INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) #010-008

VRE FREDERICKSBURG STATION INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS

The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) is soliciting bids to complete infrastructure repairs to the South Platform and the North Platform, as an alternate bid, at the Fredericksburg Station in Fredericksburg, Virginia. 

Bids will be considered from qualified and experienced firms who are regularly established in the delivery of qualified and certified labor, materials, equipment, permits, and licenses to purchase, deliver and complete infrastructure repairs.  Through prior work performed, Bidders must be able to show evidence of reliability, ability, experience, equipment, and personnel to perform the work, and in the judgment of VRE are financially responsible.

The IFB will be available beginning March 25, 2010, from the VRE website at http://www.vre.org.  At the website, select “Procurement”. 

If potential Bidders are accessing a copy of the IFB via VRE’s website, be advised that it is your responsibility to monitor this site for any amendments.  Failure to submit signed amendments may be grounds to declare your bid non-responsive.  The IFB can be printed and submitted the same as a regular solicitation.  If there is a question about the closing date, the date printed on the IFB is the most current.

A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on April 8, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. EST. at VRE’s Fredericksburg Office located at 400 Prince Edward Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22401.

A mandatory site visit will follow the pre-bid meeting. Bidders shall proceed to the Fredericksburg Station located at 200 Lafayette Boulevard, Fredericksburg,
VA 22401.

Any changes to the solicitation as a result of the pre-bid meeting will be issued through a written addendum to the solicitation. 

Inquiries regarding this Invitation for Bids should be directed to: 

Ms. Gerri Hill, Manager
 Contract Administration

Virginia Railway Express
1500 King Street, Suite 202
Alexandria, VA  22314-2730

Telephone/Fax:  703.838.5427
Email:  ghill@vre.org