have been determined to be prevailing.

WAGE DETERMINATION APPEALS PROCESS

1.) Has there been an initial decision in the matter? This can be:

* an existing published wage determination

* a survey underlying a wage determination

* a Wage and Hour Division letter setting forth a position on a wage determination matter

* a conformance (additional classification and rate) ruling

On survey related matters, initial contact, including requests for summaries of surveys, should be with the Wage and Hour Regional Office for the area in which the survey was conducted because those Regional Offices have responsibility for the Davis-Bacon survey program. If the response from this initial contact is not satisfactory, then the process described in 2.)

and 3.) should be followed.

With regard to any other matter not yet ripe for the formal process described here, initial contact should be with the Branch of Construction Wage Determinations. Write to:

Branch of Construction Wage Determinations Wage and Hour Division U.S. Department of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20210

2.) If the answer to the question in 1.) is yes, then an interested party (those affected by the action) can request review and reconsideration from the Wage and Hour Administrator (See 29 CFR Part 1.8 and 29 CFR Part 7). Write to:

Wage and Hour Administrator U.S. Department of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.

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Washington, DC 20210

The request should be accompanied by a full statement of the interested party's position and by any information (wage payment data, project description, area practice material, etc.) that the requestor considers relevant to the issue.

3.) If the decision of the Administrator is not favorable, an interested party may appeal directly to the Administrative Review Board (formerly the Wage Appeals Board). Write to:

Administrative Review Board U.S. Department of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20210

4.) All decisions by the Administrative Review Board are final.

END OF GENERAL DECISION

Questions & Answers Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for Construction

Missouri River Recovery Program 23 May 2008

SECTION: 002200, Paragraph 1.1 QUESTION: If a prime contractor will be working with subcontractors, where will they name these subcontractors?

ANSWER: Subcontractors will need to be addressed in Tabs 1 & 2 of the proposal and in the subcontracting plan. Note the subcontracting plan is only required by large businesses. Tab 3 of the proposal should address management of subcontractors for Task Order No. 0001.

SECTION: 002200, Paragraph 1.1.1 QUESTION: Should contractors list just the equipment they own or the equipment they are able to lease, team, etc.?

ANSWER: The contractor should list all equipment available for their use on this contract. A contractor who owns all equipment necessary to complete projects may be evaluated more favorably than a contractor who must rely on leasing or subcontractors.

However, enforceable agreements or a demonstrated history of working with subcontractor will be considered.

SECTION: 002200, Paragraph 1.2.1 QUESTION: If a company has several superintendants available to manage the projects, should they submit qualifications for the best or most qualified superintendent that will actually work the project?

ANSWER: Submit qualifications/resumes for any superintendents who may work on the task orders. Designate a superintendent who is anticipated to be the primary.

SECTION: 002200, Paragraph 1.4.2 QUESTION: If a contractor submits an unreasonably low priced proposal, is there a threshold or regulation that helps determine that is “unreasonably” low?

ANSWER: There is no threshold or regulation that governs. It is a discretionary determination. The Contracting Officer will determine the reasonableness of the price by comparing it to other proposals and the Independent Government Estimate.

SECTION: Langdon Bend, Section 31- Berm Embankment and Earthwork, Paragraph

1.5.4 Haul Roads, Page 13.

QUESTION: Will the access road to the project be closed during construction?

ANSWER: The access road landward side of the levee at Langdon Bend will be closed to the public during construction of the wetland project.

SECTION: General QUESTION: What do other task orders under the MRRP awarded prior to 30 September 2008 look like (i.e. size, location, HUBZone/Unrestricted)?

ANSWER: Acquisition strategies have not been approved for upcoming projects, but several additional task orders are anticipated. There are two emergent sandbar habitat projects just downstream from Gavins Point Dam. There are also several chute and backwater projects in the Nebraska/Iowa stretch of the river anticipated.

SECTION: General QUESTION: How will we address escalating fuel costs? Is there an economic price adjustment clause?

ANSWER: Task orders will be firm fixed-price so all costs are the contractor’s responsibility. The prices bid on Task Order No. 0001 are not locked in for any other task order. The duration of the task orders generally will not exceed 365 days. There is no economic price adjustment and no credit will be requested if a proposal projects higher fuel costs than actual prices.

SECTION: General QUESTION: Once a pool has been established under each MATOC, what selection criteria will be used for each task order?

ANSWER: Task orders will be awarded based on either low bid or best value basis.

Each solicitation will state the evaluation criteria. The most likely criteria for best value will be schedule and/or work plan.

SECTION: General QUESTION: Are contractors that have been awarded a contract under a MATOC required to submit a proposal on each task order?

ANSWER: No, contractors are not required to submit a proposal on each task order.

However, if a contractor consistently declines to submit proposals, the option to extend the contract may not be exercised.

SECTION: General QUESTION: Will old proposal submitted under the previous MRRP MATOCs be available as a “samples” for contractors?

ANSWER: No, these proposals are considered proprietary information and will not be made available.

SECTION: General QUESTION: When submitting proposals, should a contractor tailor their information to only Task Order No. 0001 or the overall needs of the Missouri River Recovery Program?

ANSWER: Schedule, management of subcontractors, and pricing should be specific to Task Order No. 0001. The rest of the proposal should reflect the overall capabilities and qualifications for the entire contract scope.

SECTION: General QUESTION: Will pricing of unsuccessful proposals released to the entire pool once the task order has been awarded?

ANSWER: Yes, after a task order has been awarded the identity and total price of each contractor in the pool who submitted a proposal will be released. This is a change from the procedure in the previous contracts.