CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST - FY10 Beartooth Ranger District Recreational Site Improvements

Custer National Forest Recreational Site Improvements includes: Furnish all labor, materials, equipment, tools, transportation, and supplies necessary to complete the work according to the contract. -- Description of Work. This project consists of recreational site improvements to the Basin, Cascade, Greenough Lake, Limber Pine, Parkside, Rattin, and Sheridan Campgrounds. The work will be performed on the wells, living spaces/campsites, picnic tables, fire rings, pathways, toilets, streambank, roads, and spurs. Field staking at each campground shall be done by the Forest Service to identify the areas of work. The Contractor shall be responsible to protect the stakes. Any stakes that are removed, or damaged during construction shall be the responsibility of the Contractor. The work includes: Basin Campground- Basin Campground is located in Section 4, T8S, R19E along FS Road #2071 West Fork of Rock Creek Road. The Contractor shall properly abandon well #2, drill a new well with handpump near well #2 as staked in the field, replace the handpump at well #1, and remove and replace the west end section of the entrance gate. The Contractor shall complete site preparation, grade and place crushed aggregate at three campsite living spaces including tent pads and accessible pathways from the parking area to the living space and replace the fire rings and picnic tables. The sites included are #3, #4, and #7, as staked in the field. The Contractor shall complete minor site preparation and place crushed aggregate around the remaining 25 picnic tables and fire rings across the campground, as staked in the field. Each picnic table and fire ring shall have a 4 foot aggregate perimeter around it. The Contractor shall furnish and install steel fire rings with rotating moveable grates. The Contractor shall permanently abandon the existing well #2, as staked in the field, per State and DEQ regulations and requirements. It is approximately 36 deep. The well has an approximate 8 x 8 concrete slab that must be removed and disposed of off National Forest System Lands. The Contractor shall drill a new 6 diameter well and construct a 12 square 4 depth reinforced concrete slab with pathway, and install a new hand pump, as staked in the field. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, and materials for a fully functional well. Slope all surrounding soil to provide positive drainage away from the well. The Contractor shall stabilize a short bank segment, approximately 70, of the West Fork of Rock Creek at Basin Campground to reduce bank erosion. This work includes placing Government furnished boulders along the bank edge and tipping over a large conifer tree at the existing stream bank with attached rootwad and placing it behind the boulder edge. The Contractor shall transplant willows from a nearby wetland area, under the supervision and instruction of the COR or Inspector, and plant them behind the conifer log. Willows shall be transplanted either as 10-12 clumps or 150-200 sprigs. The Contractor shall bring in approximately 70 cubic yards of 6 inch minus aggregate and place upslope from the willow bed and shape to match the existing terrace slope. All stream bank work shall be performed at low flows and equipment is only authorized to operate from the top of the terrace to the edge of the stream, not in the stream. Cascade Campground- Cascade Campground is located in Section 36, T8S, R18E along FS Road #2071 West Fork of Rock Creek Road. The Contractor shall replace the existing concrete well slab with a 12 square 4 depth reinforced concrete pad and construct a 5 wide concrete path to the well pad from the road. The Contractor shall place crushed aggregate at each of the two toilet pathways, as staked in the field. Greenough Lake- Greenough Lake is located in Section 8, T9S, R19E along FS Road #2421. The Contractor shall remove and dispose of the existing toilet and replace with a new precast concrete toilet, as per specification. Site work and tree removal is required at the current location of the toilet. The access road to the toilet site is narrow and travel may be difficult with large vehicles. The Contractor is responsible for any roadwork necessary for access to toilet. A 5 wide accessible crushed aggregate pathway to the new toilet from the road is required. Limber Pine Campground- Limber Pine Campground is located in Section 8, T9S, R19E along FS Road #2421. The Contractor is responsible for pumping the vault of toilet #3, repairing the leaking vault, and constructing a ditch to intercept and divert water away from the structure. Parkside Campground- Parkside Campground in located in Section 8, T9S, R19E along FS Road #2421. The Contractor shall complete site preparation, grading, and place crushed aggregate at campsite living spaces #3, #4, #12, #17, #20, #23, #24, and #25, including tent pads and pathways from the parking area to living space, as staked in the field. The Contractor shall remove and replace the existing fire rings and picnic tables at these campsites. The Contractor shall furnish and install steel fire rings with rotating moveable grates. The Contractor shall reconstruct the pathway to the Parkside Picnic Area to meet accessibility standards, replace one of the existing picnic tables with an accessible picnic table with 4 foot of aggregate surfacing around it, and install a 16'x16'x4 crushed aggregate pad around the picnic area fire ring. Rattin Campground- Rattin Campground is located in Section 36, T8S, R19E along the East Side Road. The Contractor shall remove and dispose of the existing concrete slab around well #2 and replace with a 12 square 4 depth reinforced concrete pad. The Contractor shall install a 5 wide accessible crushed aggregate pathway to the well from the parking lot, which requires a dumpster and some boulder relocation, as directed by the COR. The Contractor shall permanently abandon the existing well #1, as staked in the field, per State and DEQ regulations and requirements. It is approximately 40 deep. The well has an approximate 8 x 8 concrete slab that must be removed and disposed of off National Forest System Lands. The Contractor shall construct accessible pathways to each of the vault toilets at the campground from the road, which includes site preparation and crushed aggregate placement. Sheridan Campground- Sheridan Campground is located in Section 30, T8S, R20E along the East Side Road. The Contractor shall replace the existing concrete slab at well #1 with a 12 square 4 depth reinforced concrete slab, replace the well drain at well #1, and place crushed aggregate at the pathway to well #1, toilet #1 & #2 pathways, and on the road and spurs. The Contractor shall permanently abandon the existing well #2, as staked in the field, per State and DEQ regulations and requirements. It is approximately 40 deep. The well has an approximate 8 x 8 concrete slab that must be removed and disposed of off National Forest System Lands. The Contractor shall remove and replace one culvert, 0.009 miles from the East Side Road on the Sheridan Campground Road #2379B. The culvert shall be an 18 equivalent CMPA culvert 28 feet long. All salvageable picnic table planks shall be the property of the Forest Service and shall be stockpiled at the Rock Creek Work Center, located approximately 2 miles west of Red Lodge, MT in Section 6, T8S, R20E. The Contractor must coordinate with the COR for access. The Contractor will dispose of all unsalvageable picnic tables, fire rings, toilets, vaults, gates, and other miscellaneous items in a lawful manner off National Forest System Lands. The Contractor shall be required to clean up and dispose of any construction waste off of National Forest System Lands in accordance with local and state laws. All roadway, spur, pathway, campsite, picnic table pad, and tent pad aggregate shall be 1 minus. Project Location. The project is located on the Beartooth District, Custer National Forest, in Carbon County, Montana. Price Range. Between $100,000 - $250,000 Period of Performance. No ground disturbing or field work may begin until after Labor Day (September 6th, 2010) and all work must be completed before October 31st, 2010. Ordering and scheduling may begin upon written Notice to Proceed. Pre-bid Tour. A pre-bid tour will be held Friday June 11, 2010 to visit and review the sites. All prospective bidders will meet at the Beartooth Ranger District at 10 a.m. on that day. Contact Linsey Smith at the Supervisor's Office, Custer National Forest Billings, Montana for additional information +1 (555) 000-0000 ext. 263. For directional information contact the Beartooth Ranger District Office, Red Lodge, MT, telephone +1 (555) 000-0000. It is anticipated the solicitation and all materials and attachments will be available at the FBO website using the solicitation #AG-0355-S-10-0012 in June 2010. Specific details about the work required for this contract may be obtained by contacting Linsey Smith at the Custer National Forest Supervisor's Office in Billings, MT at +1 (555) 000-0000 x263. Thank you for your interest in this project.