Y--OR-KLAMATH FALLS NFH CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE 1

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is issuing a sealed bid solicitation to solicit for and procure a firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of a new fish sucker fish hatchery located on Lower Klamath Lake Road in Klamath Falls, Oregon (Klamath County). This is the same requirement that was advertised last calendar year around this same time frame against solicitation number 140F0121B0001 that was cancelled, but issues encountered have since been resolved to continue with the project. The proposed period of performance is anticipated to start during the spring of 2022 and complete in the fall of 2023 (15 months after contract award or approximately May 1, 2022 through August 1, 2023). Project magnitude is between $4,000,000.00 and $6,000,000.00 This procurement is being solicited as a Small Business Set-Aside. The NAICS code is 236210 with a size standard of $39.5 million or less annually when averaged over a three year period. The work to be performed will be as defined in associated specifications and drawings provided when solicitation is issued. Detailed requirements and/or specifications will be listed within the solicitation. A Firm Fixed Price award is contemplated from this sealed bid solicitation with an award to the responsive/responsible bidder providing the lowest combined total price for all line items. A project summary narrative of new hatchery work is as follows: The proposed project involves the construction of a new fish sucker fish hatchery located on Lower Klamath Lake Road in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The proposed project will be located on land that is owned by a private party and leased to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the project. Existing aquaculture operations occupy portions of the project site. The hatchery will include a 1.08 acre earthen, lined pond for water storage known as the Influent Retention Pond (IRP), and up to 10 earthen, lined ponds for aquaculture with harvest kettle structures built into their berms, water supply, and drainage. The aquaculture ponds will typically be 5 to 7 feet deep with berms that are 6 to 8 feet tall, and vary in size from 1/8-acre to 1/4-acre. The IRP will be 10 feet deep. Supply pipelines, drainage pipelines and access roads will be constructed around each of the ponds. The project will include an 8-inch diameter buried geothermal supply (GS) pipeline beginning at an existing well on the site and extending approximately 2,990 feet to discharge at the IRP. GS pipeline will typically be placed with 3 feet of cover. The project will also include construction of gravel and asphalt concrete surfaced access roads connecting the beginning at Lower Klamath Lake Road and extending northward into the property and around the perimeter of each of the ponds. The width and surfacing of the road will vary throughout the site based on the anticipated usage. Near Lower Klamath Lake Road, the access road will be 24 feet wide and surfaced with asphalt concrete over a length of approximately 250 feet. From this point, the primary access road will narrow to 16 feet and will be surfaced with an 8-inch thickness of crushed rock, continuing approximately 1,280 feet to the IRP. Additional crushed rock surfaced access roads will be constructed around the perimeter of all aquaculture ponds and the IRP. In the southern portion of the site a 24-foot wide and 40-foot long metal building structure and a concrete slab foundation will be constructed for storage of materials and supplies used by the hatchery operators. Construction work needed to facilitate the project includes excavation, fill placement, grading, temporary erosion and sedimentation control, permanent seeding, pond liners, cast-in-place concrete structures, paving and crushed rock road surfacing, pressurized pipelines for geothermal water distribution, gravity pipelines for drainage, gabion wall and a pre-engineered metal building. Existing Site Description The 25-acre site is located immediately east of Lower Klamath Lake Road and approximately 12 miles south of Klamath Falls in southern Klamath County, Oregon. The site lies at the southwest flank of the Klamath Hills adjacent to farmland reclaimed from the former Lower Klamath Lake. The site can be divided into two areas, including an irregularly shaped 21-acre area, identified as the northern portion, as well as an approximately 4.7-acre rectangular area adjacent to the Lower Klamath Lake Road identified as the southern portion. The site is currently occupied by a private fish hatchery. The majority of the site is lightly developed with facilities operated by the current fish hatchery, which includes several dozens of lined hatchery ponds and three tarp-covered workshops. The hatchery site is surrounded by undeveloped juniper and sagebrush grassland. Existing access roadways at the site are mostly surfaced with gravel; however, many of the pathways are undeveloped and consist of native soils. A geothermal well is located south of the southern portion of the site with metal piping that routes the hot geothermal water to cooling ponds far northeast of the northern portion of the site. Site Geotechnical Conditions Subsurface conditions encountered in geotechnical investigations performed at the site include gravel road base, reworked site soil fill, and residual soil overlying Tertiary sedimentary rocks that extended to the depths explored. Topsoil was observed in few of the explorations. although generally poorly developed due to the arid weather at the site. All explorations encountered and terminated in Tertiary sedimentary rocks at the site, which consist of tuffaceous mudstone with minor occurrences of sandstone. While considered bedrock, relative hardness of these materials was generally R0 to R1 (extremely soft to very soft) with minor zones of R2 and R3 (soft to medium hard) and was easily excavated/drilled through during explorations. The bedrock was observed below a thin layer of topsoil or crushed rock or directly at the surface in many explorations, especially in areas where cuts were made during initial grading at the site. Where not exposed at the surface, depth to bedrock varied between 2 and 7 feet bgs across the site, although it is deeper in areas of extensive fill, such as at exploration location B-6 where bedrock was observed at approximately beneath 12.5 feet bgs. Influent Retention Pond (IRP) The Influent Retention Pond will provide over 1.08 acres of pond surface area for geothermal tempering. The construction of the IRP will require excavation and embankment construction to provide a 3 to 1 side slope, an earthen perimeter berm, and a 12-foot wide access roadway surrounding the IRP. The overall depth of the IRP will be 10-feet, providing 9 feet of water storage and tempering depth and 1 foot of freeboard. The entirety of the pond will be lined with a vented, impermeable liner. A layer of sand shall be placed between the liner and the subgrade at the bottom of the pond. Within the berm of the IRP, an overflow structure and two water supply intake structures will be constructed to allow water to be moved from the IRP to the aquaculture ponds. Aquaculture Ponds Up to ten aquaculture ponds will be constructed. Aquaculture ponds will be 1/8-acre and -acre surface area. Each pond will have a perimeter earthen berm and a 10-foot or 12-foot wide access roadway on all sides of the pond. The entirety of the pond will be lined with a vented, impermeable liner. A layer of sand shall be placed between the liner and the subgrade at the bottom of the pond. Within the berm of each pond, a cast-in-place concrete kettle will be constructed to facilitate fish harvesting, pond water surface management and pond drainage. Kettles will include stop log and screen channels, and a concrete stairway on the exterior face of the kettle extending from the top of berm to the bottom of pond. Water supply pipes will be constructed to feed each aquaculture pond, including pipes for supply of geothermal supply water from the on-site well and supply of water from the IRP. Discharges for these water sources will be positioned above the water surface at multiple points on each pond. Drainage pipes will be constructed at each pond to facilitate discharge of water for conveyance downstream to additional ponds (flow in series) and for complete drainage of the pond to the Pond Drain Pipeline. Supply and drainage pipes will be routed to each of ponds within the limits of the pond access roads. Water supply pipes will typically be buried within the access roads with 3 to 4 feet of cover and drainage pipes will typically be buried with 3 to 7 feet of cover. Access Roads Access roads will be constructed on prepared subgrade covered with a geotextile separation fabric. Access road surfacing materials will include asphalt concrete pavement and base aggregate conforming to Oregon Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Construction. Access road surfacing requirements will vary based on the anticipated use of the access road. Overall the project will include approximately 250 feet of asphalt concrete paved access road and 2,000 to 5,000 feet of roadway surfaced with base aggregate, depending on the awarded bid items. Generally, roads will be graded with a 2% cross slope, however roads between aquaculture ponds will be flat, with no longitudinal or cross slope. Geothermal Supply (GS) Pipeline The construction of 2,990 linear feet of new 8-inch diameter geothermal supply pipeline from the existing well within southern portion of the property to the proposed IRP will include approximately 1,120 feet of buried pipeline across the southern portion of the site, routed adjacent of the existing above grade geothermal supply, and approximately 1,870 feet of buried pipeline routed adjacent to the proposed primary access road north to the IRP. The GS pipeline will be buried with a typical cover depth of 3 feet. Construction of the GS pipeline will require maintenance and protection of existing water supply pipelines serving the existing hatchery operation. Pond Drain Pipeline The pond drain pipeline consists of a 1,035 foot, 24-inch gravity pipeline and five precast catch basin structures. The pipeline will be constructed within and adjacent to a new gravel access road. A segment of the pipeline, approximately 126 feet in length, will be partially exposed and constructed of reinforced concrete pipe placed on concrete cradles. The remainder of the pipeline will be buried and will be constructed of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe, burial depth varies from 0 to 15 feet along the pipeline alignment. Four of the five precast catch basin structures will be 48-inch diameter, with flat top sections. One of the five precast catch basin structures will be 72-inch diameter, with a flat top section and slide gate mounted on the outlet pipe. Pre-Engineered Metal Building The pre-engineering building will consist of a 24-foot wide and 40-foot long metal building structure and a concrete slab foundation. The building will be used for storage of materials and supplies used by the hatchery operators. The building will be located adjacent existing aquaculture operations buildings on sloped area within the southern portion of the site. Excavation will be required to establish the footprint for the building foundation, maximum depth of excavation for the building is approximately 5 feet. The site area disturbed during building construction will be restored with topsoil, mulch and seeding. Access is available to the building location on an existing gravel surfaced access road which is approximately 10-12 feet wide. Bid Items Base Bid Base Bid includes but is not limited to construction of 1.08 acre, lined Influent Retention Pond (IRP) water storage pond, pond overflow structure and two water supply intake structures and associated excavation, embankment, grading, seeding; construction of approximately 2,250 lf of gravel surfaced and asphalt concrete surfaced access road varying in width from 12 to 24 feet, ditches and associated excavation, embankment, grading and seeding; construction of 2,990 feet of 8-inch diameter geothermal supply pipeline, stubs for supply to future ponds along the pipeline alignment, discharge laterals for supply to the IRP, associated trenching, bedding and backfill; construction and maintenance of temporary erosion and sedimentation control measures on the project site. Bid Option No. 1 Bid Option No. 1 includes but is not limited to construction of approximately 1,035 feet of 24-inch diameter pond drain pipeline, including five catch basin structures. Pipeline shall be buried polyvinyl chloride pipe and above grade reinforced concrete pipe in concrete pipe cradles. Bid Option No. 2 Bid Option No. 2 has already been completed to construction a 960 square foot pre-engineered metal building and concrete foundation, associated excavation, grading and seeding. Bid Option No. 3 Bid Option No. 3 includes but is not limited to construction of four 1/8-acre, lined, earthen berm aquaculture ponds and associated access roads, crushed stone road surfacing, water supply pipelines, cast-in-place concrete pond kettles, and pond drainage pipelines. Bid Option No. 4 Bid Option No. 4 includes but is not limited to construction two 1/4-acre, lined, earthen berm aquaculture ponds and associated access roads, crushed stone road surfacing, water supply pipelines, cast-in-place concrete pond kettles, and pond drainage pipelines. Bid Option No. 5 Bid Option No. 5 includes but is not limited to construction of four 1/4-acre, lined, earthen berm aquaculture ponds and associated access roads, crushed stone road surfacing, water supply pipelines, cast-in-place concrete pond kettles, and pond drainage pipelines. Documents will be posted to and be available on the https://beta.sam.gov/ web site on or about mid February of 2022. Prior to submission of bid, interested contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to participate in this requirement. The SAM can be found at https://www.sam.gov. Payments will be made via Electronic Funds Transfer using the data within the SAM registration database. Contracting Officer and Point of Contact information for this requirement is: Karl Lautzenheiser U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 10 Contracting Officer: Karl Lautzenheiser Email: contact@example.gov All inquiries and questions shall be submitted in writing; no verbal questions will be accepted.