Construction of Chattooga River District Ranger Office, Tallulah Falls GA

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The USDA Forest Service Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest is soliciting bids for construction of the new Chattooga River Ranger District office, a 9,264 sq. ft. building on an undeveloped wooded site at Tallulah Falls, Georgia. In addition to the building, the project includes roads, parking, site grading and site utilities.

The building exterior is stone, glass curtain wall and heavy timber at the entrance. The lower level uses cast-in-place Insulated Concrete Forming (ICF) with exterior stone above grade. The floor is a concrete slab with carpet tile. The upper level construction is a concrete plate floor on concrete columns with a raised floor system with carpet tile. The upper level is mostly open office space. An electric traction elevator is specified. Roofing is standing-seam metal on pre-engineered trusses. The HVAC system is ground source heat pumps connected to closed loop wells. The lower floor is a ducted system to individual rooms; the upper floor has an Under Floor Air System.



This project is a LEED building to be certified at the Silver Level. The contractor will work closely with the Forest Service on waste management, indoor air quality management, material selection, etc. to assure accreditation is achieved.



Contract time is 270 calendar days with an anticipated start date of May 1, 2008.



PROJECT LOCATION: Tallulah Falls, GA on US 441 directly across from the Rabun County Recycling Center.



OTHER INFORMATION: A pre-bid conference and site showing is scheduled tentatively for February 13, 2008. Details will be in the solicitation. The solicitation will be issued as a sealed bid on an unrestricted basis (open to both small and large businesses). Estimated price range is $1 million to $5 million. All potential contractors and subcontractors should register on the solicitation FedBizOpps website to receive notifications and register as Interested Vendors. The online Interested Vendor list will be the only such list maintained for this procurement. Any amendments issued will be posted to the website. Vendors are responsible for checking the website for amendments up to the date and time proposals are due.



SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS: The solicitation and related documents will be issued via FedBizOpps and posted on or around January 30, 2008. Printed copies of the specifications and drawings will be available for purchase from Gainesville Whiteprint; specific information will be included with the solicitation posting. There will be no printed hard copies or CDs provided by the agency.



QUESTIONS: Submit questions via email to moconnor@fs.fed.us or fax 770-297-3031. No phone calls please. A consolidated Question and Answer document will be uploaded after the pre-bid conference.