56--BLRI-CARRIAGE TRAIL GRAVEL MIX

The National Park Service, through the Blue Ridge Parkway’s Highlands District, is procuring gravel mix and related materials under a firm fixed-price contract with a period of performance from July 30, 2026, to July 29, 2027. The solicitation is a 100 percent small business set-aside under NAICS code 212321, requiring all offerors to be small businesses as defined by the SBA, with a size standard of 500 employees. The contract requires the furnishing, mixing, hauling, and delivering of approximately 2,500 tons of aggregate materials, including 1,500 tons of Carriage Trail Gravel Mix to Sandy Flat maintenance area and 500 tons each of Aggregate Base Course and #3 Clean Ballast Stone to the Old Johns River Road storage site, all meeting NCDOT/AASHTO specifications. The base requirement must be completed within 60 calendar days of award, and options for additional material totaling up to 2,400 tons remain available for one year post-award, exercisable via written modification with 60 days to fulfill each. All proposed materials must be pre-approved through submission of a one-gallon sample prior to delivery, and payment is based solely on verified delivered tonnage. Offers must be submitted by July 8, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. EDT via email to the designated contracting point of contact, with questions due by June 30, 2026. Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), possess a Unique Entity Identifier, and comply with mandatory FAR clauses including restrictions on contingent fees, anti-kickback procedures, whistleblower rights, contracting with inverted domestic corporations, and employment eligibility verification. Liability insurance with minimum limits of $1 million per person and $2 million per occurrence for property damage is required, with the U.S. government named as an additional insured. Invoices must be submitted electronically through the Treasury’s IPP system, approved by the Contracting Officer’s Representative, and payments processed via EFT only to SAM-registered entities. Proposal submissions must comply with FAR 52.212-3 representations and certifications, include past performance data if applicable, and acknowledge all amendments. Technical capability and past performance are pass/fail gates; award will go to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable, responsible small business offeror whose proposal conforms to the solic