Port of Long Beach PlanetBids #147471

Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility rail-yard access improvements

The City of Long Beach is seeking a contractor for major rail-yard access improvements at the Port of Long Beach’s Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility. - Buyer: City of Long Beach, Board of Harbor Commissioners; Harbor Department; Port of Long Beach, including its Program Management office. - Opportunity: Rail Yard Access Improvements, Specification HD-S3215; estimated value is approximately $29.7 million. - Main work: Realign, shift, relocate, resurface, and rehabilitate existing tracks; build lead tracks and special trackwork; modify the railroad signal system at CP Gaspur; and complete demolition, earthwork, drainage, utility protection, lighting relocation, fencing, pavement markings, signage, and traffic control. Construction must be phased around active rail operations. - Specified quantities: 12,593 square yards of geogrid; two No. 9 turnouts and one No. 11 crossover, including timber transition ties; 8,294 track feet of running rail on concrete ties; 1,060 track feet of running rail on timber ties; plus lump-sum ballast and track spare parts. No part numbers are specified. - Other bid-schedule work: Removal and disposal of ballast, base material, utility and oil-related facilities, and hazardous and non-hazardous waste; installation of guard rail; and protection or replacement of the LBUD water line, among other site and rail improvements. - Named organizations and firms: No equipment OEMs or branded products are identified. The bid schedule names LADWP, Lumen, SCE, Marathon Oil, PBF Energy, Torrance Basin, Crimson, Chevron, Valero, THUMS, Olympus, and World Energy in connection with facility or material removals. Reference investigation documents name HDR Engineering, Rubicon Engineering, and Kleinfelder. The environmental documents also refer to the City of Los Angeles, LACSD, and the U.S. DOT MARAD grant program. - Notable requirements: California Class A contractor license; combined SBE/VSBE participation goal of 30% (with a stated 0% minimum VSBE); at least 30% of contract work performed by the contractor’s own employees, subject to exceptions; and work funded in part by a federal port infrastructure grant. Bid security is 10% of the base bid, with payment and performance bonds each equal to 100% of the contract price. - Environmental context: Reference investigations report isolated soil screening exceedances for petroleum-related material and other contaminants. The soil and groundwater investigation summaries are supporting documents, not separately identified products for the rail-yard construction bid. - Schedule: Substantial completion is required within 457 calendar days and final completion within 547 calendar days from the City’s written Notice to Proceed.

Description

The City of Long Beach, acting through its Board of Harbor Commissioners, seeks bids for rail yard access improvements for the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility in Long Beach, California. Work includes realigning, relocating, shifting, resurfacing, and rehabilitating existing railroad tracks and constructing new lead tracks, including turnouts and a crossover, as well as modifying the railroad signal system at CP Gaspur. The scope also includes demolition and removal, earthwork and soil disposal, storm drain and underdrain improvements, utility protection, street lighting relocation, fencing, and traffic control, with work phased around active railroad operations. The project involves federal funding, requires attendance at a mandatory pre-bid meeting, and has a combined SBE/VSBE participation goal of 30% of total bid value.

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