Draft Plans and Specifications - Rio Puerto Nuevo Flood Control Project Contract 5A Notre Dame Street Bridge No 2145 Replacement San Juan, Puerto Rico

RIO PUERTO NUEVO FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT, SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT 5A: NOTRE DAME BRIDGE, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

THE PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION IS PUBLISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL OR BID. DO NOT SUBMIT A PROPOSAL IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE.

BE ADVISED. This notice provides DRAFT documentation for Plans and Specifications pertaining to a future procurement for RIO PUERTO NUEVO FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT, SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT 5A: NOTRE DAME BRIDGE, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO project.

The DRAFT documents are provided for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. All documents released as part of this notice are deemed DRAFT for purposes of the aforementioned future procurement. Only versions of the Plans and Specifications provided with the release of an ACTUAL SOLICITATION (and amendments thereof) shall be utilized by the Government for source selection purposes. Be advised that not all documents released as part of this notice are marked as DRAFT: It is the responsibility of interested parties to refer to versions of the Plans and Specifications released as part of an ACTUAL SOLICITATION when submitting bids or proposals on the future procurement.

The Government may consider comments and inquiries while preparing the final plans and specifications. The Government reserves the right not to incorporate comments or any suggested changes. The following is a description of the upcoming procurement:

The work for the Rio Puerto Nuevo Project Contract 5A includes the replacement of the existing Notre Dame Street Bridge and construction of a new Maintenance of Traffic (MOT)/Pedestrian Bridge. Work also includes excavation of the existing channel, constructing a concrete drilled shaft tangent wall, scour protection consisting of riprap, and replacement of approach roadways. Other work shall include utility relocations and curb and sidewalk construction. Construction will require installing temporary metal sheet piling earth retention structures.

Although bidder inquiries or contractor questions will not be answered at this time, the Government may address such inquiries/questions upon issuance of an actual solicitation if the Government deems it necessary.

In preparation for the formal solicitation, please see the draft plans and specifications attached. Interested parties are highly encouraged to review the Draft documents and submit any questions via ProjNet.

Technical inquiries and questions relating to this DRAFT plans and specification are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at (https://www.projnet.org) No Later Than (NLT) January 8, 2024, at 5:00 P.M., AST. To submit and review inquiry items, prospective vendors will need to use the Bidder Inquiry Key presented below and follow the instructions listed below the key for access. A prospective vendor who submits a comment /question will receive an acknowledgement of their comment/question via email, followed by an answer to the comment/question after it has been processed by our technical team.

All timely questions and approved answers will be made available through ProjNet.

The Project ID Number is: CNT 5A - NOV2023

The Bidder Inquiry Key is: P7GDDU-YNDWQW

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f. Enter your Secret Answer and click Login. Once this is completed you are now logged into the system. Interested offerors shall provide feedback via the above website on this announcement NLT January 8, 2024 (5:00 P.M. Atlantic Standard Time).

DISCLAIMER:

THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR CONTRACTOR TO REVIEW PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF THE OFFICIAL SOLICITATION AND TO OBTAIN FEEDBACK AND QUESTIONS.