CO FTNP FLFO 900(1), Visitor Center Parking Lot and 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 MUST submit the following by e-mail to CFLAcquisitions@dot.gov or by telefax to 720-963-3360 (Attn:  Craig Holsopple) for receipt by close of business (2 p.m. local Denver time) on August 2, 2017: 

(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 CCR PROFILE;

(3) Letter from bonding agent stating your firm's capability to bond for a single project of $2 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 Sierra Vista Lane project in which you performed (as the prime contractor) parking lot and entrance road reconstruction.  Experience must include embankment construction, placed riprap, roadway aggregate, full depth reclamation, asphalt concrete pavement, pipe culverts, concrete curb and gutter, and side walk concrete.  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 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 DETAILS:  CO FTNP FLFO 900(1), Visitor Center Parking Lot and Road

The project will reconstruct the parking lots and entrance road for the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Visitor Center and Administrative buildings.  The main parking lot and entrance road will be redesigned to improve safety and traffic flow.  The Overflow Lot will be constructed to provide an additional 60 parking stalls.  And the Administrative Parking Lot will be reconstructed to provide accessible routes to the Admin Building and the interpretive and picnic area next to the lot. 

SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES (Schedule B):

Embankment Construction: 6,800 CUYD

Roadway Aggregate: 3,000 TON

Full Depth Reclamation: 6,800 CUYD

Asphalt Concrete Pavement: 1,300 TON

21-inch Equivalent Elliptical Pipe Culvert: 395 LNFT

Concrete Curbs and Gutters: 1,900 LNFT

Sidewalk Concrete: 1,200 SQYD

It is anticipated that the project will be advertised in October, 2017.  Construction is anticipated to occur from May, 2018 to August, 2018.  Estimated total cost is $1 million to $2 million.