Status: Closed: Selected

 Notice is hereby given by the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, that consulting services will be utilized for six inspection projects per the current National Bridge Inspection Standards and may include design plans for repairs, for the following projects:

1)      Six Year Inspection Project for Market Street Bridge, Brooke County, carrying WV 2 Spur over the Ohio River, Ohio Route 7, and three railroad tracks.  The bridge has nine spans, two towers, two anchorages, and five bents, with an overall length of 1794' 2".  The spans consist of three suspension spans of 274' 0",  700' 0", and 323' 9", four truss spans at 80' 0", 112' 0", 112' 0", and 112' 0", and two beam spans at 32' 4" and 32' 1".  The maximum roadway width is 22' 1".

Additional information may be obtained on this bridge at the following website:

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/Bridge/MarketSt/MarketStreetBridge.pdf
 

2)      Six Year Inspection Project for Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Ohio County, carrying  WV 251 over the Ohio River and one set of railroad tracks.  The bridge has three suspension spans of 177' 8", 1008' 6", and 121' 4", two towers and two anchorages with an overall length of 1307' 6".  The bridge has a 20' 0" roadway width and two sidewalks approximately four feet wide.

Additional information may be obtained on this bridge at the following website:

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/Bridge/WheelingSuspension/WheelingSuspensionBridge.pdf

3)      Six Year Inspection Project for Nine Bigley Interchange Bridges, Kanawha County, carrying I-64 and I77 over various city streets, railroad tracks, and state routes.  The interchange has 10 abutments, 97 piers, and 102 girder spans with an overall length of 12,759'.  The bridges carry one or more lanes of traffic with overall widths from about 30' to about 70'.

Additional information may be obtained on this bridge at the following website:

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/Bridge/BigleyAveBridges/BigleyAve20A405-2564EBL.pdf

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/Bridge/BigleyAveBridges/BigleyAve20A406-2564SBRamp.pdf

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/Bridge/BigleyAveBridges/BigleyAve20A407-2564WBL.pdf

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/Bridge/BigleyAveBridges/BigleyAve20A408-2564WBL.pdf

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/Bridge/BigleyAveBridges/BigleyAve20A409-2574NBL.pdf

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/Bridge/BigleyAveBridges/BigleyAve20A410-2574SBL.pdf

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/Bridge/BigleyAveBridges/BigleyAve20A428-2564RampWR.pdf

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/Bridge/BigleyAveBridges/BigleyAve20A430-2564NBL.pdf

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/Bridge/BigleyAveBridges/BigleyAve20A431-2564SBL.pdf

4)      Six Year Inspection Project for Winfield Toll (Ross Booth Memorial) Bridge, Putnam County, carrying WV 34 over the Kanawha River and one set of railroad tracks.  The bridge has 10 spans, nine piers, and two abutments with an overall length of 1432' 2".  The spans consist of three truss spans at 245' 0", 462' 0", and 245' 0", and seven girder spans at 76' 0", 76' 0", 76' 0", 76' 0", 76' 0", 56' 0", and 33' 0".  The roadway width is 28' 0" with sidewalks on each side. 

Additional information may be obtained on this bridge at the following website:

5)      Six Year Inspection Project for 35^th Street Bridge and Ramps A and B, Kanawha County, carrying County Route 60/63 over the Kanawha River, city streets, a state highway, and one set of railroad tracks.  The bridge and ramps have 16 girder spans, 15 piers, and three abutments with an overall length 2167' 2".  The girder spans are 67' 6", 90' 0", 120' 0", 120' 0", 93' 3", 249' 0", 415' 0", 225' 0", 72' 0", 90' 0", 90' 0", 72' 0", 101' 11", 117' 0", 125' 9", and 111' 7".  The roadway width varies from 23' to 30'.

Additional information may be obtained on this bridge at the following website:

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/Bridge/35thStBridge/35thStBr.pdf

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/Bridge/35thStBridge/35thStRampA.pdf

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/Bridge/35thStBridge/35thStRampB.pdf

6)      Six Year Inspection Project for 36^th Street (Bob Basil Memorial) Bridge and Ramps C and D, Kanawha County, carrying County Route 60/62 over the Kanawha River, city streets, a state route, and one set of railroad tracks.  The bridge and ramps have 13 girder spans, 11 piers, and two abutments with an overall length of 1822' 8".  The girder spans are 83' 0", 106' 0", 106' 0", 83' 0", 100' 0", 210' 0", 420' 0", 210' 0", 111' 3", 82' 6", 111' 8", 101' 2", and 94' 1".  The roadway width varies from about 25' to about 50'.

Additional information may be obtained on this bridge at the following website:

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/Bridge/36thStBridge/36thStBr.pdf

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/Bridge/36thStBridge/36thStRampC.pdf

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/Bridge/36thStBridge/36thStRampD.pdf

The above projects are currently scheduled for work to begin in 2011.  Single or multiple assignments may be made for this work.

Several of these structures are located on routes in urban and extremely high ADTT areas that will mandate traffic disruption.  Progressive and innovative methods of inspection access will be considered in the selection process.

Firms interested in being considered for this project must submit a letter of interest and unpriced prospectus to Mr. Kyle Stollings, Director, Maintenance Division, West Virginia Division of Highways, Building Five, Room A-350, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East, Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0430 prior to 4:00 p.m., December 3, 2010.

As a minimum, the prospectus will include the following items for evaluation:

1. A completed copy of the Division’s Consultant Confidential Qualification Questionnaire, if not already on file, dated January 1, 2010 or later.
2. Overall capabilities to perform the work, including workforce available to assign to the project, personnel qualifications, and present workload.
3. Location of office in which the work will be performed.
4. Type of work anticipated to be sub-contracted or performed by a sub-consultant.
5. Indication of whether a cost accounting system has been maintained and is in effect such that it is capable of segregating and identifying accumulating costs for each job that is performed under cost type projects.
6. A completed copy of the Division’s Short List Selection Criteria Technical Evaluation form limited to a single page of data.  Cross-referencing on this form to other parts of the prospectus is not acceptable.
7. Indication of the project(s) for which the firm is submitting information for consideration.  If the submission is for all projects, a statement to that effect shall be made and a detailed listing shall not be required.

Prior to entering into contract negotiations, the selected firm and any sub-consultants shall submit a current audited overhead rate computation performed by a state or federal government agency or independent CPA firm.  The submitted overhead audit shall contain a detailed exhibit of the computations with all applicable eliminations and references.

The audit shall be done in accordance with Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States and all eliminations required by the Federal Acquisitions Regulations will be made.  This requirement will be waived for the selected firm or any sub-consultant when its portion of the fee for the project is less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).  In such instances, a company computed overhead rate may be utilized.

A single letter of interest and unpriced prospectus is required regardless of the number of projects requested by the firm for consideration.

It is the policy of the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, that disadvantaged and women-owned business enterprises shall have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts financed in whole or in part with federal funds.