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Arizona Forest Engineering and Road Maintenance (FERM)
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The Arizona Forest Engineering and Road Maintenance Blanket Purchase Agreement is a comprehensive contract designed to support the upkeep and construction of the National Forest Road System across multiple forests in Arizona, including Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino, Coronado, Kaibab, Prescott, and Tonto. The contract encompasses a wide range of services, primarily focusing on routine road maintenance activities such as sign and drainage maintenance, vegetation management, hazard removal, bridge and guardrail upkeep, and minor flood repair, as well as more complex tasks like stream restoration and burned area emergency response. It also covers construction activities related to new road development or reconstruction, including earthwork, drainage improvements, asphalt placement, and aquatic passage construction, all within the limits of existing roadways or adjacent areas. The work aims to ensure safe public access, protect infrastructure investments, and preserve environmental resources, with projects varying in terrain from moderate hills to steep grades and soil conditions ranging from soft and sandy to rocky. The contract is set to begin around January 15, 2023, and is exclusively set aside for small businesses under the NAICS code 237310, with a size standard of $39.5 million. Contractors are responsible for providing all labor, supervision, equipment, materials, and incidentals necessary to perform the work in accordance with detailed specifications and safety protocols, including fire prevention measures during fire season. The contract includes provisions for various amendments, such as updates to solicitation requirements, policies, and specific project details like liquid nitrogen supply and fire safety plans. The project is managed by the USDA Forest Service’s Stewardship Contracting Branch, with primary contacts available for inquiries. Overall, this BPA facilitates efficient, small business-driven support for forest road maintenance and construction activities across Arizona’s national forests, ensuring operational safety, environmental protection, and infrastructure resilience.
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AZ, USASet-Aside
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Submission Closed
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Arizona Forest Engineering and Road Maintenance (FERM) Blanket Purchase Agreement
Typical Service Activities
Road Maintenance service types of work will consist of routine work necessary to maintain the National Forest Road System in a functioning condition, providing safe public access and protecting the transportation facility investment and adjacent environmental resources.
Work is generally confined to within the limits of the existing traveled way and adjacent ditches, shoulders and cut/fill slopes. Work may also take place under or adjacent to the traveled way for resource protection, road stabilization, or to maintain traffic flow.
Potential Performance Activities: Sign Maintenance; Work Area Management (traffic control); Bridge maintenance; Surface Maintenance (Blading, Compaction, Watering); Drainage Maintenance (Slide & Slough Removal, Ditch Cleaning, Culvert Inlet/Outlet Cleaning, Cross-drain installation and maintenance, Ditch and Catch Basin Buttressing), Shoulder maintenance, Fill slope Armoring, Hazard Removal (Danger Tree Falling, Rock Fall and Debris Removal, etc.); Vegetation Management (seeding, brushing requirements); Bridge, guardrail, and Cattle guard Maintenance; Road Closure Device Maintenance or Construction, Rock Crushing and Stockpiling; Placement of Spot Rock; Dust Abatement; Minor Flood Repair and Water Diversion, and Road Demolition. Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER), Fire Suppression Rehabilitation, and Stream Restoration. Other complex systems may be within the scope to support road maintenance and restoration activities. Log out and mobilization costs are incidental to ordered work unless otherwise specified in the call order. This also includes trailheads, campgrounds, and other facility related roadwork.
Typical Construction Activities
Road construction types of work will consist of all construction activities normally associated with new road construction or reconstruction, but will be limited in scale, size, and complexity.
Work is generally confined to within the limits of the existing traveled way and adjacent ditches, shoulders and cut/fill slopes, or under the road prism for stream crossing improvements or road stabilization.
Possible Performance Activities: Surveying/Staking of Work Activities, signing (traffic control and new sign installation); Clearing; Earthwork and realignment; Drainage (surface, subsurface, drain dips, corrugated metal pipe, under drains, etc.); Aquatic Passage Work activities (small bridges or prefabricated structures, etc.); Aggregate Placement (base, surface, pit-run, riprap, etc.); Erosion Control (some erosion control such as seeding may be a service work activity; Shoulder, cut and fill slope reconstruction; Asphalt Placement, Asphalt Restoration (grinding, overlays, pothole patching, skin patching, crack sealing, chip sealing (some activities may be service work activity for supply/install), etc.); Cut/Fill Slope Stabilization; Aquatic Passage Construction; Cattle guard Installation; Installing Closure Devices (gates, earthen barriers, guardrails, etc.); Fence and Gate construction. Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER), Fire Suppression Rehabilitation, Stream Restoration, and specialty projects may also be included, such as recreation facility enhancements (campground road/trail work, toilet installation, parking lot and boat launch repairs, etc.). Other complex systems may be within the scope to support road maintenance and restoration activities. Emergency road repairs may require snowplowing for access, but in general, snowplowing is not part of this contract. Log out and mobilization costs are incidental to ordered work unless otherwise specified in the call order. This also includes trailheads, campgrounds, and other facility related roadwork.
PROJECT LOCATION: Projects shall covers the state of Arizona including the following forests; Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino, Coronado, Kaibab, Prescott, and Tonto. The terrain varies and can have moderate hills on some areas and steep grades in others. Soil conditions vary as well, from soft and sandy to compacted and rocky. A general vicinity map will be included with all call orders. Maps will also be available to assist in locating the individual roads and are available for purchase.
Contractors shall furnish all labor, supervision, equipment, materials, transportation, supplies (unless specified elsewhere as Government-furnished), and incidentals required to accomplish specified work in compliance with the terms, specifications, and provisions of the contract. Work is estimated to begin around January 15, 2023. Engineering point of contact is Armando De La Cruz, telephone: (505) 842-3859. NAICS 237310 with size standard $39.5 mil. This project is set aside 100% for small business.
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