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Y -- CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF SHAFT AND HOIST SYSTEM SOL RFP 2010-DM-98 POC Project Manager -- Ralph G. Musick, Jr. (702) 295-5616, Procurement -- Dean McGlasson (702) 295-1743 E-MAIL: mcglasd@nv.doe.gov, mcglasd@nv.doe.gov. Introduction: Bechtel Nevada (BN) is a prime contractor for the operations and maintenance of U.S. Department of Energy facilities and laboratories at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), located 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. BN will soon be soliciting proposals for design, build and installation of a vertical concrete lined shaft and hoisting system. Background: The U1a Complex is an underground laboratory facility located within the NTS. The complex requires expansion to include construction of a 20 foot diameter by 1,050 foot deep concrete lined shaft which is collared at the surface. Requirement: The new shaft, referred to as U1h, will require installation of a shaft collar, structural steel, utilities (water, chilled water, compressed air, ventilation, power, communications -- along the shaft), excavation and installation of a shaft station and muck pocket. Also required is a 10 ton net capacity hoisting system composed of a head frame located over the shaft collar, a cage/skip used for conveying men, materials, and mined muck, and a hoist used for powering the cage/skip. The Subcontractor will be responsible for providing all engineering and design, construction labor, project management, subcontractor managment and oversite, equipment, tools, materials and supplies which are necessary to successfully complete the project. This is a full design/build project and the successful Subcontractor will be monitored throughout through the use of progress milestones and performance measurement objectives. Offerors proposals will be evaluated for safety, performance, project management and technical approach, past performance, key personnel as well as company experience in managing projects of this magnitude and complexity. A fixed price subcontract for design, construction and installation of the entire shaft and hoist system is contemplated. However, BN will reserve the right to award as optional, any individual part of the overall system. The subcontract is expected to begin early May 1999 and continue approximately one year in duration. Solicitations will be issued in late January 1999 and may be obtained by responding to this announcement. Mandatory Compliance Requirements: The successful Subcontractor selected for this project will be required to comply with all DOE imposed regulations, federal, state and local law and Bechtel Nevada subcontract terms and conditions. Additionally, the successful Subcontractor will be required to become a signatory to the project labor agreements in effect between BN and the Southern Nevada Building and Construction trades council, and to comply with the hourly wages, fringe benefits and subsistence requirements stipulated by those agreements . All respondents to the solicitation will be required to provide written certification of their willingness to become bound by these agreements. Posted 12/23/98 (W-SN283337). (0357)

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