Solicitation Number:

IBM08Q0005

Notice Type:

Sources Sought

Synopsis:

The International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) is hereby soliciting Request for Proposal (RFP) for the construction of the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant, Secondary Treatment. The Government’s contract award is contingent upon Congress enacting appropriations. The project involves construction of a 25 mgd secondary treatment process at a 25 mgd wastewater treatment facility with only advanced primary treatment. Work includes furnishing, installing, testing and commissioning all equipment, labor, materials, appurtenances, specialty items and services for a complete and operable facility. Major project elements include:

1. Deep dynamic compaction of unimproved area

2. Engineered fill placement, compaction and grading

3. Excavation and structural fill

4. Aeration basins

5. Secondary clarifiers

6. Air blower buildings

7. Return and waste activated sludge pumping and skimming pump station facilities

8. Return and waste activated sludge thickening (dissolved air flotation) facilities

9. Non potable water pump station

10. Instrumentation and control system

11. Yard piping and site drainage

12. Non process buildings – administration/lab control building; operations and maintenance building

13. Emergency power generation

The secondary plant will be constructed with concurrent operation and maintenance of the existing 25 mgd South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant by a contract operator.

The order of magnitude for the procurement is $50,000,000.00 to $150,000,000.00, and the effort shall be completed within (730) calendar days after receipt of the notice to proceed. The NAICS Code and small business size standard for this procurement are 237110 and $31.0 million, respectively.

This evaluation shall be placed using best value evaluation criteria. The criteria are as follows in no specific order of significance:

-- Cost

-- Schedule

-- Project Experience

-- Project Performance

-- Key Personnel Experience

-- Safety

-- Quality Management

Solicitation guidance and information is as follows:

**Contractors who submitted a Non-disclosure agreement prior to Amendment 1 are NOT required to re-submit a revised agreement. Interested parties after July 22, 2008 shall use the revised Non-Disclosure Agreement**

-- THE SOUTH BAY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE POSTED ON A SECURE WEBSITE. IN ORDER TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE, EACH CONTRACTOR SHALL COMPLETE AND SIGN THE ATTACHED NON-DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND FAX TO: Joshua Soto, Contracting Officer at (915) 832-4192. The original shall be mailed to IBWC-Acquisitions, 4171 N. Mesa, Ste C-100, El Paso TX 79902-1441. The submittal shall also include Company contact information and an email address where the information is to be transmitted.

-- Upon receipt of the Non-disclosure statement, the Contracting Officer shall forward the web-link and password. The Contractor shall not distribute nor forward the information to any other individual.

-- THE CONTRACTOR SHALL HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 1, 2008, 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN TIME TO DOWNLOAD THE SOLICITATION DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS. AFTER THIS DEADLINE, WEBSITE ACCESS WILL BE RESTRICTED AND THE WEBSITE SHALL ONLY BE AVAILABLE ON A LIMITED BASIS.

-- The International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) will amend the current drawings and specifications as soon as possible to alter the scope of the final project. Any reductions in scope will be converted to options in the resulting contract. The revised drawings and specifications will be posted as an amendment to this solicitation and IBWC will extend the solicitation due date.

-- The Government will provide a staging area and contractor will provide for all temporary utilities.

-- The Government will provide some earth material for build-up of the plant location. The available material will be noted during the site visit and future amendment.

-- The Contractor is responsible for security of the staging area and any material and/or equipment left on the Government facility.

-- The International Boundary and Water Commission shall not solicit nor accept proposals for a portion(s) of the project.

-- The International Boundary and Water Commission shall not post a list of interested vendors.

-- Any email correspondence submitted shall contain the following format; “RFP Number, Topic, Company Name.” Example: “IBM08Q0005-RFP-Company”

-- The Contractor shall be responsible for creating the package in the proper order.

-- The firm date for receipt of proposals is hereby changed from September 19, 2008 to October 3, 2008, 5:00 pm Mountain Time.

-- Offerors are urged and expected to inspect the site where the work will be performed. The organized site visit is hereby changed from August 7, 2008 to August 21, 2008, 9 am, Pacific Time.

All contractual and technical questions must be submitted in writing to joshuasoto@ibwc.gov or by fax (915) 832-4192. Telephone questions will not be accepted. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office 2003 format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Amendment 1 contains the following changes:

1. Corrects the format errors associated with the original solicitation.

2. Changes the proposal due date from September 19, 2008 to October 3, 2008.

3. Changes the site visit date from August 7, 2008 to August 21, 2008.

4. Incorporates a revised Non-Disclosure Statement

Amendment 2: The International
Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) is hereby amending the Request for
Proposal (RFP) for the construction of the South Bay International Wastewater
Treatment Plant, Secondary Treatment to adjust the scope of work and include
additional information as follows.

1. Update the Draft Contract to include Small Business Goals, Two Contract
Options, Liquidated damages and other miscellaneous changes.

2. Update the Project drawings and specifications to include
corrections and two project options.

3. Provide three Geotechnical reports on the construction
site conditions.

4. Request contractor interest in an additional site visit.

Additional
solicitation guidance and information is as follows:

-- THE AMENDED SOUTH
BAY WASTEWATER TREATMENT
PLANT DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS SHALL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO GENERAL
CONTRACTORS. CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE NOT ALREADY SIGNED A NON-DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
SHALL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AND SIGN “NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT-AMENDMENT 2”
AND FAX OR EMAIL TO: Joshua Soto,
Contracting Officer at (915) 832-4192. The original shall be mailed to
IBWC-Acquisitions, 4171 N. Mesa, Ste C-100, El Paso TX 79902-1441. The submittal shall also include Company contact information and an
email address where the information is to be transmitted.

-- Drawings and specifications shall not be distributed to
subcontractors.

-- AS A RESULT OF
INCREASED SECURITY MEASURES, A LIST OF PLAN HOLDERS SHALL NOT BE MADE PUBLIC.

-- Drawings and specifications shall be distributed via mail
correspondence only. Requests will be expedited.

-- Contractor’s who have already signed a non-disclosure
statement shall not be required to sign another non-disclosure.

--
The Contractor shall be responsible for organizing the drawings and
specification package in the proper order.

--
Contractor’s may propose an alternate period of performance but must support
their proposal with potential cost savings to the Government.

--
All contractual and technical questions must be submitted in writing to
joshuasoto@ibwc.gov or by fax (915) 832-4192. Telephone questions will not be
accepted. FINAL DAY TO SUBMIT TECHNICAL QUESTIONS SHALL BE SPETEMBER 26, 2008,
5:00 PM, MOUTAIN TIME.

--
Due to the potential impact to the construction schedule, the firm date for
receipt of proposals shall remain October 3, 2008, 5:00 pm Mountain Time.

Request for
Interest in additional site visit:

The International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) would
like to determine the interest in an additional site visit. It is currently anticipated
that no subcontractors would be allowed to attend but requests are encouraged.
Any response should include a proposed number of attendees. Contractors shall submit
a response via fax ONLY. Please fax letters to: Joshua Soto, Contracting
Officer at (915) 832-4192.

-Responses to the interest in an additional site visit shall be submitted by September 5, 2008, 5 PM Mountain Time.

-The order of magnitude for the procurement is hereby changed from "$50,000,000.00 to $150,000,000.00" to "More than $10,000,000."

Amendment 3: The International
Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) is hereby amending the Request for
Proposal (RFP) IBM08Q0005 for the construction of the South Bay International Wastewater
Treatment Plant, Secondary Treatment to adjust the scope of work and include
additional information as follows.

1. Update the Draft Contract to include updates to Option 2 and several
corrections to clauses H.4, H.14, L.4, and the contract cover pages.

2. Update the Project drawings and specifications to include
corrections.

3. Provide requirements for the second site visit.

4. Posting of answers to Request for Information.

5. AutoCAD drawings for the original solicitation shall be provided to General Contractors who declare intent to bid only. Theses drawings are to be considered draft and do not reflect the current contract and solicitation requirements.

Additional
solicitation guidance and information is as follows:

-- All previous requirements and stipulations are still
applicable.

-- Option 2 shall only be exercised at time of award. In the
event Option 2 is not exercised at award; Option 2 shall be deleted in its
entirety from the contract. Proposals shall still include an estimated cost for
Option 2 and proposal evaluation shall take into consideration the proposed
cost for the base bid and both options.

-- IBWC shall have a
second site visit for General Contractors who intend to bid and their subcontractors only. In
order to attend the site visit and receive future amendment documents, General
Contractors shall declare their intent to bid. Site visit shall occur on
September 22 and 23rd, 2008. Each General Contractor shall be
provided a two hour period to review the site. General Contractors shall submit
the following via Fax or email by September 18, 2008, 5 PM, PACIFIC:

1. Declaration of intent to Bid.

2. Request to attend site visit.

3. List of attendees and Companies

4. List of items, areas, and locations the Company wishes to
view or access.

-- Revised Drawings and specifications including the AutoCAD format shall be distributed via mail
correspondence only. Requests will be expedited.

--
The Contractor shall be responsible for organizing the drawings and
specification package in the proper order.

--
All contractual and technical questions must be submitted in writing to
joshuasoto@ibwc.gov or by fax (915) 832-4192. Telephone questions will not be
accepted. FINAL DAY TO SUBMIT TECHNICAL QUESTIONS SHALL BE SPETEMBER 26, 2008,
5:00 PM, MOUNTAIN TIME.

Contracting Office Address:

4171 North Mesa, Suite C-100
El Paso, Texas 79902

Place of Performance:

International Boundary and Water Commission - San Diego
2225 Dairy Mart Rd.

San Ysidro, California 92173-2840
United States

Primary Point of Contact.: