IDIQ Contract for Rental of Construction Equipment with Operators, Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Alabama and Mississippi

This synopsis was originally posted 07 January 2009 is being modified to add some Task Orders under this IDIQ may be funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Such Task Orders will be identified as being Recovery Act funded, and detail any special requirements of the contractor related to the execution of such funds. Also being modified to change the bid response date from 17 March 2009 to 20 March 2009. All other information remains unchanged.

This synopsis was posted on 07 January 2009 is being modified to change the bid response date from 3 March 2009 to 17 March 2009. All other information remains unchanged.

This synopsis was originally posted on 07 Janauary 2009 is being modified to change the bid response date from 25 February 2009 to 3 March 2009. All other information remains unchanged.

This synopsis was orginally posted on 7 January 2009 is being modified to change the NAICS code from 532412 to 237990. All of information remains unchanged.

The work to be performed under this Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is at various locations on Demopolis, Gainesville, Aliceville, Columbus, Aberdeen Lakes, Amory, Wilkins, Fulton, Rankin, Montgomery Pools, Bay Springs Lake, and The Divide Section, Tenn-Tom Waterway in Greene, Sumter, Marengo, and Pickens Counties in Alabama, Lowndes, Clay, Noxubee, Monroe, Tishomingo, Lee, Prentiss, and Itawamba Counties in Mississippi. Work items that will be accomplished utilizing this contract consist of 1) waterfowl impoundment construction, 2) road construction and maintenance, 3) clearing forest openings for wildlife, 4) clearing of fire lanes for control burning, 5) reforestation, 6) agricultural plantings (food plots), 7) various forestry activities 8) disposal area maintenance, 9) levee construction and maintenance, and 10) Maintenance of Federal Flood Control Projects, 11) other work as directed by the Contracting Officer or the Authorized Representative of the Contracting Officer, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 532412.

The solicitation will be available for download on 22 January 2009. The estimated cost of this project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. The contracting officers are Mr. Gene Curtis and Ms. Donna Parker.

THIS IS A 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE PROCUREMENT.

Note No. 1: All prospective contractors and their subcontractors and suppliers must be registered in Federal Business Opportunities (fedbizops) before they will be allowed to download solicitation information. Contractors must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR) 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 directed 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 Contractors responsibility to monitor the website daily for the solicitation to be posted and for any posted changes or amendments to these 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 Governments best interest. NOTE: this solicitation is in .pdf format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Note No. 2: 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: www.fbo.gov. The specifications will be issued on www.fbo.gov, and will be provided free of charge.

Note No. 3: This solicitation includes bid options which may not be awarded.

Note No. 4: Offeror must insert a price on all numbered items of the bid schedule. Failure to do so will disqualify the bid. All the extensions of the unit prices shown will be subject to verification by the Government. In case of variation between the unit price and the extension, the unit price will be considered to be the bid.

Note No. 5: Refer to the Section 01000 Paragraph entitled Option for Increased Quantity.

Note No. 6: The number of hours bid is estimated. The contractor may be required to work either more or less than the number of hours bid. The Government may require the delivery of the numbered line items, identified in the schedule as option items, in the quantity and at the price stated in the schedule. Subject to the availability of funds, the Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor with in 90 days of Notice to Proceed.

Note No. 7: Only one contract will be awarded on this bid schedule. Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the following clause:

52.217-5 Evaluation of Options (JUL 1990)
Except with it is determined in accordance with FAR 17.206(b) not to be in the Governments best interests, the Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. Evaluation of options will not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

Note No. 8: 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. 9: For this job, a small business is defined as having average annual receipts of less than $7,000,000 for the past three years.

Note No. 11: Critical path method is not required.

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SPECIFIC TECHNICAL QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS PROJECT MAY BE ANSWERED BY MR. RANDALL JUNKIN AT PHONE (662) 327-2142, FAX (662) 328-8766.