Officer in Charge of Construction, Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, California 93555-6100

Z -- REPAIR/REPLACE POWER POLES ON RANDSBURG WASH ROAD SOL N62474-97-R-1924 DUE 030598 POC Diane Steel, Contract Specialist, 760-939-4401. Contracting Officer, Victoria D. Wintjen, 760-939-4401 MODIFICATION TO PROCUREMENT NOTICE SUBMISSION NO. 146171 DATED NOVEMBER 26, 1997- TO ALERT CONTRACTORS OF A FORTHCOMING SOLICITATION -- REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL "REPAIR/REPLACE POWER POLES ON RANDSBURG WASH ROAD"- The Contractor will be required to furnish all labor, materials, equipment and supervision required to repair/replace power poles along a 34.5 KV pole line. Repair the crossarms and related apputenances to the transmission lines from the Burro Facility at the Intersection of State Highway 178 and Randsburg Wash access Road to the intersection of Red Mountain/Trona Road and Randsburg Wash Access Road. Replace Power poles crossarms and insulators and related work. This contract will be awarded based on the past performance and management qualifications of offerors, as well as on the basis of price. Section 00202 of the specification should therefore be read thoroughly and in its entirety to insure that adequate and proper data is provided for evaluation purposes. All work will be conducted by the contractor on flex Fridays and weekends. The work will be performed with the power shut-down and only one weekend per month is available to accomplish the work. All vehicular traffic associated with the procurement will be conducted only on the existing dirt road(s) located under the utility lines and will utilize existing turnout areas. No new areas will be disturbed by work associated with this procurement. The Government has determined that no staging areas are required for this action, that the contractor shall stage all operations from trucks located upon the existing dirt road(s). No new staging areas will be created for this action All workers who will be on-site accomplishing work associated with the project shall be required to receive a Desert tortoise protection briefing, prior to accessing the site. The briefing will be conducted by the Environmental Project Office Code 83E000D at the Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, CA These requirements will be strictly adhered to and will be monitored by the EPO. Performance time -- ALL WORK ON THIS PROJECT SHALL BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 14, 1998. Potential offerors should request RFP N62474-97-R-1924 in writing not later than 30 January 1998. The proposals will be due approximately 30 days later. This solicitation is non-restricted -- Full and open competition. The SIC Code is 1623. The related small business size standard is $17.0 Million. Firm fixed price contract. The estimated cost range is between $100,000.00 and $250,000.00. Please note that the Naval Air Weapons Station will only accept written requests) for solicitation documents. PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR THE SOLICITATION BASED ON THE COST OF REPRODUCTION OF THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. THE CHARGE FOR THIS SOLICITATION IS $11.50. MAKE YOUR NON-REFUNDABLE, CASHIER'S CHECK, OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO: OFFICER IN CHARGE OF CONSTRUCTION (OICC), CODE 832100D, BUILDING 00979, NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION, CHINA LAKE, CA 93555 (CASH, PERSONAL CHECKS, and COMPANY CHECKS, WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED). Offerors who previously submitted their cashier's check or money orders do not have to resubmit. Plans and Specifications will be available until supply is exhausted. (0027)

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