Rail Spur Upgrade-Wenden, Arizona

SPECIAL NOTICE: SP8000-18-R-0004

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE AWARD FOR THE UPGRADE OF EXISTING RAIL SPUR & CONNECTING TO THE ARIZONA & CALIFORNIA RAILROAD MAINLINE

DLA Strategic Materials intends to obtain services to upgrade 1,852 feet of existing rail spur and connecting this spur to the Arizona & California Railroad mainline north of the site, making it operational for at least ten (10) standard ore hauling railroad cars.  Services will be performed at the Defense Logistics Agency Strategic Materials Leased Storage Site located at Wenden, Arizona.  This site is leased from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).  The site is located on US Highway 60, 2 miles east of Wenden, Arizona (Mile Marker 63) in La Paz County situated within McMullen Valley, which lies between the Qaraiver Mountains to the north and the Harqualhala Mountains to the south.  The valley is an open desert terrain with agricultural, rural and residential property.  The site consists of an undeveloped tract of land with no existing structures and multiple piles of manganese ore.  The site is secured by padlocked wire fencing and accessed by a metal gate at one (1) entrance; this gate is on the southern border with access road off US Highway 60.

DLA Strategic Materials Directorate of Contracting located in Fort Belvoir, VA intends to award a firm fixed price contract on a sole source basis to Mountain States Contracting Incorporated, located in Phoenix, AZ.  The period of performance shall be ninety calendar days from issuance of the notice to proceed.  This action will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 15, Negotiations.  There are no set-aside restrictions for this requirement.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, with a size standard of $36.5 million.

The Government intends to solicit only with Mountain States Contracting Inc. and to award this requirement under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2).  The anticipated award date is no later than September 30, 2018.  The prospective contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database in order to be eligible for award.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals.  There is no solicitation document.  No Request for Proposals will be issued.  However, all information received within fifteen (15) calendar days from the publication of this notice will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

A determination by the Government not to open the requirement for competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Telephone calls will not be accepted.  Interested parties may request further information no later than 2:00 PM EDT on May 18, 2018, by sending an email to SMContracting@dla.mil; and Courtesy Copying (CC) the Points of Contact (POC) listed below.

Place of Performance:
Defense Logistics Agency
Strategic Materials Leased Storage Site located at Wenden, Arizona

Contracting Office Address:
8725 John J Kingman Road, Suite 3229
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6223

Primary Point of Contact:
Yazmin Mendoza, Contract Specialist  
yazmin.mendoza@dla.mil

Secondary Point of Contact:
Noelle Albert, Contracting Officer
 noelle.albert@dla.mil