C--AR-POND CRK NWR-T26P1-RIVER ROAD BRIDGE

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is procuring professional architect-engineer services to design the replacement of two bridges—Charivari Creek Bridge at Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge and River Road Bridge at Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge—both located in Arkansas. The contract is structured as a firm-fixed-price architect-engineer agreement with an estimated value of $4.1 million, broken into $1.1 million for Charivari Creek and $3.0 million for River Road Bridge. Design work must be completed within 456 calendar days after the Notice to Proceed, with award anticipated in September 2026. An optional Construction Administrative (Title III) service phase is available for each bridge's future construction, expected to be activated in Fiscal Year 2028 or 2029. All key personnel must be permanent employees with active professional licenses in Arkansas across specified disciplines including civil, structural, geotechnical, environmental engineering, hydrology, cost estimating, and project management. The procurement follows Qualifications-Based Selection under FAR Subpart 36.6 and the Brooks Act, meaning award is based on technical competence and experience rather than price, using adjectival ratings of Outstanding, Very Good, Acceptable, or Unacceptable across five equally weighted factors: professional qualifications, specialized experience, capacity to perform, past performance, and knowledge of the location. Proposals must include an SF-330 form limited to 50 pages for Part I, a Past Performance Questionnaire, project-specific inspection reports, a Price Schedule, and supporting technical documentation, all submitted electronically in PDF or DOCX format to Ian Young at the U.S. Department of the Interior. Submissions may not exceed 13 MB and must avoid hyperlinks; all content must be embedded. Offerors must be small businesses under NAICS code 541330 with a $25.5 million size standard, hold a current Unique Entity ID in SAM, and register their teaming partners explicitly, though no security clearances or organizational conflict of interest clauses are formally required. The place of performance is exclusively at the two refuge sites in Arkansas, with the contracting office located in Falls Church, VA, and no payment or invoicing systems specified.