Azurite mine access - road construction

Added: Jul 23, 2010 1:29 pm Amendment 001

The purpose of this amendment is to change the Site Visit date to FROM July 29th to July 30th , 2010 with the meeting to start at the Methow Valley Ranger District Office at 24 West Chewuch Road, Winthrop, WA 98862. Please note: For access to the project area and to view the entire area including the bridge replacement site, Contractors will be required use an all terrain vehicle (ATV), either a four-wheeler or motor cycle. It is highly recommended that personal protection equipment also be used. Please contact Dave Colbert, Engineer at telephone: 509-826-3282, or e-mail dcolbert@fs.fed.us for more information and to confirm the time and date of the site visit. This site visit is non-mandatory, however, the Contractor afforded a resulting contract award will be held responsible for all site conditions as they currently exist.
To view the Government furnished bridge at the Auburn, WA, GSA storage site please contact Kathy VanHecke at telephone: 503-808-2829 or e-mail kvanhecke@fs.fed.us . Kathy will be available at the Auburn site on August 28th. Please call her for confirmation or to make other appointments.

Added: Jun 30, 2010 6:40 pm The Forest Service is requesting proposals for reopening access to the Azurite Mine. Scope of Contract: This contract is for bridge construction work and road reconstruction work on Forest Service Road No. 5400760, on the Okanogan & Wenatchee National Forests, in Okanogan County in the State of Washington. The work includes: traffic management; fabrication and installation of two precast concrete bridge footings; retrieval, transport, assembly and installation of a Government-furnished prefabricated steel bridge superstructure; seeding and mulching of disturbed areas; reestablishing the roadway bridge approaches to the proposed vertical and horizontal alignment; and the reconstruction of road 5400760. Project Location: The project is located within the Okanogan & Wenatchee National Forests, in the State of Washington. To access the project, starting from the town of Winthrop, WA, take the following; take WA state highway 20 north approximately 13 miles. Turn right off of State Hyw. 20 onto Okanogan County road 9140. Drive north (through Mazama) 7.2 miles. At this point road jurisdiction changes to Forest Service, and the road becomes FS road 5400. Continue on FS road 5400 12.3 miles to the Harts Pass Guard Station. Hold left onto FS road 5400700. Travel on FS road 5400700 5.3 miles to the junction of road 5400700 and 5400760. This is the beginning of road 5400760. Road 5400760 will require reconstruction along its entire length of 11.5 miles. The South Fork Slate Creek bridge site is located at Mile Post 1.4 on the 5400760 road. Estimated project value $250,000 to $500,000, NAICS 237310 with size $33.5 mil. A site visit is scheduled for July 29, 2010 at 10AM at the project site, near Harts Pass. Contact Dave Colbert, project engineer for more information, 509-826-3282, e-mail dcolbert@fs.fed.us. This project is a HUBzone set-aside. Only offerors registered with the Small Business Administration under this program may make an offer. Solicitation documents will be available on or about July 14, 2010. Hardcopy project drawings are available on request.