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ND FTFW DESL 11(4) Auto Tour Route
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The contract pertains to the rehabilitation of Auto Tour Route 011 Lower Lake Road within Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge near Kenmare, North Dakota. It involves resurfacing, drainage improvements, culvert replacement, ditch excavation, and subexcavation over approximately two miles, with a base schedule and three optional enhancements. The work aims to restore roadway integrity, improve drainage, and facilitate easier maintenance, utilizing specific quantities for clearing, culvert removal, excavation, and surfacing, with detailed line items for each scope. The project emphasizes compliance with federal standards, including FP-14 specifications, environmental regulations, and safety protocols, and is structured to evaluate bids based primarily on price, considering all options cumulatively for award. The solicitation, issued by the Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration, is a total small business set-aside under NAICS 237310 with an estimated project value between $700,000 and $2 million. Bidders must submit sealed offers by December 11, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. local time, including all required forms such as bid bonds, certifications, and the bid schedule. The contract incorporates numerous FAR clauses covering labor standards, safety, environmental compliance, security, and subcontracting, many of which are referenced by standard clauses and deviations. Performance is to be completed within specified periods after notice to proceed, with options evaluated cumulatively, and all work is to be delivered and performed at the project site. The contract mandates electronic documentation via the Masterworks system post-award, while bid submissions must be in hard copy with original signatures, sealed and marked appropriately.
General Info
Contract Value
$3,049,220.46Place of Performance
Kenmare, ND, USASet-Aside
Award Issued Date
Timeline
Submission Closed
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
This project is located in Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge near the city of Kenmare, North Dakota. The project includes aggregate resurfacing, sub excavation, ditch excavation and reconditioning, and culvert replacement on Auto Tour Route 011 Lower Lake Road. Resurfacing the roadway and drainage improvements will provide a more consistent width and improve roadway conditions that have been deteriorating due to weather events and lack of routine maintenance. The proposed improvements will enhance user experience by providing an updated road surface and allow for easier maintenance by the Refuge.
SCOPE OF THE WORK:
This project is to rehabilitate and repair Auto Tour Route 011 Lower Lake Road from approximately milepost 0.0 to mile post 2.0. The project is broken into a base Schedule and three options.
Schedule A: Drainage improvements from 15+75 to 89+50 including spot culvert and/or end section replacement, culvert cleaning, ditch excavation, ditch reconditioning, spot sub excavation, and roadway excavation. Decades of grading the gravel surface has created a berm along the roadway cutting off surface drainage to most of the existing ditches.
Option X: Aggregate surfacing from 15+75 to 60+00.
Option Y: Aggregate surfacing from 60+00 to 89+50
Option Z: Drainage improvements and Aggregate Surfacing from 89+50
to 118+85 including spot culvert cleaning, ditch excavation, and ditch
reconditioning.
PRINCIPAL WORK ITEMS:
Approximate quantities for major work items:
Schedule A:
- 20101-0000 CLEARING AND GRUBBING: 2.2 ACRE
- 20301-1200 REMOVAL OF HEADWALL: 6 EACH
- 20302-2100 REMOVAL OF PIPE CULVERT: 145 LNFT
- 20401-0000 ROADWAY EXCAVATION: 120 CUYD
- 20402-0000 SUBEXCAVATION: 415 CUYD
- 20425-1000 DITCH, EXCAVATION: 1,800 LNFT
- 62901-1200 ROLLED EROSION CONTROL PRODUCT, TYPE 5.A: 9,000 SQYD
- 60201-0800 24-INCH PIPE CULVERT: 40 LNFT
- 60201-0900 30-INCH PIPE CULVERT: 70 LNFT
- 60210-0800 END SECTION FOR 30 -INCH PIPE CULVERT: 6 EACH
Option X:
- 15236-2000 SURVEY CONTROL, GRADE FINISHING: 0.84 MILE
- 20101-0000 CLEARING AND GRUBBING: 1 ACRE
- 30110-0000 AGGREGATE SURFACE COURSE: 4,500 TONS
Option Y:
- 15236-2000 SURVEY CONTROL, GRADE FINISHING: 0.56 MILE
- 20101-0000 CLEARING AND GRUBBING: 0.5 ACRE
- 30110-0000 AGGREGATE SURFACE COURSE: 3,000 TONS
Option Z:
- 15215-1000: SURVEY AND STAKING, APPROACH ROAD: 5 EACH
- 15236-2000 SURVEY CONTROL, GRADE FINISHING: 0.60 MILE
- 20101-0000 CLEARING AND GRUBBING: 1.2 ACRE
- 20425-1000 DITCH, EXCAVATION: 430 LNFT
- 30110-0000 AGGREGATE SURFACE COURSE: 3,300 TONS
- 62901-1200 ROLLED EROSION CONTROL PRODUCT, TYPE 5.A: 1,900 SQYD
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