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The Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) is issuing this Request for Qualifications ("RFQ") to request the Statement of Qualifications ("SOQ") from Highway Design and Build Teams (Proposers) to carry out the Design and Build of the Proposed Extension of PR-5 Expressway Phase I, from PR-830 intersection to PR-199 in the municipality of Bayamón. The proposed extension is approximately 3.10 kilometers in length. The alignment begins before the intersection of the PR-830 & PR-5 at the south, then continues to the north and ends at the intersection of the PR-5 & PR-199. The project includes the construction of roadway, maintenance of traffic, 4 bridges structures, retaining walls, MSE walls, noise reduction wall, tolling facilities, lighting, drainage system, PRASA water and sanitary utilities, PREPA (LUMA) utilities, traffic signing and pavement marking, installation of traffic safety devices, intelligent transportation systems, erosion control measures, and related earth work. Furthermore, the project includes the relocation and/or extension of the state’s roads PR-830, PR-840 and municipal roads 6th Street and Laredo Street. The PRHTA expects that the selected Proposer builds a high-quality facility in accordance with the Design Criteria and the requirements of the latest AASHTO Highway and Bridges Design Manuals and the PRHTA's Highway and Bridges Construction Standard Specifications.

Proposers shall submit their SOQ's at the Board of Awards Office on the Roberto Sanchez Vilella Government Center (formerly Minillas) South Tower, Eleventh Floor, De Diego Avenue, Stop 22, Santurce, Puerto Rico on April 24, 2025 on or before 2:00 pm. Said documents will be publicly opened in a virtual meeting (via Cisco Webex Meetings) on April 25, 2025 at 10:00 am.  An invitation to access this meeting will be sent to those proposers who submitted the requested SOQ documents. 

A non-mandatory virtual (Webex) Pre-Qualifications Delivery Conference will be held on January 24, 2025, at 2:00 pm. An invitation to access the meeting will be sent to those proposers that have been registered at the Board of Awards Office. Although non-mandatory, attendance to this meeting is highly recommendable.

Documents, forms, and all other necessary information may be obtained at the Board of Awards of the Authority (the Board) located on the Eleventh floor, South Building, Roberto Sanchez Vilella Government Center, phone number (787) 721-8787 extensions 51130 or 51129 , from January 10, 2025, by filing a request for registering in this process to the following e-mail address: juntasubastas@act.pr.gov, until two working days prior to the opening of bids. The Board will send a registration form to the Proposer, and it should be completed and sent by e-mail to the Board. These documents will be available only in digital format to be downloaded from a link that will be sent by e-mail after all the information in the registration form is validated.