Opekiska Lock and Dam - Whiteday Creek Bridge Repairs

W911WN-16-R-8006 Amendment 0001 has been posted on 12 August 2016.

The purpose of this amendment is to: 1) Cancel the organized site visit scheduled for 16 August 2016 and 2) Replace provision FAR52.236-27 Site Visit (Construction) (Feb 1995)-Alternate I (Feb 1995) with FAR 52.236-27 Site Visit (Construction) (Feb 1995).

As no confirmations for the organized site visit scheduled for 16 August 2016 have been received, the organized site visit has been cancelled. The Opekiska Locks and Dam Whiteday Creek Bridge is located on a publicly accessible road leading to the locks and dam and offerors interested in viewing the site may still do so. Offerors are encouraged to view the site located at:

Opekiska Locks and Dam
1241 Opekiska Road
Fairmont, WV 26554-8760

Due to the importance of maintaining the schedule for this project, it is requested that all questions regarding the specifications and/or drawings be submitted by 11:00 A.M. Eastern, 22 August 2016. All questions must be in writing and may be emailed to ryan.moore@usace.army.mil or faxed at 412-395-7110 to the point of contact listed for this solicitation. Any questions received after the above date will be answered at the discretion of the Contracting Officer.

An organized site visit has been scheduled for 16 August 2016 at 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM.

Participants will meet at:

Opekiska Locks and Dam
1241 Opekiska Road
Fairmont, WV 26554-8760

Interested parties planning on attending the organized site visit are requested to contact the Contract
Specialist for this acquisition, Ryan Moore, at ryan.moore@usace.army.mil or at 412-395-7549 by the close of business on 12 August 2016 to confirm their participation.

Due to the importance of maintaining the schedule for this project, it is requested that all questions regarding the specifications and/or drawings be submitted by 11:00 A.M. Eastern, 22 August 2016 .All questions must be in writing and may be emailed to ryan.moore@usace.army.mil or faxed at 412-395-7110 to the point of contact listed for this solicitation. Any questions received after the above date will be answered at the discretion of the Contracting Officer.

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The date for receipt of quotes/bids/proposals remains as establihed in the original solicitation, and as amended (if any). This is strictly a notice for information only.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District has a requirement for repair work to be performed at the Whiteday Creek Bridge, located at the entrance to Opekiska Lock and Dam in Everettville, West Virginia.

The Whiteday Creek Bridge is located at the entrance to Opekiska Lock and Dam in Everettville, West Virginia, 7 miles southwest of Morgantown. The bridge crosses Whiteday Creek at the location where it feeds into the Monongahela River. The bridge consists of three spans with two 50-ft end spans and a 100-ft long center span. All three spans of the bridge are comprised of adjacent pre-stressed concrete box beams. The bridge deck is an asphalt paved surface.

The center span of the bridge is experiencing concrete spalling on the underside of the box beams that has led to exposed pre-stressed reinforcing strands that have started to corrode over time; thereby, reducing the load carrying capacity of the bridge.

The repairs to the center span of the bridge will consist of removing patches of unsound concrete from the bottom of the concrete box beams, cleaning the exposed reinforcement, patching concrete, and applying an external structural strengthening system to the concrete. The strengthening system is required to be a bonded wet lay-up (pre-cured laminate will not be permitted) carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) system that must be applied by a contractor licensed for this product. There is approximately 800 square feet of wet lay-up wrap to be installed. Additionally, the asphalt road surface will also be milled and replaced to improve surface drainage on the bridge deck. Asphalt resurfacing applies to all three spans - approximately 5,000 square feet total. The CFRP wrap repairs only apply to the center span, not the two end spans.

Access for repairs on the bridge underside will be limited, as there is typically 5 feet (approximate) of clearance from the bridge underside to the water surface of the creek. The creek is approximately 15 feet deep at this location.

The contract requires that all material removed from the bridge structure (i.e. concrete and asphalt) to be captured and disposed of at a commercially available, properly permitted, licensed landfill.
 
The bridge resides on government property and can therefore be shut down as required for repair construction. Substantial traffic control measures will not be required.

Magnitude of the project is between $250,000 and $500,000.

Award will be made as a whole to one offeror using the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection process.

This procurement is 100% Small Business Set-Aside Firm Fixed Price acquisition.

The NAICS for this procurement is 237310 - Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction and the small business size standard is $36.5 M.

All responsible offerors are encouraged to participate. The period of performance to complete all work will be 210 days after the contractor receives the Notice to Proceed. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued approximately on 03 August 2016, online through Federal Business Opportunities (FBO.gov), therefore, requests for hardcopies of the solicitation may not be honored. In order to receive notification of any amendments to this solicitation, interested vendors must register as an interested vendor on the FBO.gov website. If you are not registered, the Government is not responsible with providing notification of any changes to this solicitation. Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) before receiving a contract award (go to www.sam.gov to register).