REMOVAL & DISPOSAL OF DEBRIS FLOWING INTO FDR LAKE, WA -- PRE-SOLICITATION SITE VISIT The Bureau of Reclamation, Grand Coulee Power Office, Grand Coulee Dam Washington, has a requirement for removal and disposal of debris that flows into FDR Lake. Collection of the debris will occur at the Kettle River and China Bar facilities, and the removal for disposal will occur at the Boise Cove Facility. The requirement consists of collecting debris on the Kettle & Columbia Rivers and then disposing of the debris in a manner that meets all local, Washington State, and federal regulations. The incumbent contractor collected debris with boom logs and moved the debris downriver to Boise Cove at which time the debris was ground into "hog" fuel. The ground debris was sold to Washington Water Power's wood-fired power-generating plant except when the water content was too high. The debris with high water content was hauled by the contractor and used as a soil amendment. However, Reclamation is also looking for alternative methods of disposal and will evaluate these methods as part of the proposal review and evaluation. Due to weather considerations we will be hosting a site visit before we issue the solicitation. The solicitation will not be available until approximately November 15, 1998, with an expected award date of March 1999, and work to begin April 15, 1999. We expect to award a base year contract with up to four option years. The site visit is scheduled for September 15, 1998 at 8 a.m. We will meet at the Grand Coulee Power Office, Administration Building at 7:45 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. We will leave the Grand Coulee Power Office at approximately 8 a.m. and arrive at Barney's Junction (intersection of Highway 395 and Highway 20) at approximately 10:30 a.m. (Offerors located in that general area that wish to join the site visit may meet up with the group at Barney's Junction at 10:30 a.m.) We will drive up the Columbia River to the town of Kettle Falls, Washington, then on to the Kettle River Facility and further up the Columbia River to the China Bar Facility. We will show the log booms set up for debris collection. Then we will drive back downriver to the Boise Cove Facility where the debris removal and grinding process has been completed in the past. This site visit may take most of the day and a break for lunch may be scheduled at an appropriate time. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist via, byoung@pn.usbr.gov. Posted 08/28/98 (W-SN243393).

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