Modification 2: Response date changed and solicitation will be issued on or after 14 Mar 2008.
Please contact Dawn Hickman at Dawn.R.Hickman@nws02.usace.army.mil or 206-764-6575 for any questions regarding this project.
The Seattle Distri ct Corps of Engineers has a competitive requirement for construction services on a project titled, FY08 Railroad Upgrade, Fort Lewis,
Washington. The project consists of constructing a facility that provides the following:
1) Expansion o f the Interchange (IC) Yard in the Logistics Center, both widening and lengthening. The design removes a total of 4 existing tracks on the
south side and adds 3 new tracks on both the north and south sides of the main lines, for a total of 6 new l ines, presently serving Ft. Lewis. Total
additional track in the IC Yard area amounts to approximately 10,200 linear feet of track, ties and ballast as well as associated crossovers, highway grade
crossing and all site work associated with the expansion of the IC Yard. A gravel maintenance road is to be provided on both he north and south sides of the
IC Yard. New exterior lighting and fencing will be provided on the most of the perimeter of the new yard.
2) To accommoda te expansion of the IC yard, East Lincoln Road and its rail crossing must be diverted and extended around the new yard. A sweeping S-curve
alignment will be replicated approximately 1,200 feet east of the existing location. The new road will in clude two 12-foot pavement sections and 4-foot
gravel shoulders. Normal pavement markings and signage are included, but only crossbuck signs at the rail crossing will be provided, without additional
signalization.
3) Construction of a new Locomotive Maintenance Facility (LMF) of approximately 5,800 square feet. (Demolition of the existing LMF will be accomplished
under separate contract.) The new enclosed facility will provide maintenance and storage space for three locom otives along with a small office/breakroom
space. Approximately 800 linear feet of track, ties and ballast along with turnouts are associated with the new entrance to the LMF from the IC lead tracks.
Track design follows the basic BNSF de sign of 12-foot shoulders, walkway ballast and drainage ditches on either side. The rail design also incorporates a
2-panel at-grade crossing on the east side of the building. Shop equipment includes a 7.5-ton bridge crane, storage and pumps for lubricants and glycol, an
air compressor, welding equipment, storage shelves, and a small exterior hazardous materials storage building for lubricants and glycol. The LMF will house
the following spaces: a small office area, tool/janitor a rea, bathroom with shower, electrical and communications closets, the shop area (4900 sq. ft.) with
a below-ground-surface maintenance pit for one locomotive space and several large overhead coiling doors. The concrete slab is reinforced in the sh op area
for jacking a 120-ton locomotive. The mechanical design incorporates high-intensity infrared heaters for the shop area and a split system, air-source heat
pump for the small office/break room. Fans and louvers provide summer venti lation and incorporate sensors and controls to exhaust fumes generated during
short-duration operation of locomotives. Roof is standing-seam metal, siding is metal with low-wall brick veneer. Windows utilize laminated glass.
Building wil l be sprinklered with a wet-pipe system. Construction means, methods and materials will result in a LEED-NC rating of silver on the LMF
building.
4) Utility runs to the LMF include domestic and fire water supply, electrical power, copper and fiber optic communication lines and stormwater management
facilities. Electrical service includes relocation of overhead to underground service a distance of approximately 2400 feet, including some additional
manholes and concrete-encased raceway under roadways, connecting to a 225 kVA transformer outside the LMF, pad mounted on a concrete vault. Some steel
casing of lines beneath r ailroad track is required. Sanitary Sewer service includes provision of a duplex grinder pump station and 2,240 feet of 1?-inch
forced main and approximately 120-feet of 4-inch gravity main. Water service will be provided by extension of an 8-inc h ductile iron main approximately
1,175 feet to the LMF site. Stormwater facilities include a bioinfiltration facility receiving sheet flow and piped roof drainage. Grade requirements may
force importation of as much as 89,000 yards of su itable fill. Unsuitable soils removal could amount to approximately 42,000 yards, emanating from
approximately 1? feet of unsuitable material removal from the top of previously undeveloped areas.
The estimated construction cost range is $10 ,000,000-25,000,000 and the performance period is estimated at 365 calendar days. The NAICS code for this
project is 237990. The solicitation will be a unrestricted competitive request for proposal utilizing the Lowest Price Technically Acceptabl e source
selection process resulting in award of one fixed-price contract in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15. This first phase of the
solicitation will be issued in electronic format only on FedTeDS at
h ttp://www.fedteds.gov/fedteds/start.nsf/frm.VendorLogin?OpenForm&SolicitationNumber=W912DW-08-R-0024; on or about 14 Mar 2008. NO CD's OR HARD COPIES WILL BE
AVAILABLE. Offerors are responsible for checking the referenced page for any update(s) to the notice. The Government is not responsible for any loss of
Internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access the document posted at the referenced website. To get automatic notifications of updates to
this solicitation, you MUST click the Register to Receive Notifications button in the listing for this solicitation on FedBizOpps and fill in your email
address.? If you want to list your firm so others can see you are an interested vendor, you must click the Register as Interested Vendor button in the
listing for this solicitation on FedBizOpps and fill in your information; you can show Prime/Sub/Supplier in one of the address or POC lines.?
Project is open to both large and small business. If you are a large business and your bid or proposal will exceed $1 million, you will be required to
submit a subcontracting plan with goals for small business (SB), historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone), small disadvantaged business (SDB),
woman-owned small business (WOSB), veteran-owned small business (VOSB), and service disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concerns. 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, does not exceed $31
million. For additional Seattle District Contracting opportunities, visit the Army Single Face to Industry at
https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/sol_list.cfm?pContractOfcID=16 5 and also see the FedBizOpps postings at
http://www2.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA67/postdateToday_1.html.
