PRESOLICITATION NOTICE
Y -- AZ RRP-CIBO 10(1), Goose Loop Road, Cibola National Wildlife Refuge HUBZONE CONSIDERATION
- Notice Date
- 12/21/2001
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Central Federal Lands Highway Division, Room 259 555 Zang Street, Lakewood, CO, 80228-1010
- ZIP Code
- 80228-1010
- Solicitation Number
- AZ-RRP-CIBO-10(1)
- Response Due
- 1/3/2002
- Archive Date
- 1/18/2002
- Point of Contact
- Brenda McGehee, Acquisition Program Specialist, Phone (303) 716-2080, Fax (303)969-5971, - Lori Kliethermes, Acquisition Program Specialist, Phone (303)716-2015, Fax (303)969-5971,
- E-Mail Address
-
bmcgehee@road2.cflhd.gov, lori.kleithermes@fhwa.dot.gov
- Description
- This project consists of minor embankment construction and gravel surfacing on 3.15 miles of roadway for the Goose Loop Road, Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, La Paz County, Arizona. Estimated price range is between $100,000 and $500,000. Based on the largest schedule, principal work items include: lump sum contractor testing; 900 cubic yards of unclassified borrow, 174 stations of road reconditioning, 12,670 ton roadway aggregate, method 2 and associated survey and staking, culverts, sign installation and traffic control. THIS ACTION IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR A TOTAL HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. Prime Contractors who are HUBZone small businesses and who intend to submit a bid for this solicitation MUST submit the following by e-mail to contracts@road.cflhd.gov or by telefax to 303-969-5971 for receipt by close of business (4:30 p.m. local Denver time) on January 3, 2002: (1) a positive statement of your intention to submit an bid for this solicitation as a Prime Contractor; (2) date of HUBZone small business certification; (3) statement of bonding capability, to include single and aggregate totals; and (4) listing of experience in work similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts, and points of contact with their phone numbers. All of the above must be submitted in sufficient detail for a decision to be made on availability of interested HUBZone concerns. Failure to submit all information requested will result in a contractor being considered "not interested" in this solicitation. A decision on whether this will be pursued as a HUBZone small business set-aside or on an unrestricted basis will be posted as a modification in Federal Business Opportunities on January 4, 2002. The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontractor at any tier. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80% guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are also available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the Bonding Assistance Program and/or the STLP, please call (800) 532-1169.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, La Paz County, Arizona
- Record
- SN20011223/00009515-011222090217 (fbodaily.com)
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