Situk River Watchable Wildlife Area Improvements

Solicitation Amendment -02 is issued July 18, 2011.

The date set for receipt of proposals is changed from Monday, August 8, 2011, to Wednesday, August 10, 2011.

Contract line items 104 and 107 are clarified to show that revegetation for the SE Quadrant falls under option item 4 and revegetation for the NE and SW Quadrants falls under option item 7 -- see replacement solicitation page 4. The in-stream work requirement is clarified -- see replacement solicitation pages 11 and 29. A new clause is added to indicate Government ownership of some trees felled on the worksite -- see new solicitation page 14.1, to be inserted between pages 14 and 15. All culvert pipes are to be corrugated polyethelene pipe (CPP) rather than steel or iron -- see new solicitation page 14.1 and specifications page 80.

These replacement pages are part of this solicitation amendment -02.

JULY 5, 2011
SOLICITATION AMENDMENT -01
The solicitation is amended to change from a Government-supplied vault toilet to a Contractor-provided vault toilet.  The pay item at 001G is understood to include the complete job of acquiring, transporting, and installing the vault toilet.  To accommodate this change, this amendment includes seven (7) change pages, as follows:  (i) Solicitation page 5; (ii) Solicitation page 10; (iii) Solicitation page 29; (iv) Solicitation page 31; (v) Atch 2 Specifications page 8; (vi) Atch 2 Specifications page 12; and (vii) Atch 2 Specifications page 53.

JUNE 29, 2011 -- THE SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS RELEASED; PROPOSALS ARE DUE AT 2PM ALASKA TIME ON MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2011.

June 17, 2011

NOTICE OF PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE AND SITE VISIT

As mentioned in the notice of June 14, 2011 (see below), solicitation no. AG-0116-S-11-0099 for the Situk River Watchable Wildlife Area Improvements project will be released on this FedBizOpps website on or after June 29, 2011.

If all proceeds as contemplated, the following provision will appear in the solicitation:

L.2—Pre-Proposal Conference

(a) The Government is planning a pre-proposal conference, during which potential offerors may obtain a better understanding of the work required.

(b) Offerors are encouraged to submit all questions in writing at least five (5) days prior to the conference, by fax to 907.228.6254 Attn: AG-0116-S-11-0099 Situk River Watchable Wildlife Improvements. Questions will be considered at any time prior to or during the conference; however, offerors will be asked to confirm verbal questions in writing. Subsequent to the conference, an abstract of the questions and answers and a list of attendees will be posted on the FedBizOpps website.

(c) In order to facilitate conference preparations, prospective attendees should submit a note indicating their intent to attend the conference and providing their names and addresses at least five (5) days before the conference, by fax to 907.228.6254 Attn: AG-0116-S-11-0099 Situk River Watchable Wildlife Improvements.

(d) The Government assumes no responsibility for any expense incurred by an offeror prior to contract award.

(e) Offerors are cautioned that, notwithstanding any remarks or clarifications given at the conference, all terms and conditions of the solicitation remain unchanged unless they are changed by amendment to the solicitation. If the answers to conference questions, or any solicitation amendment, create ambiguities, it is the responsibility of the offeror to seek clarification prior to submitting an offer.

(f) A hosted site visit to the work site will occur immediately after the conference. Attendees are responsible for their own transportation arrangements.

(g) The conference will be held:

Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Time: About 1:00pm Alaska Daylight Time

Location: Yakutat Ranger District Office, Yakutat, Alaska

(h) The site visit will be held:

Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Time: About 2:30pm Alaska Daylight Time

Location: Situk River Crossing (the work site)

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The following appeared in the FedBizOpps notice of June 14, 2011

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This is a pre-solicitation notice under FAR 36.213-2.

The Forest Service contemplates issuing a solicitation (request for proposals) for the Situk River Watchable Wildlife Area Improvements project on or after June 29, 2011.  The solicitation number is AG-0116-S-11-0099.  The work includes demolition of miscellaneous site furnishings (such as campsite fire rings, corrugated metal culverts, log edging, wood bulletin boards), site preparation for new construction (such as roadway obliteration, clearing and grubbing,selective clearing, and limbing/bucking of removed trees), earthwork (such as embankments and fills, trenching and backfill, and subgrade establishment), new construction (such as crushed surface roadways, parking areas, pedestrial trails, pedestrian aggregate pad surfacing, in-stream boat launch with pre-cast concrete planks and placement of rip-rap, and battered concrete wall and log picnic structure), installation of Government-provided vault toilet, site furnishings (such as bulletin boards, tent platforms, picnic tables, fire rings, log curbs, log bollards, and signs), landscape restoration, dewatering of work areas, and so forth.  The project plans and specifications are attached to this notice for the convenience of prospective offerors.

The work location is the Situk River bridge (locally known as the nine-mile bridge) east of Yakutat, Alaska, on Forest Highway 10 approximately nine miles from its juction with Airport Road.  Forest Highway 10 is owned and maintained the Alaska Department of Transportation.  Yakutat is not connected to the continental highway system, but is served by commercial airline and barge service.  The nearest full-service cities is Juneau, Alaska, to the east (also not connected to the continental highway system) and Anchorage, Alaska, to the west.

The estimated price range is between $500,000 and $1,000,000 for the base work and $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 for the total project (base work plus option work).

The solicitation and attachments will be released on this FedBizOpps website.  A period of thirty days is contemplated between release of the solicitation and the date set for receipt of proposals.

A set-aside for small business concerns is contemplated.

This is a pre-solicitation notice under FAR 36.213-2.

The Forest Service contemplates issuing a solicitation (request for proposals) for the Situk River Watchable Wildlife Area Improvements project on or after June 29, 2011.  The solicitation number is AG-0116-S-11-0099.  The work includes demolition of miscellaneous site furnishings (such as campsite fire rings, corrugated metal culverts, log edging, wood bulletin boards), site preparation for new construction (such as roadway obliteration, clearing and grubbing,selective clearing, and limbing/bucking of removed trees), earthwork (such as embankments and fills, trenching and backfill, and subgrade establishment), new construction (such as crushed surface roadways, parking areas, pedestrial trails, pedestrian aggregate pad surfacing, in-stream boat launch with pre-cast concrete planks and placement of rip-rap, and battered concrete wall and log picnic structure), installation of Government-provided vault toilet, site furnishings (such as bulletin boards, tent platforms, picnic tables, fire rings, log curbs, log bollards, and signs), landscape restoration, dewatering of work areas, and so forth.  The project plans and specifications are attached to this notice for the convenience of prospective offerors.

The work location is the Situk River bridge (locally known as the nine-mile bridge) east of Yakutat, Alaska, on Forest Highway 10 approximately nine miles from its juction with Airport Road.  Forest Highway 10 is owned and maintained the Alaska Department of Transportation.  Yakutat is not connected to the continental highway system, but is served by commercial airline and barge service.  The nearest full-service cities is Juneau, Alaska, to the east (also not connected to the continental highway system) and Anchorage, Alaska, to the west.

The estimated price range is between $500,000 and $1,000,000 for the base work and $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 for the total project (base work plus option work).

The solicitation and attachments will be released on this FedBizOpps website.  A period of thirty days is contemplated between release of the solicitation and the date set for receipt of proposals.

A set-aside for small business concerns is contemplated.