Y -- STANZA BISHOP FISH PASSAGE REHAB

The Forest Service will be accepting offers for the Stanza-Bishop Fish Passage Rehab. This project will provide for replacement of three existing stream crossings, two with a structural steel bottomless arch culverts. One site will consist of a bottomless box culvert installed at a 45 degree skew with concrete headwalls and concrete road surface. The project is located approximately 14 miles south of Happy Camp in the Elk Creek Drainage. The work will consist of complete creek channel diversion and removal of corrugated structural plate pipes. Construction of one temporary by-pass road, installation of a bottomless arch and box culverts. The project will require excavating of large fills and hauling and placing of fill and waste material. The project will also require haul and placement of Forest Service provided crushed rock. LOCATION: Project is located on the Happy Camp Ranger District, Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. From Yreka, proceed north on State Route 263 about 8 miles to the junction with State Highway 96. Turn left and proceed approximately 64 miles to Happy Camp and the junction with County Road 7C001, the Elk Creek Road. Proceed south for approximately 14.0 miles to the junction of 15N08 near the project site. See solicitation for locality map. CONTRACT TIME: 140 calendar days. Work is estimated to start approximately June 12, 2004. Solicitation estimated issue date is May 26, 2004, with an estimated due date of June 24, 2004. The solicitation will be posted at this website for viewing and printing. AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION: By registering to receive notification on the link below, you will be notified via email of any changes posted to the solicitation, such as amendments. PLANHOLDERS LIST: The interested Vendor List (IVL) has replaced the plan holders lists that were available in the past. To register on the list, select: - Register as an Interested Vendor and follow the steps. Use this option to add your company name to the IVL; this will take a short time to post. To view or print the IVL, select the link: - View List of Interested Vendors. PRICE RANGE: between $250,000 and $500,000. PREBID TOUR: A pre-bid tour is NOT scheduled. This project is being funded by the Jobs-in-the-Woods program, thus competition is legislatively restricted to certain counties in Washington, Oregon and Northern California. Contract will only be awarded to a firm that is located in one of the following eligible counties: Washington: Okanogan, Douglas, Chelan, Kititas, Yakima, Klickitat, Skamania, Clark, Cowlitz, Wahkaikum, Pacific, Lewis, Pierce, Thurston, Grays Harbor, Mason, Jefferson, Kitsap, Clallam, Island, San Juan, King, Snohomish, Skagit, and Whatcom; Oregon: Wasco, Jefferson, Deschutes, Lake, Klamath, Jackson, Josephine, Curry, Coos, Douglas, Lane, Linn, Benton, Lincoln, Marion, Yamhill, Polk, Clackamas, Multnomah, Hood River, Tillamook, Washington, Columbia, and Clatsop:California: Siskiyou, Shasta, Tehama, Glenn, Lake, Trinity, Humboldt, Del Norte, and Mendocino. In addition, the successful contractor will be required to submit the following data upon completion of contract work and prior to contract closeout: (a) Number of workers employed on the contract including managers, supervisors and support; (b) Number of days these workers worked on the contract (total abased on an 8-hour work day); (c) Total amount of wages and benefits paid to these workers; (d) Number of workers, if any, considered to be displaced timber workers. Solicitation documents will be available for download on this website on or about May 26, 2004.