Lake Chelan Erosion Control Phase 7

The U.S. Forest Service, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest servicing Region 6 has a requirement for erosion control on the Chelan Ranger District.

Project consists of furnishing the construction and materials necessary to complete shoreline erosion control treatments at four sites on the north shoreline of Lake Chelan in Chelan County, Washington. Construction consists of furnishing and installing special rock embankment, large woody debris, erosion control products as well as other incidental items in a variety of configurations called treatments at locations staked on the ground by the Government prior to commencing work. This work is being done to fulfill the requirements of an Article (1) Forest Service Erosion Control Plan to the license issued by the United States of America Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County (Chelan PUD) for Lake Chelan Hydroelectric Project No. 637 located on the Chelan River near the city of Chelan, Washington.

Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, tools, transportation, and supplies, incidental supplies necessary to perform all work described in accordance with drawings and specifications of the contract. Contractor will be paid for actual work performed.

The Contractor shall utilize products and materials that promote energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, use of recovered materials, that are environmentally preferable, and are made from bio based materials (e.g. insulating foam, composite panels, concrete with fly ash, wood and concrete sealers) to the maximum extent possible without jeopardizing the intended end use or detracting from the overall quality delivered.

The Contractor shall assume all risk, loss, damage, or expense arising out of prosecution of the work, except as otherwise provided in the contract.

Award will be made in sufficient time for planning and preparation with on-site work to start on or after October 1, 2016, depending on weather conditions. All work shall be completed during the winter/spring drawdown period for 2016-2017 with all work completed not later than March 31, 2017 or the end of the drawdown period, whichever occurs first

A firm-fixed price contract is contemplated requiring submission of both technical quote and business quote. Award will be made to the offeror whose proposal offers the best value to the Government. The estimated construction range of magnitude for this project is between $25,000 and $100,000.

This acquisition is determined to be under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program and posted for 100% small business set aside. Contractors are required to be registered with System for Award Management (SAM). The "Submit Invoice-to" address for USDA orders is the Department of Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP). The contractor must follow the instructions on how to register and submit invoices via IPP as prescribed in the previous communications from USDA and Treasury. All invoices are to be submitted via the electronic Invoice Processing Platform. This is a mandatory requirement initiated by the U.S. Department of Treasury and you can find more information at this website https://www.ipp.gov/index.htm. Please make sure that your company has registered at https://www.ipp.gov/vendors/enrollment-vendors.htm to establish your account.

The solicitation with specifications and wage rates will be posted to the https://www.fbo.gov/ website on or after July 29, 2016. No hard copies of the solicitation and applicable amendments will be mailed or issued. To receive the Request for Proposal package and any applicable amendments, offerors must download them from the https://www.fbo.gov/ website.