OK ERFO NP CHIC 2024-1(1) Veterans Lake Trail Bridge

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BID – PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

THIS NOTICE IS BEING ISSUED TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT  INTEREST FROM QUALIFIED PRIME CONTRACTORS who are small businesses, HUBZone small businesses, woman owned small business concerns, 8(a) small businesses, or service disabled veteran-owned small businesses and who intend to submit a bid for this solicitation to allow for a set-aside in one of these programs.  Interested businesses must submit the following by e-mail to CFLAcquisitions@dot.gov (Attn:  Laura Vallejos) for receipt by close of business (2 p.m. local Denver time) on February 7, 2025.

(1) A positive statement of your intention to submit a bid for this solicitation as a Prime Contractor;

(2) A list of all confirmed socioeconomic categories (i.e., 8(a), small disadvantaged business, HUBZone small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, EDWOSB, or WOSB status) that apply to your business;

(3) A letter from a bonding agent stating your firm’s capability to bond for a single project of $5 million, and your firm’s aggregate bonding capacity; and

(4) Provide a list of road construction projects of equal or greater value and scope to the OK ERFO NP CHIC 2024-1(1) Veterans Lake Trail Bridge project in which you performed project in which you performed work similar in scope.   DO NOT SEND INFORMATION ON PROJECTS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE THE ABOVE WORK.

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Project Details: OK ERFO NP CHIC 2024-1(1) Veterans Lake Trail Bridge

The project is located along Veterans Lake Trail within the Chickasaw (CHIC) National Recreation Area (NRA) in Murray County, Oklahoma. The proposed improvement is to replace a pedestrian trail bridge that was removed by a tornado April 2024.  The existing bridge has been found in Veterans Lake and will need to be removed as well.  The existing abutments are intact; however, some of the anchor bolts are bent and the south abutment is cracked.

Constructing the new bridge includes repairing the existing abutments that would be reused to support the replacement bridge, repairing the minor masonry structure, and installing an approximately 130-foot-long and 6-foot-wide prefabricated pedestrian bridge. The replacement bridge would be a prefabricated steel truss bridge with a timber deck, similar in appearance to the original structure. Construction staging would occur at the existing parking lot at the north end of the dam and access provided via the existing trail.

Removal of the existing bridge from Veterans Lake would likely involve floating the structure to the parking lots on the east side of the lake and lifting it via crane. The bridge would then be appropriately disposed of. Two parking lots would be utilized as staging areas and provide access for the bridge removal process. 

PRINCIPAL WORK ITEMS:

Approximate quantities for major work items:

• 1 (LPSM) of Removal of Bridge (Steel Truss Pedestrian Bridge)
• 1 CUYD of Removal of concrete (Abutment)
• 200 lbs Reinforcing steel
• 1 (LPSM) Pre-Fabricated Steel Bridge (Modular steel pedestrian bridge)
• 1 CUYD Concrete

It is anticipated this project will be advertised in Spring 2025 and be under construction in the Summer of 2025.  The project has an estimated completion date of June 2026.

Due to weather, no onsite work is to occur from early March to early May.

ESTIMATED COST RANGE:

The estimated price range of the project work is between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000.