Higby ATCBI Guardrail Upgrade, Higby, West Virginia

The purpose of this requirement is to seek a qualified vendor to provide a service of updating the current guardrails and handrail of the Higby ATCBI tower located in Higby, West Virginia to meet current ANSI regulations for the height and configuration of handrails and guardrails in accordance with the attached specifications.



North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 332323, standard is $.0 Million.



A site visit can be scheduled by calling Kevin O’Connor P.E. at 703 771-3703 or send email kevin.p.oconnor@faa.gov.



Offers are due by 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), 21 August 2013. Email all offers to charlie.peppers@faa.gov or mail to the appropriate address listed in the solicitation by the due date.



This requirement is offered to all qualified, responsive concerns and offers will be considered using tiered order of precedence. Each tier will be evaluated using the procedure outlined below. A determination of insufficient competition or unreasonable price will be made before the next tier is evaluated.



First Tier. It is the intent of the FAA to award a contract on a competition basis to an eligible 8(a) business concern, provided that adequate competition is received and award can be made at a fair market price.



Second Tier. If circumstances do not permit an 8(a) award, the responsive offeror(s) from the first tier will be included in the evaluation of the second tier. The Government intends to award a contract on a competitive basis to an eligible service-disabled veteran owned small business, provided that adequate competition is received and award can be made at a fair market price.



Third Tier. If circumstances do not permit a service-disabled veteran owned small business award, the responsive offer(s) from the first and second tier will be included in the evaluation of the third tier. The Government intends to award a contract on a competition basis to an eligible small business concern, provided that adequate competition is received and award can be made at a fair market price.



Last Tier. It circumstances do not permit an award in the third tier, the FAA intends to award a contract on the basis of full and open competition from among all responsible , responsive offers received providing award can be made at a fair market price.



Adequate competition is defined as at least two (2) competitive offers received from qualified, responsible business concerns at the tier under evaluation.



Solicitation and attachment information can be reviewed at FAA Contract Opportunities Website: https://faaco.faa.gov/ under current opportunities.



"This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, has a program to assist small businesses, small businesses owned and controlled by a socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and women-own concerns to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at the prime interest rate to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $750,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169."





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