AZ FLAP SR88(1) Apache Trail

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THIS NOTICE IS BEING ISSUED TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT

INTEREST FROM QUALIFIED PRIME CONTRACTORS who are Small Business Concerns (SBCs), HUBZone small businesses, Woman Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs), 8(a) small businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSBs) or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) and who intend to submit a bid for this solicitation to allow for a set-aside in one of these programs MUST submit the following by e-mail to CFLAcquisitions@dot.govor by fax to 720-963-3360 (Attn: Eric Grosskreuz) for receipt by close of business (2 p.m. MDT) on June 30, 2021:

1. A positive statement of your intention to submit a bid for this solicitation as a Prime Contractor;
2. A copy of the letter from SBA stating date of HUBZone small business certification or acceptance to the 8(a)-small business program. In the case of a VOSB or SDVOSB, you must provide proof of eligibility (DD form 214 or a letter of adjudication from the Veterans Administration). This information must be provided in order to determine eligibility – DO NOT SEND COPIES OF YOUR SAM PROFILE;
3. Letter from bonding agent stating your firm’s capability to bond for a single project of $5 million, and your firm’s aggregate bonding capacity; and
4. Provide a list of road construction projects of equal or greater value in which you performed (as the prime contractor) highway construction work in environmentally sensitive National Park locations that included asphalt paving in high mountain terrain, construction of bridge structures and road reconstruction. State whether your firm was the prime contract or subcontractor on the project. PLEASE DO NOT SEND INFORMATION ON PROJECTS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE THE ABOVE WORK.

The size of a small business firm includes all parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, etc. Refer to the Code of Federal Regulations 13 CFR 121.103 for information on how the SBA determines affiliation and 13 CFR 121.108 regarding the penalties for misrepresentation of size status. All firms should be certified in the All firms should be certified in the System for Award Management (SAM) located at https://www.sam.gov/

A Qualified HUBZone small business receiving a HUBZone contract for general construction must spend at least 50% of the cost of the contract incurred for personnel on its own employees or employees of other qualified HUBZone SBCs. This requirement may be met by expending at least 50% of the cost of the contract incurred for personnel on its employees or it may subcontract at least 35% of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel to one or more qualified HUBZone SBCs. A qualified HUBZone SBC prime contractor may not, however, subcontract more than 50% of the cost of the contract incurred for personnel to non-qualified HUBZone SBCs.

AZ FLAP SR88(1) Apache Trail

Project Location

The Apache Trail project consists of approximately 11.16 miles of AZ State Route 88 between Roosevelt Dam (MP 240) and Apache Lake Marina (MP 229) in Maricopa County, Arizona. State Route 88 is currently closed south of the project due to flood damage. Access for construction will be from the north. 

Scope of the Work

The purpose of the project is to provide a hardened driving surface along the 11.16 miles while also improving sight distance with slope cuts in about 5 locations. The majority of the project will surfaced with a double chip seal on aggregate base, while some of the steeper sections will be asphalt paved. The project does not propose widening. Additionally, recent flood damage has required that several drainage features be improved. Numerous pipe culverts will be replaced and some will be upgraded to reinforced concrete box structures. The project involves a variety of emergency repair work including slope scaling, excavation, pipe culverts, reinforced concrete box culverts, ditch reconditioning, drainage repairs, riprap, chip seal, asphalt paving, erosion control, and revegetation. 

Items worth noting:

• This is a very narrow and winding section of road with steep grades and no shoulder in several locations. Coordination with public traffic will be required. Daytime delays will be a maximum of 15 minutes.
• Several drainage structures are currently completely plugged and the bench in portions of the project has been narrowed due to flood events in the Fall of 2019.
• State Route 88 south of the Apache Lake Marina is currently closed. ADOT has not indicated a timeline for reopening this segment and it therefore the project should not be assumed to be accessible from the south.
• One slope cut will likely require blasting techniques to excavate hard rock.
• The road has historic characteristics that will require archeological monitors for certain work items. Additionally, environmental resources exist adjacent to the road in several locations.

Principal Work Items

Approximate quantities for major work items:

• 16,000 cubic yards of roadway excavation
• 5,150 cubic yards of rip rap
• 111,000 square yards of chip seal
• 38,000 tons of roadway aggregate
• 6,200 tons of asphalt concrete pavement
• 3,000 square yards of concrete pavement (low water crossings with cutoff walls)
• 1,700 linear feet of pipe culvert
• 465 linear feet of reinforced concrete box culvert

Anticipated Schedule

Advertise:  Fall 2021

Award:  Fall 2021/Winter 2022

Construction:  Winter 2022 – Fall 2022

Funding

Federal Lands Access Program and Emergency Relief

The anticipated cost range is between $12,000,000 and $15,000,000.

Qualifications

Provide a list of road construction projects of equal or greater value and scope to the AZ FLAP SR88(1) Apache Trail project in which you performed (as the prime contractor) work in mountainous terrain and natural resource sensitive areas.  Experience in construction phasing, temporary traffic control, and timely completion of construction is required.  State whether your firm was the prime contractor or subcontractor on the project.  DO NOT SEND INFORMATION ON PROJECTS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE THE ABOVE WORK.