Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of Government-Owned Facilities and Equipment, Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway, Alabama and Mississippi

This solicitation includes three (3) amendments. Please note that the correct documents are uploaded, however some of the documents are incorrectly labled.

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See Amendment 0002 for revisions.

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The solicitation package will be available for download on or about September 17, 2014.

Furnish all planning, supervision, administration, labor, equipment, material, supplies, replacement or repair parts, and all things necessary for the Operation and Maintenance of the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway, Alabama and Mississippi. The project is a vital inland waterway that connects the north-flowing Tennessee River to the south-flowing Tombigbee River. The waterway extends from mile 217 on the Black Warrior & Tombigbee near Demopolis, Alabama, to mile 215 on the Tennessee River in the Pickwick Pool near the common boundary of Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. The project is located in west central Alabama and north east Mississippi; Sumter, Greene, and Pickens Counties in Alabama, and Noxubee, Lowndes, Clay, Monroe, Itawamba, Prentiss, and Tishomingo Counties in Mississippi. The Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway currently offers project Navigation, providing for approximately 1300 commercial lockages annually and 750 recreational lockages. These facilities include ten Lock and Dams, seven Class A campgrounds, forty-seven Day Use Areas, three Visitor Centers, the Tenn-Tom Project Management Office and contractor facilities to include offices, shops and storage sheds. There are also numerous wildlife management areas located on project lands and ten wildlife management areas located on separable lands in Alabama and Mississippi. Requirements also include the operation and maintenance of a floating plant consisting of a towboat, crane barge and several other workboats and barges, as well as major lock maintenance closures to accomplish major overhaul and repair work. It is anticipated that a Cost-Plus-Award-Fee contract will be awarded for a base year and four, one-year options.

In general (not all inclusive), work will entail maintenance and repair of project structures, buildings, offices, maintenance facilities, operation areas and roads; locks, dams, spillways and miscellaneous flow structures; vehicles, floating plant, boathouses, bathhouses, washhouses, toilets, gatehouses, security and other fences, sanitary disposal systems, launching ramps, playground equipment, bulletin boards, game courts, water and electrical systems, telephone lines, picnic sites, campsites, and other related facilities. Work required to perform this type maintenance includes carpentry, masonry, electrical, mechanical, structural, plumbing, chipping, caulking, sealing, cleaning, resetting, welding and replacing parts or equipment.

Additional maintenance work includes guardrails, gates, electric barrier gates, signs, bumper blocks, landscaped areas, beaches, navigation or swimming buoys, paved roads, parking lots, trails, navigation aids, courtesy docks, and boundary lines. Services to be performed include general maintenance, cleaning, custodial service, garbage removal, grass mowing, saddle dike and overlook clearing, debris removal, operation of the project visitor center, repair to riprap slopes, repair to earthen slopes, excavation, and storage and disposal of hazardous and/or toxic materials.

This procurement is 100% set-aside for small business. The size standard for which is a concern, including its affiliates whose average annual gross revenue does not exceed $35,500,000.00 for the past three (3) years under NAICS 561210.

The solicitation will only be issued as a direct download at the following website: https://www.fbo.gov. All offerors must be registered in FBO before they will be allowed to download solicitation information.

The solicitation 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 Government's best interest. Therefore, it is the offeror's responsibility to check the website for solicitation posting and any changes to this solicitation. Those registering are responsible for the accuracy of the information provided.

The solicitation package will be available for download on or about September 17, 2014.

Furnish all planning, supervision, administration, labor, equipment, material, supplies, replacement or repair parts, and all things necessary for the Operation and Maintenance of the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway, Alabama and Mississippi. The project is a vital inland waterway that connects the north-flowing Tennessee River to the south-flowing Tombigbee River. The waterway extends from mile 217 on the Black Warrior & Tombigbee near Demopolis, Alabama, to mile 215 on the Tennessee River in the Pickwick Pool near the common boundary of Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. The project is located in west central Alabama and north east Mississippi; Sumter, Greene, and Pickens Counties in Alabama, and Noxubee, Lowndes, Clay, Monroe, Itawamba, Prentiss, and Tishomingo Counties in Mississippi. The Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway currently offers project Navigation, providing for approximately 1300 commercial lockages annually and 750 recreational lockages. These facilities include ten Lock and Dams, seven Class A campgrounds, forty-seven Day Use Areas, three Visitor Centers, the Tenn-Tom Project Management Office and contractor facilities to include offices, shops and storage sheds. There are also numerous wildlife management areas located on project lands and ten wildlife management areas located on separable lands in Alabama and Mississippi. Requirements also include the operation and maintenance of a floating plant consisting of a towboat, crane barge and several other workboats and barges, as well as major lock maintenance closures to accomplish major overhaul and repair work. It is anticipated that a Cost-Plus-Award-Fee contract will be awarded for a base year and four, one-year options.

In general (not all inclusive), work will entail maintenance and repair of project structures, buildings, offices, maintenance facilities, operation areas and roads; locks, dams, spillways and miscellaneous flow structures; vehicles, floating plant, boathouses, bathhouses, washhouses, toilets, gatehouses, security and other fences, sanitary disposal systems, launching ramps, playground equipment, bulletin boards, game courts, water and electrical systems, telephone lines, picnic sites, campsites, and other related facilities. Work required to perform this type maintenance includes carpentry, masonry, electrical, mechanical, structural, plumbing, chipping, caulking, sealing, cleaning, resetting, welding and replacing parts or equipment.

Additional maintenance work includes guardrails, gates, electric barrier gates, signs, bumper blocks, landscaped areas, beaches, navigation or swimming buoys, paved roads, parking lots, trails, navigation aids, courtesy docks, and boundary lines. Services to be performed include general maintenance, cleaning, custodial service, garbage removal, grass mowing, saddle dike and overlook clearing, debris removal, operation of the project visitor center, repair to riprap slopes, repair to earthen slopes, excavation, and storage and disposal of hazardous and/or toxic materials.

This procurement is 100% set-aside for small business. The size standard for which is a concern, including its affiliates whose average annual gross revenue does not exceed $35,500,000.00 for the past three (3) years under NAICS 561210.

The solicitation will only be issued as a direct download at the following website: https://www.fbo.gov. All offerors must be registered in FBO before they will be allowed to download solicitation information.

The solicitation 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 Government's best interest. Therefore, it is the offeror's responsibility to check the website for solicitation posting and any changes to this solicitation. Those registering are responsible for the accuracy of the information provided.