Bonneville Ambursen Section Seismic Mitigation

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, has a requirement for Bonneville Ambursen Section Seismic Mitigation, Bonneville Lock and Dam in Cascade Locks, Oregon with a Magnitude of Construction ranging between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00.

The work entails filling the north wall of the Old Navigation lock (as referred to as the Ambursen Section) with concrete to reduce the risk of failure under design seismic loading. Monoliths 20 through 25 of the Old Navlock north wall are currently hollow sections and will be filled with concrete to form new gravity dam sections. The work includes foundation preparation, concrete and gravel placement, control and treatment of seepage water, anchoring, and grouting. The work to be performed will take place in a confined space.

Detailed specifications will be inclusive in the solicitation package.

A Site Safety and Health Officer (SSHO) will be provided for all new contracts with this District. For this project, the person that will act as the SSHO is required to have a minimum of 3 years safety work with similar projects and a 30 hour OSHA construction safety class (or equivalent) taken within the last 3 years. The SSHO may have no other duties for this work except function as the on-site CQC Manager.

This procurement is open to both small and large business concerns; large businesses are required to submit a subcontracting plan. The NAICS Code is 237990 and the small busines size standard is $33.5 million. Interested concerns must be enrolled in the Central Contract Registry (CCR) at www.ccr.gov or http://ccr.gov/ to conduct business with the Department of Defense.

A Request for Proposal (RFP) utilizing the Best Value/Tradeoff method will be issued. Evaluation criteria will be provided in the solicitation, and a single firm fixed price contract may be negotiated as a result of this procurement. The solicitation for this project will be issued in electronic format on/or about 30 November 2009 with a proposal due date no less than 30 days after issuance; a notice and link to download this solicitation via Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/default.cfm will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunity (www.fbo.gov or http://www.fbo.gov) website when the solicitation is made available for download. Interested parties must be registered with FedTeDS to download solicitation information. Interested parties are responsible for checking the referenced website(s) for updates. The Government is not responsible for any loss of internet connectivity or for any party's inability to access the documents posted at the referenced websites. The point of contact for matters related to this procurement can be addressed by email to Barbara White at Barbara.A.White@usace.army.mil. All inquiries regarding this solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry. Telephone and email inquiries will not be accepted. Bidder Inquiry is a web-based program that allows bidders to post questions regarding the solicitation and to view all questions by other bidders and answers by USACE. Bidder inquiry instructions will be detailed in the solicitation.