U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, 215 North 17th Street, Omaha, NE 68102-4978

Y -- RAILYARD UPGRADE AND EXPANSION, FORT CARSON, COLORADO SOL DACA45-99-R-0007 DUE 060299 POC Contract Specialist: Lynette Black, 402/221-4962 WEB: Omaha District Contracting Division Homepage, http://ebs.nwo.army.mil/EBS/CONTRACT.HTM. E-MAIL: Lynette Black, Lynette.M.Black@usace.army.mil. On or about 30 April 1999, this office will issue Request for Proposals for the design and construction of RAILYARD UPGRADE AND EXPANSION, FORT CARSON, COLORADO. Proposals will be received on or about 2 June 1999. This solicitation is unrestricted and open to both large and small business participation. A pre-proposal conference/site inspection will be held at the Elkhorn Conference Center (Old Officers Club), Building 7300 on Woodfill Road at Fort Carson on 12 May 1999. The conference will begin at 10:00 a.m. To register attendance at the pre-proposal conference/site inspection, contact the Program Manager (Chuck Pribyl), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, 215 North 17th Street, Omaha, NE 68102-4978, Telephone: (402) 221-4550 or FAX: (402) 221-4828 or the Contract Specialist (Lynette Black), same address, Telephone 402-221-4962, before the date of the pre-proposal conference/site inspection. The Fort Carson Resident Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bldg. 304, 803 Tevis Street, Fort Carson, CO 80913, Telephone: (719) 526-5448 or FAX (719) 526-5365, can assist in locating the Elkhorn Conference Center. The Resident Engineer is in the same building as the Directorate of Public Works (DPW). DO NOT submit requests for proposal documents to the site visit personnel listed above. See "Ordering" below. The work will include the following: (Approx. quantities) Design and Construction of: five holding and tie-down tracks, classification /interchange yard, tank road, vehicle staging area, container staging and transfer area, 294 square meter Deployment Operations Building, 706 square meter Engine Maintenance Building, 88 square meter Container Operations Building, two 125 ton vehicle scales, 10 square meter Scale Building, two vehicle wash points, ramps and docks, hot-loading pads, container storage area, and supporting utilities. Approximate length of new railroad track is 9000 meters and approximate quantity of new Portland Cement Concrete is 10,000 cubic meters. Site work also includes: new bituminous pavement; Utilities (gas, water, sewer, storm drainage, subdrainage and electrical distribution and communication lines); and removal of 25 buildings, railroad track, utility lines and pavements. Proposal Evaluation: Major point scored evaluation areas of each offeror's proposal, in descending order of importance, include: Design Team Qualifications, Experience and Past Performance; Construction Experience, Personnel and Past Performance; Schedule, Safety and Health Record and Affirmative Action Program (EEO Policy); and Utilization of Small Business. Price will be subjectively evaluated and not point scored. Note that all evaluation factors other than cost/price, when combined, are approximately equal to the price evaluation. The estimated construction cost of this project is between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000. Contractor's Quality Control will be a requirement in this contract. Large business concerns submitting bids for services exceeding $500,000 or for construction exceeding $1,000,000, shall comply with Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers considers the following goals reasonable and achievable for fiscal year 1999: (a) Small Business: 61.2% of planned subcontracting dollars. (b) Small Disadvantaged Business: 9.1% of planned subcontracting dollars. (c) Women Owned Small business: 4.5% of planned subcontracting dollars. The Contractor will be required to commence work within 10 days after notice to proceed and complete the work within the time period submitted with the proposal after receipt of Notice to Proceed. Provisions will be included for liquidated damages in case of failure to complete the work in the time allowed. Performance and payment bonds will be required. The proposal documents are available on Compact Disk (CD-ROM) and will be provided free of charge. It has been determined that the number of Compact Disks be limited to one (1) per firm. Proposal documents will not be provided in a printed hard copy format. Contractors may view and/or download this project from the Internet at the following Internet address: http://ebs.nwo.usace.army.mil/EBS/AdvertisedSolicitations.asp Ordering of CD-ROM shall be made through the Internet address above. To register on the Omaha District website, go to the "Solicitation Registration" section of the synopsis and click on the link for "Registering". If you do not have Internet access, then you may fax your request to (402) 221-4530, faxed requests will take longer to process, causing a delay in receiving Solicitation documents. Please include the following information: 1) Name of Firm; 2) Point of Contact; 3) Mailing Address; 4) Street Address for Parcel Delivery Service; 5) Telephone and Fax Phone Numbers with Area Code (FAX numbers are mandatory to ensure the receipt of any amendments that may be faxed); 6) Level of Participation (General Contractor, Subcontractor, Supplier or Plan Room); and 7) Large Business, Small Business or Small Disadvantaged Business. If any ofthe information changes during the advertisement period, submit the information via e-mail to lynette.m.black@usace.army.mil or by written request or fax. Failure to provide the above information and any changes may cause a delay in receiving CD-ROM and amendments. Questions regarding the ordering of the same should be made to: 402-221-4962. Telephone calls regarding Small Business matters should be made to: 402-221-4110. Telephone calls on proposal documents (technical content) should be made to Specification Section at: (402) 221-4547. Posted 04/16/99 (W-SN321260). (0106)

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