Z--Paving and Flagpole for the U.S. EPA Large Lakes Research Station at Grosse Ile, MI

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Large Lakes Research Station, 9311 Groh Rd., Grosse Ile, Michigan, requires Paving and Flag Pole Installation. The General Contractor shall provide all supervision, labor, materials, tools, equipment, hardware, and documentation necessary to complete the project. The project consists of removal of existing asphalt and break-up of existing concrete below asphalt. Grinding of existing concrete paving to accommodate new paving. Provide flagpole, lighting and foundation. Provide flagpole plaza of 6" curb and 8" deep 3/4" rounded stone fill. Provide topsoil and seed in area of removed asphalt paving. Provide new asphalt, parking lot striping and concrete parking blocks. Provide new asphalt paving in area adjacent to carpentry shop on west side of site. Provide asphalt slurry coating and parking lot striping. Provide electrical wiring in existing and new conduit. Bid Alternate A-1 is the contractor providing new asphalt over existing concrete at southwest corner of site, including infill of existing trench drain with compacted granular fill. Bid Alternate A-2 is the contractor providing previous concrete paver system in lieu of 3/4" rounded stone at flagpole plaza. A firm-fixed-price contract is anticipated. Contract award will be made using best value methodology. Two evaluation factors will be used: Past Performance and Price. The evaluation factors will be approximately equal in importance. The anticipated contract performance period is 60 days after receipt of the notice to proceed. The estimated price of the work is between $100,000 and $110,000. This solicitation is totally set-aside for HUBZone certified firms. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 238990, which has a size standard of $12.0 million. All prospective offerors are required to be registered in the Central Contractor Registration system in order to be eligible for contract award. See the website www.ccr.gov for information about registration. The solicitation with specifications, drawings, and site visit information, will be released through the internet on EPA?s home page at www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd/. The anticipated solicitation release date is approximately 15 calendar days after the electronic posting date of this notice. No hard copies of the solicitation will be provided. Interested parties may contact Scott Tharp, in writing, via fax (513) 487-2107 or email at Tharp.Scott@epa.gov with questions.