Flat Creek, Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Gainesville, GA

FLAT CREEK, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PROJECT, CITY OF GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
(HALL COUNTY)

The work includes restoration of the ecosystem along 1,762 feet of Flat Creek in the City of Gainesville, GA. The work will be performed along reaches of Flat Creek, and will consist of the following work: the laying back of the streambanks, construction of instream stone flow and grade control structures, the placement of stone bank protection, and the replanting of the disturbed riparian area with native hardwoods, shrubs and grasses.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 237990.

THIS IS A TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS (SB) SET-ASIDE

Note No. 1: All prospective contractors and their subcontractors and suppliers must be registered in Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) before they will be allowed to download solicitation information. Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ prior to award of this contract. Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via FedBizOpps. Registration for plans and specifications should be made via FedBizOpps Internet Homepage. If you are not registered, the United States Government is not responsible for providing you with notifications of any changes to this solicitation. The solicitation will be available only as a direct download. This solicitation will not be issued on CD-ROM. Neither telephonic, mailed, nor fax requests will be accepted. Registration should be completed one week prior to the issue date. It is therefore the Contractor's responsibility to monitor the website daily for the solicitation to be posted, and for any posted changes or amendments to this solicitation. The plans and specifications and all notifications of changes to this solicitation shall only be made through this posting and modifications hereto. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a printed-paper format; however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the Government's best interest. NOTE: This solicitation is in .pdf format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free of charge at http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.

Note No. 2: All bid forms, bid bonds, and other normal documents required for the bid submittal, including amendments to the bid submittal, shall be in paper medium. Electronic medium for the bid submittal documents will not be allowed.

Note No. 3: Critical path method (network analysis system) is required.

Note No. 4: For this job, a small business is defined as having average annual receipts of less than $36,500,000 for the past three years.

Note No. 5: It is anticipated that this solicitation will not have bid options. However, optional bid items may be added if it is determined to be in the Government's best interest.

Note No. 6: All advertisements of Mobile District projects will be through the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps). Detailed information on this and other Mobile District Projects (Ordering Solicitations, Points of Contact, Synopsis of Work, etc.) are available on the Internet at: https://www.fbo.gov.

Address questions concerning downloading of plans/specifications to Plans Room at phone number 251-690-2536.

Note No. 7: A Contractor Site Visit will be scheduled at 0800 hrs (Eastern Time) on one day during the week of June 5-9, 2017. The date of the Contractor Site Visit will be stated in the solicitation documents. The only purpose of the site visit is to become familiar with the existing site conditions. Requests for Information (RFIs) generated from the site visit must be entered into the ProjNet Contractor RFI system for responses. Attendance at the site visit is strongly recommended. Due to limited field staff available for construction contractor site visits, this scheduled site visit will be the only one offered. Individual requests for site visits will not be granted. Contractors must provide a list with the names of the persons to be attending the site visit on Company Letterhead and email it to Mr. Brian Murray by 31 May 2017 at 1500 hrs (Eastern Time) at the email address shown below. Request for attendance received after the date shown above will not be accepted.

Name: Mr. Brian Murray
Address: Atlanta Resident Engineers Office
P.O. Box 37
Forest Park, Georgia 30297
Telephone: 404-469-3127/706-304-5398 (cell)
Email: Brian.M.Murray@usace.army.mil

Contractors must meet at City of Gainesville, Environment Compliance Office, 2641 Old Flowery Branch Road, Gainesville, GA 30504 at the time and date listed above.

Note No. 8: The request for information (RFI) process for bidder inquiries during the advertisement period will be through the ProjNet internet based system, and specifics will be contained in the RFP solicitation package available exclusively from FedBizOpps. Other forms of communicating RFIs to the Government will not be honored. The Government will try to respond to all questions. However, responses may not be furnished to all questions and particularly those received late in the advertisement period (0-10 days prior to bid opening.)