Z --IFB for Firm Fixed Price Construction Contract

NA Total Small Business Set Aside (FAR Part 19.5). The Volpe Center intends issuing an Invitation for Bids for a firm fixed-price construction contract. The 2002 NAICS code is 238990 and the small business size standard is $12,000,000. The work required is excavating an existing gravel driveway and replacing it with new asphalt driveway materials at a commercial property located in Libby, Montana. The contractor will be required to excavate the current gravel driveway allowing for placement of geotextile fabric, six (6) inches of ¾ inch stone, 2 ½ inches of binder course and 2 inches of top course asphalt. The magnitude of this construction project is estimated between $25,000.00 and $100,000.00. The solicitation will be electronically posted to www.fedbizopps.gov and www.volpe.dot.gov on or about August 18,2003. Detailed specifications will be set forth in the solicitation. The solicitation and documents related to this procurement will be available on the Internet in text format and reside on a www server which may be accessed using Web browsers. The www address, or URL, of the Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page is: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. Offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitation's posting and availability for downloading may register at the Volpe Center site. Contractors are warned that when they register to receive solicitations, amendments and other notices, the responsibility for providing the Government with an accurate and complete e-mail address lies with the contractor. The Government will make no a dditional efforts to deliver information when the system indicates that transmissions cannot be delivered to the e-mail address provided. Paper copies of the solicitation and or amendments WILL NOT be issued. The Department of Transportation (DOT) has a bonding assistance program available which enables minority, women and disadvantaged business enterprise firms to obtain bid, payment, and performance bonds with a guarantee up to 80 percent against losses. In addition, a short-term loan program is available to provide working capital at the prime interest rate. For further information regarding these programs, please call the DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at (202) 366-2852. The Solicitation Number for this acquisition is DTRS57-03-B-60011. The Solicitation wil l contain FAR Clauses 52.219-1 and 52.219-2. Please refer all questions regarding this Presolicitation Notice to Anthony W. Pellegrino, Contract Specialist, United States Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142-1093. Telephone (617) 494-2670 Facsimile: (617) 494-3024; email: [email protected]. Place of Performance: Libby (Lincoln County), Montana