US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, SEATTLE, PO BOX 3755, SEATTLE WA 98124-3755

Y -- DESIGN BUILD: ETI PHASE 1 MOUNTAIN HOME AFB, ID SOL DACA67-00-R-0001 DUE 100599 POC Contract Specialist Mary E Mitton (206) 764-6806 (Site Code DACA67) WEB: http://www.nws.usace.army.mil/cntrct/, http://www.nws.usace.army.mil/cntrct/. E-MAIL: mary.e.mitton@usace.army.mil, mary.e.mitton@usace.army.mil. This project consists of the design and construction of a new pilot training range in Southern Idaho near Mountain Home AFB, ID. The pilot training range will include a number of elements to be used as targets and for support functions. The project may include, but is not be limited to, the following: 1. fourteen (14) 1/4-acre emitter sites, to include 60-foot radius gravel parking areas with provisions for the grounding of mobile equipment, and associated access roads. 2. ten (10) 1-acre emitter sites, to include gravelled areas with provisions for grounding mobile equipment, a 40SM utility building, provisions for utilities (power/water) where commercial sources are unavailable, and associated access roads. 3. mock drop-target sites, including a 30-acre site designed to resemble an industrial complex from the air, and a site designed to resemble an array of anti-aircraft surface-to-air missiles. 4. mock no-drop target sites including two (2) 5-acre sites also designed to resemble small industrial complexes, and another 5-acre site designed to resemble an anti-aircraft radar warning installation. 5. a supporting maintenance complex facility, a 600SM facility including a vehicle maintenance bay, radio and communications rooms, office space, and fire lookout tower. The complex shall also have a fueling station and water tanks for range fire-fighting water storage. Design of the range elements shall conform to the previously prepared Environmental Impact Statement, and to negotiated agreements with a number of local parties of interest, including but not limited to the Bureau of Land Management, state and local agencies, Native-American and environmental interests, and local ranching operations. It is imperative that design and construction shall have an absolutely minimal impact to the surrounding environment. The project shall span two (2) fiscal years of construction: a base year with an estimated value between $10 million and $15 million, and an option year with an estimated value between $10 million and $15 million. This solicitation will be conducted in two phases. In Phase One (Pre-Qualification), submittals will be evaluated to determine which offerors may submit proposals for Phase Two. Up to five (5) firms will be pre-qualified to participate in Phase Two. The Pre-Qualification Notice for this project will be posted at: http://www.nws.usace.army.mil/cntrct/A00R0001.htm on or about 26 Aug 1999 with response due on or about 5 Oct 1999. The Notice will include the pre-qualification evaluation factors and submittal instructions. Any subsequent revisions to the notice will be shown on the referenced Internet website. The Government will not mail, fax, or e-mail the Pre- Qualification Notice. Offerors are responsible for checking the referenced page for any update(s) to the Notice. The website is occasionally inaccessible due to maintenance. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offeror's inability to access the document posted at the referenced website. The Standard Industrial classification Code is 1542. Project is open to both large and small business. If you are a large business and your proposal will exceed $1 million, you will be required to submit a subcontracting plan. For the purposes of this procurement, a concern is considered a small business if its annual average gross revenue taken for the last 3 fiscal years are $17 million or less. Visit the Corps of Engineers website at http://www.nws.usace.army.mil for additional contracting opportunities. Posted 08/11/99 (A-SN366393). (0223)

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