Green Line LRT Extension (“Southwest LRT”) Civil Construction
00150 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Notice is given that on January 9, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. the Metropolitan Council will receive and publicly open separate sealed bids for Green Line LRT Extension (“Southwest LRT”) Civil Construction, Project Number 61001, Contract Number 15P307A, at their office at 390 North Robert Street, St. Paul, MN, 55101-1805. Sealed bids should be delivered to the receptionist. This is a re-bid of solicitation 15P307.
Subcontractors who worked on the following contracts: Advanced Design Consultant Services for the METRO Green Line Extension (Southwest LRT) Project, Preliminary Engineering Consultant Services for the Southwest Light Rail Transit Project – Eden Prairie and Minnetonka, or Preliminary Engineering Consultant Services for the Southwest Light Rail Transit Project – Hopkins, St. Louis Park and Minneapolis, cannot work as a subcontractor on this construction contract.
Section 12.06 of the contracts states: “Restriction on Subcontractor Work. All subcontracts shall state that the subcontractor agrees that it will not enter into agreements of any type with construction contracting firms, or their subcontractors, for any construction project resulting from the preparation or issuance of construction documents from the Work of this Contract.”
The following is a list, provided by the Primes of the above contracts, of subcontractors on those contracts:
• Aero-Metric, Inc. • LV Engineering, LLC • American Engineering Testing, Inc. • MFRA, Inc (AET) • Miller Dunwiddie Architecture, Inc. • Braun Intertec Corporation • MN Best, Inc. • CDM Consultants LLC • M-P Consultants, Inc. • Connetics Transportation Group, • Professional Engineering Services (PES) Inc. • Progressive Consulting Engineers, Inc. • Cross-Spectrum Acoustics Inc. • Rani Engineering, Inc. • Duan Corporation • Sambatek, Inc. • Gannett Fleming Transit & Rail • Snow Kreilich Architects, Inc. Systems • Sowinski Sullivan Arch • EPC Consultants, Inc. • SRF Consulting Group, Inc. • Hansen Thorp Pellinen Olson • SYSTRA Consulting, Inc. (HTPO) • TBE Group, Inc. dba Cardno TBE • HZ United • Transportation Technology Center, Inc. • Isthmus Engineering, Inc. • Toltz, King, Duvall, Anderson and Associates, • Julie Snow Architects, Inc. Inc. (TKDA) • Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. • T.Y. Lin International • LHB, Inc. • Utility Mapping Service • LTK Engineering Services • WSB & Associates, Inc. • WSP (formerly Parsons Brinckerhoff)
If a Bidder includes a subcontractor from this list in its Bid, the Bidder will be found to be nonresponsive, will be rejected from the bidding process, and will be given no further consideration.
The Green Line Light Rail Transit Extension (Southwest Light Rail Transit Line) is approximately 14.5 miles of new double track proposed as an extension of the METRO Green Line (Central Corridor LRT). The Work is located in the following 5 cities: Minneapolis, St Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka, and Eden Prairie, extending from Target Field Station in Minneapolis to SouthWest Transit Station in Eden Prairie.
15P307A Advertisement for Bids 61001 00150-1 Green Line LRT Extension (“Southwest LRT”) Civil Construction
The Work of this Project includes new bridges, pedestrian cut and cover LRT tunnels, cut and cover tunnels, modifications to existing bridges, retaining walls, light rail track, park-and-ride surface lots and a parking ramp, light rail stations, the demolition of existing buildings, trail improvements, freight rail relocation, underground public utilities, underground communications, drainage, sidewalk and roadway pavements, street lighting, signal and traction power ducts, above and below-grade traffic signal facilities, and catenary pole foundations. For the purposes of this contract, the COUNCIL has established a 16% goal for DBE participation. Disadvantaged businesses can be found on the Minnesota Unified Certification Program (MnUCP) Directory. This directory can be found at the following website: https://mnucp.metc.state.mn.us/.
Click Here to view plan documents for no charge and to download them for a nonrefundable cost of $10.00. Input QuestCDN eBidDoc™ 5404525 on the website’s Project Search page. Contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or [email protected] for assistance in downloading and working with the digital documents.
Bidders are strongly encouraged to verify subcontractor’s State and Federal debarment and suspension status at: http://www.mmd.admin.state.mn.us/debarredreport.asp.
Per 2 CFR 200.319, contractors that develop or draft specifications, requirements, statements of work, and invitations for bids or requests for proposals must be excluded from competing for such procurements.
A Pre-Bid Meeting will be held in the Fellowship Hall of St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 13600 Technology Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 on Monday, November 13, 2017 @ 2:00 p.m. Bidders are strongly encouraged to attend. To save registration time, voluntary pre-registration is available at the Southwest LRT construction page at: https://metrocouncil.org/swlrt/construction/procurement.
The COUNCIL has created a virtual flyover of the Project alignment. The flyover can be viewed on the Construction Contract Procurement page of the Southwest LRT home page at: https://metrocouncil.org/swlrt/construction/procurement.
Direct inquiries to the COUNCIL’s Project Manager, Nat Gorham, at 612-373-3889 or [email protected].
The geographical area for this notice and contract is Hennepin County.
Dated this 30th day of October, 2017
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