U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, Nashville, Tennessee 37202

56 -- QUARRY STONES FOR ACCESS ROAD SOL DACW62-98-Q-0030 DUE 060598 POC Daniel Alcide, Contract Specialist (615) 736-7276; Peggy E. Owen, Contracting Officer (615) 736-5679. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only Request for Quote that will be issued; quotations are being requested and a written RFQ will not be issued. This request is issued under RFQ DACW62-98-Q-0030. The Nashville District Corps of Engineers intends to puchase 3600 Tons of riprap and 1000 Tons of DGA Crushed stone as specified herein to be delivered to the tailwater area of Kentucky Lock, located at Mile 22.4 of the Tennessee River in Livingston County, Kentucky. The stone shall be delivered on flat-deck rock barges. TIME CONSTRAINTS AND LOCK CLOSURE. Kentucky Lock is scheduled to be closed during the period June 17-28, 1998. The delivery to the lower lock approach site is being specified during the scheduled lock outage in order not to block normal lock operations. The stone must be delivered no later than 11:00 a.m. on June 17, 1998. The Contractor is responsible for keeping his barges, which arrive prior to 6:00 AM on June 17, 1998, from blocking navigation. Special provisions can be made to allow the required rock barges to transit through Kentucky Lock (if necessary) during the last lockage on June 17, 1998, scheduled for 6:00 AM, upon request to the Kentucky Lock Lockmaster, Mr. Gary Hubbard (telephone, 502-362-4226). The barges are required to remain in the tailwater area until the lock reopens on June 28, 1998 or until they are completely offloaded by TVA equipment and personnel. The barges will also be allowed to be the first transit through the lock when it reopens on June 28, 1998 upon coordination with Mr. Hubbard. SITE CONSTRAINTS AND HELPER BOAT REQUIREMENTS. The navigable waters of the entire lower approach will be available to the Contractor during the period 6:00 a.m. June 17, 1998 to 6:00 p.m. June 28, 1998. It is anticipated that the rock barges will be offloaded whiled located adjacent to the powerhouse island's riprapped bank downstream of the lock's lower approach (river or western) wall. Land based equipment will be used by TVA personnel to offload the barges. It is the Contractor's responsibility to provide a helper boat and sufficient personnel to position the barges under direction from the TVA personnel. The helper boat should be available 10 hours a day, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., during the entire work period of June 17, 1998 to June 28, 1998. If the helper boat should experience mechanical or other difficulties that render it inoperable, then a replacement boat shall be provided by the Contractor so as to not delay the off loading process by more than one day. BID SCHEDULE. The bid schedule is as follows: Item No. 1 Quarry Run Stone at 3600 TN. Unit Price__ __ ____ Estimate Total __ __ __ __ __ __. Item No. 2 DGA Crushed Stone at 1000 TN. Unit Price__ __ __ ___ Estimated Total__ __ __ __ ___. Item No. 3 Transportation of Stone 1 Job for an Estimated Tota__ __ __ ____. Item No. 1 -- Quarry Run Stone. The quarry-run stone shall be durable and of suitable quality to ensure permanence in the structure and in the climate in which it is to be used. It shall be free from cracks, seams, and other defects that would tend to increase unduly its deterioration from natural causes. In general, the stone shall have cubical rather than laminated fracture properties. Thin slabs having an average thickness of less than one third of their average widths will not be acceptable. Field stone shall not be used as riprap. The inclusion of objectionable quantities of dirt, sand, and clay will not be permitted. The stone shallbe well graded with 50% of riprap by weight 350# stones or larger. Maximum size stone 750# and not more that 5% by weight shall pass the 1-inch sieve. Color of new riprap shall match the color of existing riprap. When it is necessary to determine suitability of the stone, representative samples shall be furnished by the supplier to be used for testing. When tested as specified in AASHTO T104, the stone shall show a minimum soundness of 85% for five cycles using sodium sulfate, and have a wear % of not over 60% using the Los Angeles Test as specified in AASHTO T96. Item No. 2 -- DGA Crushed Stone. The crushed stone shall consist of fragments of sound, durable stone free from disintegrated stone, salt, alkali, vegetable matter, or adherent coatings and shall be reasonably free from thin or elongated pieces. Crushed stone shall have a % of wear not more than 40% and the following gradation: sieve Size Percent Passing 1-inch at 100%, 3/4-inch at 70-100%, 3/8-inch at 50-80%, No. 4 at 30-65%, No. 30 at 10-40%, and No. 200 at 2-10%. Both stones shall meet the applicable requirements of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Department of Highways, Standard Specifications. Item No. 3 -- Transportation of Stone. Furnish barges including tow services from the stone quarry to Kentucky Lock. The stone shall be delivered on flat-deck rock barges. Contractor shall determine and inform the Government of the number of barges and time required to transport the stone as specified. The Government will make a firm, fixed price award ruling from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation that will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Delivery is FOB Destination at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kentucky Lock tailwater area, located at Mile 22.4 of the Tennessee River in Livingston County, Kentucky. Delivery is required by 17 June 1998. Inspeciton and acceptance will be the destination. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular No. 97-04, 24 April, 1998. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and 252.236-7002, Obstruction of Navigable Waterway. These clauses can be found in full text at (http://www/ARNet.gov/far). All quotation must include (1) Unit and extended price for the Crushed Stones, (2) A complete copy of the provisions at FAR 52.212-3, Representations and Certifications -- -Commercial Items. Quotations in response to this synopsis/Request For Quotation are due NLT 1600 HRS, 08 June 1998. Request should include solicitation number, company name, address, phone number and point of contact. This acquisition is unrestricted. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 3281. The business size standard is 500. Responses to this announcement must be in writing and should be faxed to (615) 736-7124, or e-mailed to: Daniel.W.Alcide@ LRN01.usace.army.mil if time permits, your offer may be mailed to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CE-LRNCT/Daniel Alcide, P.O. Box 1070. Nashville, TN 37202-1070 (envelope must be marked in the bottom left hand corner with: RFQ DACW62-98-M-0030). Inquiries should be made to Daniel Alcide, telephone (615) 736-7276. (0140)

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