U.S. Army Engineer District, Rock Island, Corps of Engineers, Clock Tower Building, P.O. Box 2004, Rock Island, Illinois 61204-2004

Z -- REPAIR/PAINT GOVERNMENT BRIDGE, STRUCTURE 320, PHASE II, PR NO. 98-2154, ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS SOL DACA25-99-R-0008 DUE 041499 POC Procurement Technician, Murilene Knight, 309-794-5613 or Contract Specialist, Thomas Bales, 309-794-5661, Fax 309-794-5172 RID website http://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/Ebs/Asp/AdvertisedSolicitations.asp Removal of existing lead-based paint from selected bridge spans, cleaning and painting of bridge spans, repair of structural members and connections, removal and replace of pneumatic piping, concrete removal, concrete placement, milling of asphalt bridge wearing surface, and asphalt paving. The requirment will be procured through the use of a competitive negotiation procedure which uses a Request for Proposal (RFP) as the solicitation document. The RFP requires prospective offerors to develop and submit a proposal that will be evaluated based upon qualification and competitive range using the following selection criteria listed in descending order of importance: 1) Experience(company, personnel, and performance); 2) Work Plan (work plan description, network analysis, plant and equipment); 3) Construction Management (safety, quality, control and partnering and customer service); 4) Price. The contract will be awarded to the firm submitting the proposal considered to be the best in terms of the technicalevaluation factors and price that is determined to be in the best interest of the Government and therefore, the project will not necessarily be awarded to the firm submitting the lowest price proposal. The estimated magnitude for the proposed procurement is between $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. Plans and specifications will be provided on CD-ROM at no cost; paper copies will not be available from the Government. This procurement is Unrestricted pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Program. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered. The SIC Code for this project is 1721. Posted 02/16/99 (W-SN298682). (0047)

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