UT ERFO 70014(2) Santaquin Canyon Road

Sources Sought Number: 6982AF23SS0001

Project Number and Name: UT ERFO 70014(2) Santaquin Canyon Road

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 Business concerns (SBCs), HUBZone small businesses, Woman Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs), 8(a) small businesses, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs), or Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSBs) and who intend to submit a bid for this solicitation to allow for a set-aside in one of these programs MUST submit the following by e-mail to CFLAcquisitions@dot.gov for receipt by close of business (2 p.m. local Denver time) on October 18, 2022. Please put the project name in the subject line:

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

(2) A copy of the letter from SBA stating date of HUBZone small business certification or acceptance to the 8(a) small business program. In the case of a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or a Veteran Owned Business (VOSB) concern, you must provide proof of eligibility (DD form 214 or a letter of adjudication from the Veterans Administration). This information must be provided in order to determine eligibility – DO NOT SEND COPIES OF YOUR SAM PROFILE AS CERTIFICATION;

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

(4) Provide a list of road construction projects of equal or greater value and scope to the UT ERFO 70014(2) Santaquin Canyon Road project in which you performed (as the prime contractor) work in natural resource sensitive areas and work elements including embankment construction, retaining wall construction, concrete box culvert construction, aggregate placement, and asphalt paving. State whether your firm was the prime contractor or subcontractor on the project.  DO NOT SEND INFORMATION ON PROJECTS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE THE ABOVE WORK.

The size of a small business firm includes all parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, etc.  Refer to the Code of Federal Regulations 13 CFR 121.103 for information on how the SBA determines affiliation and 13 CFR 121.108 regarding the penalties for misrepresentation of size status.  All firms should be certified in the All firms should be certified in the System for Award Management (SAM) located at https://www.sam.gov/

A Qualified HUBZone SBC receiving a HUBZone contract for general construction must spend at least 50% of the cost of the contract incurred for personnel on its own employees or employees of other qualified HUBZone SBCs.  This requirement may be met by expending at least 50% of the cost of the contract incurred for personnel on its employees or it may subcontract at least 35% of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel to one or more qualified HUBZone SBCs.  A qualified HUBZone SBC prime contractor may not, however, subcontract more than 50% of the cost of the contract incurred for personnel to non-qualified HUBZone SBCs.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: 

The UT ERFO 70014(2) Santaquin Canyon Road project is located in Utah County, UT within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, approximately 4 miles south of Santaquin, UT.  This project will provide repairs to numerous sites damaged in a 2019 flood event.

SCOPE OF THE WORK: 

The proposed repairs include embankment construction, retaining wall construction, concrete box culvert construction, aggregate placement, and asphalt paving.  These repairs will be accomplished to restore safe passage to the travelling public. The roadway is currently closed and will remain closed until repairs are complete. Diversions of the creek will be required during box culvert and retaining wall construction.

PRINCIPAL WORK ITEMS:

Description, Unit, Est. Quantity

Special Rock Embankment, CUYD, 500

Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Wall, SQFT, 7,000

Roadway Aggregate, TON, 1,000

Asphalt, TON, 500

Reinforced Concrete Box Culvert, LNFT, 250

ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE: 

The anticipated advertisement date is December 2022 with an award date of February 2023. Construction is anticipated to occur between May 2023 and July 2024.

ESTIMATED COST RANGE: 

The proposed project is estimated at a cost of between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000.