WRP Restoration Lee County South Carolina

TITLE: WRP RESTORATION, FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR USDA NRCS SOUTH CAROLINA (GREG STONE WRP SITE, LEE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA) At this time, this Pre-Solicitation Notice/Synopsis does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Quote (RFQ) or Invitation for Bid (IFB) nor does it restrict the Government to a final acquisition approach. Furthermore, the Government reserves the right to cancel this Pre-Solicitation Notice at any time. This notice provides details of an upcoming project prior to advertisement of the solicitation package. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) intends to solicit for award of a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) construction contract to enhance wetland functions and restore wetland hydrology on one Wetland Reserve Easement in Lee County, South Carolina. GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The proposed work on the Wetland Reserve Program easement site located in Lee County, South Carolina will include earthwork construction. The work to be performed under this contract is the construction of a ditch plug, and two road crossings. The ditch plug will be created from earthfill excavated from a borrow site. The crossing will be constructed such that the roadbed is excavated to natural channel elevation for the length specified. The road slopes shall be minimum 10 to 1. The bottom and slopes of the crossings will be covered with geotextile, and 6 inches of rockfill. Improvement of existing access roads may be required for heavy equipment used during construction. Areas disturbed during construction shall be seeded. The estimated magnitude of construction is between $25,000 and $100,000. The NAICS code is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The Product Service Code is Z1QA. The solicitation package is anticipated to be posted on or about Friday July 31, 2015. A site visit is anticipated to be held on Thursday, August 11, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. in the Lee County USDA Service Center, 129 Fairview Avenue, Bishopville, SC 29010. More information will be publicized in the solicitation package. Interested contractors must be registered in and must complete the annual representations and certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov in order to be eligible for award. SYNOPSIS NOTES: Simplified Acquisition Procedures under FAR Part 13 will be used for this procurement. a. One (1) Fixed-Price (FP) contract award shall be issued for the aggregate of all items. The Government will evaluate quotes in response to the solicitation without discussions and will award a contract to the responsible quote, whose quote, conforming to the solicitation, will be most advantageous to the Government, considering only price; b. The Successful Offeror may be required to attend a Preconstruction Orientation per FAR 36; c. This project constitutes a Federal construction requirement that shall be directed by a U.S. Government Agency. NRCS South Carolina shall be acting on behalf of the U.S. Government. Individual Landowners and State, County or City employees shall not have express authority to speak on behalf of NRCS South Carolina regarding any matters related to this construction requirement/project; d. All applicable Solicitation documents (including plans, maps, specifications, material requirements, etc.) shall be available for download at the FBO website under this posting; e. All future updates, status, changes and information related to this acquisition shall be available at the FBO website under this posting; and f. THE USDA NRCS CARIBBEAN AREA OFFICE IN PUERTO RICO HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO HANDLE THIS PROCUREMENT FOR USDA NRCS SOUTH CAROLINA. THE WORK ADVERTISED FOR QUOTATION HEREIN WILL BE COMPLETED IN LEE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. QUOTES WILL BE MAILED TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICE IN PUERTO RICO. MAKE SURE THAT THE DOCUMENTS ARE MAILED IN ADVANCED TO BE RECEIVED BY THE DATE ESTABLISHED IN THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS. DOCUMENTS CAN BE MAILED VIA FEDEX, UPS, UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. OFFERS RECEIVED AFTER THE ESTABLISHED TIME WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. g. The NRCS Contracting Office handling this procurement is located at: USDA NRCS Caribbean Area Office, 654 Mu'oz Rivera Ave. Suite 604, Hato Rey, PR 00918. Point of Contact is: Oriel V'lez oriel.velez@pr.usda.gov Phone: office: 787 766 5206 ext. 133 cell: 787 370 0562