Adult Fish Brood Pond Construction Services at Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a requirement for construction services to demolish and reconstruct two (2) adult fish brood ponds at Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery in Warm Springs Oregon. Existing ponds are currently operational deficient and will not meet the future needs of the hatchery. A design was recently completed to address those concerns and the hatchery is now ready to begin construction on replacing the adult fish brood ponds Magnitude of project is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. Work can begin around the first of September, 2015 and must be completed by the middle of May 2016. Period of performance is 300 calendar days. Proposals that do not include a twenty (20) percent bid bond of the total price quoted with their proposal submission will be considered nonresponsive. The successful awardee will be asked to provide a 100 percent payment and performance bond within 15 days of award. Project is a small business set-aside. Applicable NAICS code is 238990. Small business size is defined as $15 million or less annually when averaged over a three year period. Project is currently subject to the availability of funds clauses 52.232-18. Summary of Work: contractor shall provide all labor, equipment and materials necessary to perform the following tasks of the major components: a) Demolish and Remove (2) Existing Adult Brood Ponds. This work shall consist of demolishing (2) oval concrete adult brood ponds approximately 10 feet wide and 40 feet long and the adjacent concrete slab around the ponds for a total of approximately 2,500 square feet. Disposal of demolished materials shall be offsite. b) Construct (2) new cast-in-place concrete Adult Brood Ponds. This work shall consist of constructing (2) new cast-in-place concrete adult brood ponds each 22 feet wide and 46 feet long along with its associated excavation/embankment, foundation construction, installation of piping, pumps and other appurtenances. c) Remove and replace (2) existing chillers. This work shall consist of removing (2) existing chillers and replacing them with (2) nominally rated 106 ton chillers and its associated ancillary work. d) Construct Chainlinked Enclosed Roofing Structure. This work shall consist of constructing a single sloped metal roof chainlinked enclosed structure one that covers the new ponds and another that covers a smaller set of raceways. Source selection process will be best value based upon evaluation criteria set forth in solicitation package. Solicitation Number F15PS00363 with attachments will be issued 15 days (or more) after posting notice of this synopsis to FedBizOpps and will include a date/time, directions and point of contact for firms interested in attending site visit. Solicitation will also include a date for submission of questions from the site visit and to email to Josh_Gordon@fws.gov. Those questions will be consolidated and answers provided by issuance of an amendment directly thereafter. No further notice will be posted on Fedbizopps. To be considered for award, interested contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at (https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/) and Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) must be completed at this same website. For technical questions, please contact Mark Harris at 503-231-2209 or email to Mark_Harris@fws.gov. Contracting questions can be addressed to Josh Gordon at (503) 736-4469 or by email to Josh_Gordon@fws.gov.