BEAVERHEAD-DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST -- Beal Mountain Mine Heap Leach Design-Build Project

Synopsis: In accordance with FAR 15.202 (a) Prospective prime construction contractors interested in this project must respond to the Request for Qualifications in the attached Scope of Work (SOW). Project Description: The Northern Regional Office of the USDA-Forest Service has determined that a potential threat to human health and the environment stems from the Heap Leach Facility as the result of past mining activity at the Beal Mountain mine. The Forest Service has completed an Engineering Evaluation and Cost Analysis (EE/CA) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response and Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) in order to develop the appropriate response action. There is a significant threat of a release of hazardous substances, including but not limited to, nitrate+nitrite, sulfate, copper, iron selenium and cyanide from the heap leach facility to German Gulch and other surface water and ground water. Thus, there is a need to implement the selected removal action to repair the northern end of the heap leach area. Project Location: The Mine site is located on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest approximately 16 miles southwest of Butte, Montana in Silver Bow County, and 10 miles southwest of Fairmont, Montana, in Township 2 and 3 North, Range 10 West of the Montana Principal Meridian in (all or ) portions of Sections 5 and 6 and Sections 31 and 32. The Site encompasses NFS lands under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service, Butte Ranger District, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. Cost Range: Between $1,000,000and $2,000,000. Request for Qualifications (RFQ) Prospective prime construction contractors interested in this project must respond to the following questions in Phase I no later than 27 Jul 2010. Responses shall be limited to 15 pages.
1)Offerors names address point of contact, phone number and email address.
2)A brief Technical Approach (not a detailed design) to this project based on the general SOW attached.
3)Offerors capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity (include offerors in-house capability to execute the design and construction, experience of the prime design contractor as well as any major design subcontractor experience may be submitted; comparable work performed within the past 5 years, and brief description of project, customer satisfaction, and dollar value of project) provide at least 3 examples.
4)Offerors joint venture information, if applicable, existing and potential
5)Offerors bonding capability (construction bonding level per contract and aggregate construction bonding level, expressed in dollars).
6)Offerors (other than small businesses) should also provide their assessment of the degree of involvement by small and SDB subcontractors, stated as a percentage of subcontracted dollars.