The Army Corps of Engineers has posted this Special Notice for proposed work in the Picayune Strand. Notice that they are willing to spend up to $100,000,000.00 for this fiasco yet nobody seems to be able to provide the substitute riding area we were promised when we were kicked out. Unbelievable waste of taxpayer's money. Notice the capacity of the proposed pump station; 810 cubic feet per second (cfs). That is a little over 6,000 gallons of water per second. That is a huge amount of water; basically a standard swimming pool every two seconds!!
Solicitation Number:
W912EP-08-Z-0012 Notice Type:
Special Notice Synopsis:
Added: Jul 28, 2008 2:09 pm Modified: Jul 29, 2008 12:15 pmTrack Changes
THIS IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. DO NOT REGISTER FOR PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AT THIS TIME. THERE IS A DRAFT SOLICITATION AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW ON OUR WEBSITE (see instructions below). The Government may consider comments and inquiries while preparing the final plans and specs; however, the Government is not seeking comments and may not provide responses to inquiries. A solicitation will be issued on or about the end of FY08 with proposals due on or about the first part of FY09. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: the work limits will fall within the land owned and/or controlled by the SFWMD. In general, the PSRP work limits are bound by I-75 to the north, Prairie Canal/Basil Road to the east, Tamiami Trail to the south and Miller Road to the west. The Merritt Canal Pump Station will be constructed adjacent to the Merritt Canal near 54th Avenue SE. It will have 2-75 cfs pumps and 4-220 cfs pumps, for a firm capacity of 810 cfs and 6 bays. The work includes the installation of mechanical equipment, electrical systems, instrumentation and controls, and miscellaneous civil works. Construction of the station will include, excavation, station substructure, backfill, fully enclosed buildings for the equipment, access bridges, fuel storage areas with containment and all associated equipment, sanitary facility, approach and discharge canals, retaining walls, trash racks, and related civil works. The Work will also include, the pumping stations approach and discharge canals as well as earthwork associated with canal plugging and removal and degrading of approximately 143 miles of roads, 35 miles of trail roads, and 21 miles of log tram. The work is in southwestern Collier County. Magnitude of construction is between $25,000,000.00 and $100,000,000.00. Award will be made to the offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the Government. Proposals will be evaluated on technical, past performance and price. The draft plans and specifications are available on the Federal Business Opportunities website at
http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. REMEMBER: DO NOT REGISTER AS A PLAN HOLDER AT THIS TIME. THE FINAL PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS WILL CARRY A DIFFERENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND REGISTRATION WILL BE REQUIRED AT THAT TIME. You must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. Call 1-888-227-2423 for more information or visit the CCR website at
http://www.ccr.gov. You must be registered in the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation. For more information, visit the ORCA website at
http://www.bpn.gov. NAICS Code is 237990 and the Small Business size standard is $31.0 million.
