Y--ENTRANCE ROAD RELOCATION -- GROSSE ILE

The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has a requirement to relocate the entrance road at its Grosse Ile Michigan laboratory. The General Contractor shall provide all supervision, labor, materials, tools, equipment, hardware, and documentation necessary to complete the project, including, but not limited to the following: Removal of existing concrete slabs, walkways and curbs as indicated on the drawings. Removal of existing asphalt paving and all associated substrates and bases to existing subgrade. Temporary removal of existing chainlink fence to accommodate removal of asphalt. Removal of existing sliding chainlink gate and all associated hardware. Relocation and refurbishing of existing facility signage, including replacement of sign posts, painting of existing sign and addition of directional signage. Provide cast-stone planters per specifications. Provide new asphalt paving as indicated on the drawings. Provide new manual-operation sliding chainlink gate and all associated hardware, rework existing fence upon removal of designated asphalt areas. Re-grade and seed areas as indicated on drawings. Provide slurry seal coat and re-striping for portion of parking lot as indicated. Provide one (1) new 20' light pole with 250 watt HPS light fixture. Pole and fixture style and finish shall match existing site poles. Provide pole base with conduits and grounding as shown on the drawings. Provide an in-ground pull box with flush bolted cover and underground conduit to pole base. Provide underground concrete encased conduits from in-ground box to building. Provide conduits and fittings inside building as indicated on the drawings, with wiring tie from new light pole to existing site lighting circuits. 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 of equal weight. The anticipated contract performance period is 90 days after receipt of notice to proceed. The estimated price of the work is between $45,000 and $55,000. The solicitation will be totally set-aside for HUBZone certified firms. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code is 237310, which has a size standard of $28.5 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 will be released through the internet on EPA's home page at www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd/. The anticipated solicitation release date is 02/09/05. No hard copies of the solicitation will be provided. Drawings will be released on a first come first served basis. All requests for drawings or questions regarding this solicitation shall be in writing and directed to the Contracting Officer at: USEPA; 25 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268-7001. No telephone calls will be accepted.