54--Amendement to Sol. No. 201817Q052 - Design, Construct, and Install Pre-Fabricated Steel Footbridge, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Indiahoma, Oklahoma

The is Amendment No. 1 to Combined Synopsis/Solicitation No. 201817Q052 for the Design, Construct, and Install Pre-Fabricated Steel Footbridge located at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Indiahoma, Oklahoma. The purpose of this amendment is to change the following items: 1) Incorporate soil report data in solicitation. The soil report of the Sunset Foot Bridge Foundation is available upon request by contacting Lisa Rodriguez, Contracting Officer, Ph: 505-248-6797 or e-mail at [email protected]. 2) FAR Clause 52.228-13, Alternative Payment Protections is hereby incorporated in this Solicitation. a) The Contractor shall submit one of the following payment protections: _A payment bond.______________________________________________ _An irrevocable letter of credit (ILC).______________________________________________ (b) The amount of the payment protection shall be 100 percent of the contract price. (c) The submission of the payment protection is required within ___10_____ days of contract award. (d) The payment protection shall provide protection for the full contract performance period plus a one-year period. (e) Except for escrow agreements and payment bonds, which provide their own protection procedures, the Contracting Officer is authorized to access funds under the payment protection when it has been alleged in writing by a supplier of labor or material that a nonpayment has occurred, and to withhold such funds pending resolution by administrative or judicial proceedings or mutual agreement of the parties. (f) When a tripartite escrow agreement is used, the Contractor shall utilize only suppliers of labor and material that signed the escrow agreement. 3) RESPONSE DUE DATE OF SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 REMAINS THE SAME.