RECOVERY--This is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District Invitation for Bids (IFB) to award a contract for the South Main Street Closure Structure and Regrading of the Driveway at Railroad Avenue, Borough of Bound Brook, New Jersey. The work involves the installation of a 53-foot 6-inch long by 16-foot 4-inch high (clear opening span 47-feet 6-inches) steel roller gate closure across the roadway at the South Main Street underpass in Bound Brook to tie in to the adjacent New Jersey Transit railroad embankment by constructing 150 linear feet of floodwall (T-wall and I-wall). The roller gate closure structure work includes constructing the 18-foot wide caisson supported concrete foundation for both the roller gate monolith and the masonry block gate house; constructing a 63-foot long by 12-foot wide by 19- foot 6-inch high masonry block gate house ; a 75-foot long by 7-foot high (average) retaining wall; and drainage system including sluice gate and flap valve chambers; relocating utilities including sanitary, electric, gas and water; constructing sidewalk, curb, pavement and low retaining wall; and installation of electric winches and lighting. Establish a traffic detour closing South Main Street south of the Bound Brook Rotary at night mostly and night work shifts are required. Re-grading a parking lot and driveway along Railroad Avenue. Construct curb guide rail, drainage, riprap protection and re-grade an existing drainage swale. Demolish a 1-story addition to an existing brick industrial building and removal of a possible under ground storage tank. Provide soil erosion and sediment control measures and landscaping. Additional services include regrading a parking lot and driveway along Railroad Avenue which consists of pavement milling, removal, and disposal; placing fill as required and repaving; constructing curb guide rail, drainage, riprap protection and regrading an existing drainage swale. The project includes soil erosion and sediment control measures and landscaping. Optional work includes demolishing a 1-story addition to an existing brick industrial building and removal of a possible under ground storage tank. The estimated period of performance for the effort listed above is 548 days. This procurement is being solicited as a 100% SMALL BUSINESS set-aside. The NAICS Code is 237990 (General Contractors Heavy Construction, Not Elsewhere Classified). The Small Business size is $33,500,000.00. The SIC Code is 1629. The range of the estimated cost is $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. The Federal Acquisition Regulation requires that Past Performance Information (PPI) be collected on Department of Defense (DoD) contracts. The Government has now implemented a web-enabled application that collects and manages contractor past performance data. Effective 1 April 2007, the system, Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), requires both the contractor and the Government to submit their portion of the CPARS report via the internet for Construction contracts in excess of $100,000.00. More definitive guidance and instructions will be incorporated in the solicitation and resultant contract. In the meantime, to become familiar with the system, the CPARS website has a computer-based training module and a practice session for your use at https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/ct/I/home.asp by following the links to the Training. Plans and Specifications for the subject project will be available at FedBizOpps (http://www.fbo.gov) on or about 28 August 2009 with Bid Opening Date (BOD) on or about 28 September 2009. Bids are to be submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Contracting Division, Room 1843, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278. The media selected for issuance of Synopsis/Solicitation and amendments shall solely be at the discretion of the Government; accordingly, the media utilized for this project shall be the Internet. TELEPHONE, E-MAIL, OR FAX REQUESTS FOR THE SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED OR HONORED. Paper copies of this solicitation and amendment, if any, will not be available or issued. Interested parties may download and print the solicitation at no charge from the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website, http://www.fbo.gov. All vendors who want access to the solicitation will be required to register with Central Contractor Registration (CCR) (www.ccr.gov) and FedBizOpps (http://www.fbo.gov). The system called Federal Business Opportunities (http://www.fbo.gov) has been upgraded as a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all federal agencies. Business opportunities can be located in Federal Business Opportunities (http://www.fbo.gov) or the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) acquisition business website (https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi). To keep informed of changes, check http://www.fbo.gov frequently. Some contractor tools are as follows: 1. Register to receive Notification, and 2. Subscribe to the Mailing List for specific solicitation at FedBizOpps (http://www.fbo.gov) or utilize the Vendor Notification Service in ASFI (https://www.acquisition.army.mil/asfi). A hyperlink posted in FedBizOpps will direct vendors to Federal Business Opportunities to download solicitations, plans, specifications, and amendments. Project specification files and drawings are portable document files (PDF) and can be viewed, navigated, printed using A5. Internet Explorer 6.0 is the recommended browser. However, Internet Explorer 4.x, Internet Explorer 5.5 or greater, Netscape 4.x (except 4.7) and Netscape 5.x are also compatible with the Federal Business Opportunities website. Prospective contractors must be registered in the DoD CCR database prior to award. Lack of registration in the CCR will make an offeror ineligible to download the solicitation for award. Information on CCR registration is available at http://www.ccr.gov. For further information, contact: Ivan V. Damaso, Contract Specialist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 1843, New York, NY 10278-0090. Telephone:
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