USACE VICKSBURG DISTRICT, 4155 CLAY STREET, VICKSBURG, MS 39180-3435

Y -- NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI, NATCHEZ BLUFF PROJECT, CLIFTON AVENUE-LEARNED MILL ROAD REACH, PROJECT AREA 3 SOL DACW38-98-R-0009 DUE 050498 POC Contract Specialist JERI H. MCGUFFIE 601/631-5357 (Site Code CW38) The synopsis is amended to show the following revision to the evaluation criteria. EVALUATION CRITERIA 1, 2 AND 3 ARE IN DESCENDING ORDER OF IMPORTANCE: Criteria 1. Technical Capability: Subcriteria 1.a., 1.b. and 1.c. being of equal importance: 1.a. Qualifications and Experience of Management Staff. The degree to which the management staff has experience in (1) soil nailing and ground anchoring techniques (2) mechanically stabilized walls and (3) aeolian loessial deposits similar to those located in Natchez, Mississippi. 1.b. Qualifications and Experience of Key Personnel. The degree to which key personnel have experience in technical areas and the recentness of that experience. At a minimum key personnel shall include the project superintendent's experience in construction of permanent soil nail retaining walls, onsite supervisors and drilling operators experience installing permanent soil nails, and workers for shotcreting operation experience in similar permanent shotcrete application work totaling25,000 square feet of wall face area. These workers include foreman, nozzle men, finishers and delivery equipment operators. 1.c. Technical Solution. The degree to which the summary report and preliminary computations for the subject project provide the Government with confidence that the minimum long term structural safety requirements and project functionality are met. Criteria 2. Past Performance. The degree to which the offeror has demonstrated successful performance in completion of past soil nail walls including combination soil nail and ground anchor systems and mechanically stabilized walls. The degree to which those projects total at least 25,000 square feet of wall face and at least 1000 permanent nails. The degree to which the offeror has demonstrated successful performance in the placement and finishing of shotcrete. The degree to which the offeror has demonstrated successful performance in monitoring and testing insitu tensile members and how collected information was utilized. Criteria 3. Price. Price will not be a scored factor, but will be evaluated for reasonableness and affordability. Technical Capability and Past Performance are more important than price. (0065)

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