CA FTBL Dumont Dunes (1), Dumont Dunes Road

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BID - PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

THIS NOTICE IS BEING ISSUED TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT INTEREST FROM QUALIFIED PRIME CONTRACTORS who are Small Businesses, HUBZone small businesses, Woman owned small business concerns, 8(a) small businesses, or Service disabled veteran owned small businesses and who intend to submit a bid for this solicitation to allow for a set-aside in one of these programs. Contractors MUST submit the following by e-mail to CFLAcquisitions@dot.gov for receipt by close of business (4 p.m. local Denver time) on December 3, 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 Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Concern, 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 $6 million, and your firm's aggregate bonding capacity; and

(4) Provide a list of road construction projects of equal or greater value and scope to the CA FTBL Dumont Dunes (1), Dumont Dunes Road Project in which you performed (AS THE PRIME CONTRACTOR) excavation, roadway aggregate, asphalt concrete pavement surfacing; and roadway reconditioning

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.

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 System for Award Management (SAM) located at https://www.sam.gov/

A Qualified HUBZone SBC 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.

PROJECT NAME:  DUMONT DUNES ROAD

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:  The project is located approximately 70 miles southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada in the California desert, and is on primarily level terrain. The general scope is considered 3R and provides improvements to Dumont Dunes Road starting from the intersection with State Highway 127 and continuing east for 3.9 miles. A new road template will be established, and aggregate road base and an asphalt concrete pavement surface added for 3.1 miles. The 0.1-mile Little Dumont Dunes Road will have similar improvements starting from the intersection with State Highway 127 (approximately 3 miles south of Dumont Dunes Road). The last 0.75 miles of Dumont Dunes Road will be improved with aggregate road base. An existing low water crossing of the Armargosa River will be reconstructed.

Schedule A consists of the first 3.1 miles of Dumont Dunes including the low water crossing, and Little Dumont Dunes, and the remaining 0.75 miles of Dumont Dunes Road reconditioning. Option X consists of roadway reconditioning and adding surface aggregate to the Incident Command Center parking area.

SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES

(Schedule A):

Line Item                                                       Unit                 Estimated Quantity

PLACED RIPRAP                                        CUYD             500

ROADWAY AGGREGATE                           TON               3,000

ROADBED RECONDITIONING                   LNFT             500

FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION                    MILE             3.11

ASPHALT CONCRETE PAVEMENT           TON               8,100

(Option X):

ROADWAY AGGREGATE                               TON               440

(Option Y):

ROADWAY AGGREGATE                                TON               5,000

ESTIMATE:   = $2,000,000 to $6,000,000.

CONSTRUCTION DURATION:   April to July of 2022.

Anticipated advertisement in January of 2022

Anticipated bid opening in March of 2022

Anticipated Award in April of 2022

Anticipated Notice to Proceed in April of 2022

Construction must occur outside of the peak usage of the BLM property and start after Easter and end before November.