NASA Underpass Road Bridge Demolition

DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Buffalo District INTENDS on issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) W912P4-14-R-0007 for the NASA Underpass Road Bridge Demolition, Cleveland, Ohio. This is NOT a request for proposal or invitation for bid; this is for INFORMATIONAL purposes only to make industry aware of the upcoming requirement. This project includes the demolition of the two bridges on Underpass Road and portions of Underpass Road at the NASA GRC Lewis Field. Demolition of the Underpass Road Bridge is adjacent to and above the Rocky River. The bridge spans the top of a gorge cliff. The bridge and road are also adjacent to and underneath the Brookpark Road Bridge. The bridge superstructure and deck will be completely removed. The bridge substructure abutments will be removed as close to existing grade as practicable considering site drainage, existing utilities and stability of adjacent structures and earth. Upon completion of demolition, the site will be re-graded and stabilized. Stabilization may include any one or a combination of the following: native plantings, gabion baskets, geotextile, etc. Stabilization, during and after demolition, will be performed to prevent erosion of the adjacent shale slope. Any remaining concrete faces, visible from the west bank of the Rocky River, shall be camouflaged by either vegetation or a surface treatment. Any surface treatments shall also act to deter graffiti. As part of the requirements of this contract, the successful offeror will be required to provide a demolition plan consisting of design elements related to the demolition of the two bridge structures. The Contractor's design submittals shall include drawings, which shall not limited to project vicinity map, demolition, site layout, grading, including storm drainage structures, site utilities and profiles, details necessary for demolition, erosion and sediment control, and turfing and landscaping. Complete design calculations shall be included in a design analysis for site development items such as storm drainage, storm drainage structures, and all utilities. The contractor shall be responsible for preparing demolition sequence and working plans of temporary structures, etc. The demolition sequence and working plans prepared by the contractor shall be submitted to the Government for review and acceptance as part of the design submittal. Details for this requirement will be articulated in full in the solicitation. The Contract Duration is anticipated to be one hundred eighty (180) calendar days from Notice to Proceed. TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This RFP will be for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 238910 - Site Preparation Contractors. This will be a 100% Small Business Set-Aside competitive procurement. This contract is subject to the Service Contract Act. SELECTION PROCESS: The proposals will be evaluated using the Best Value Trade Off source selection process. The selection process will evaluate factors such as past performance, technical capability, and price. Pro Forma Information such as bonding and financial capability may also be required to meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. As a result of the Best Value Trade Off process, the Government reserves the right to award to an offeror that does not offer the lowest price proposal. DISCUSSIONS: The Government intends to award without discussions, but reserves the right to conduct discussions should it be deemed in the Government's best interest. ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE AND AWARD DATE: The Government anticipates releasing the solicitation on or about 14 April 2014 and awarding by the end of May. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. Responses to this synopsis are not required. Additional details can be found in the solicitation when it is posted. SOLICITATION WEBSITE: The official solicitation, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at Federal Business Opportunities website, http://www.fbo.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fbo.gov. Solicitation Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing the solicitation and any amendments by the Government prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. REGISTRATIONS: Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the following database: System for Award Management (SAM): Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the SAM database at http://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror. POINT-OF-CONTACT: The point-of-contact for this procurement is Contract Specialist, Frank J. D'Andrea, at contact@example.gov