Y--Superstructures for Kentucky Lock

INIVTATION FOR BID FOR A FIRM-FIXED PRICE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, NASHVILLE DISTRICT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE KENTUCKY LOCK ADDITION/BRIDGES SUPERSTRUCTURE AT GRAND RIVERS, KENTUCKY. The Corps of Engineers (COE), N ashville District, Nashville, TN intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for full and open competition under NAICS code 237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The small business size standard for this requirement is $28.5 million. Th e estimated value of the contract is greater than $10 million. The contractor shall construct the Bridges Superstructure for a two-lane highway bridge and single track railroad bridge across the Tennessee River immediately below Kentucky Dam in western K entucky, complete the surfacing and trackwork on existing approaches to the river crossings, and construct miscellaneous related features as described below. Major components of the Superstructure contract include: 1) fabrication and erection of approxi mately 25 million pounds of structural bridge steel including a 500-foot long steel railroad through-truss, 2) construction of ballasted concrete bridge deck and trackwork for the 2600 foot single track railroad bridge and composite concrete bridge deck f or the 3100 foot long two lane highway bridge across the Tennessee River, 3) construction of a 124-foot long, three span single track railroad bridge over Highway 282; 4) construction of a 235-foot long, three span, prestressed, two lane highway access br idge on a 43 degree curve to the powerhouse island; 5) completion of roadwork and trackwork for approximately 11,000 linear feet of two lane roadway and single track railroad for their relocation to the new bridge alignments (most of the earthwork associa ted with these relocations is performed by others), although approximately 243,000 cubic yards of roadway and drainage excavation and significant embankment construction is included in this project, 6) miscellaneous demolition of existing roadways and exi sting bridges; 7) miscellaneous earthwork and roadwork for access roads and bicycle paths; 8) construction of prestressed superstructure for three spans of fishing piers (average span length is 100 feet) in the Tennessee River; 9) retrofit and overcoat p ainting of existing 30 span, 1,667-foot long railroad bridge on Kentucky Dam to a single lane roadway bridge; 10) seismic and pavement retrofit of 30 span, 1,667-foot long, cantilevered two lane highway bridge on Kentucky Dam; 11) roadwork and lighting ass ociated with a 4,500 long bicycle path across Kentucky Dam; 12) retrofit of existing box culvert bridge for Vulcan Material haul road under the P&L Railway mainline; and 13) miscellaneous parking lot, ramp, and stairway construction. The contractor will b e required to provide all plant, labor and materials to construct these features. All pertinent information will be posted through FEDBIZOPPS. Amendments will be posted on FEDBIZOPPS. It is recommended that each firm check the website daily for updates : www.fedbizopps.gov Hard copies of amendments will not be mailed. Telephone requests or e-mails to the contract specialist for amendments will not be issued for the synopsis or solicitation. The exact date of bid opening will be announced in the solic itation. Direct questions regarding this announcement to Beryl C. Newsome, Contract Specialist, at Department of the Army, Nashville District Corps of Engineers, CELRN-CT, P. O. Box 1070, Nashville, TN 37202-1070, telephone +1 (555) 000-0000 or respond via e -mail to contact@example.gov If Beryl Newsome is unavailable, contact Cassandra D. Mora, Contracting Officer, at +1 (555) 000-0000.