Scenic Byway Creek Fire Road Repair

Pre-Solicitation Notice Scenic Byway Creek Fire Road Repairs - Phase 1, Sierra National Forest Site Visit Interested vendors may arrange to view the site by contacting Pablo Gonzalez at (559) 392-0423 or pablo.gonzalez@usda.gov or at the Sierra National Forest Office, 1600 Tollhouse Road, Clovis, CA 93611, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Some of the road requiring repair is above 8,000 feet and may have snow starting in October that might affect access to the road. Interested vendors are encouraged to view the site as soon as possible. Description of Work Project consists of furnishing all labor, materials, equipment, tools, transportation, incidentals, inspection, quality control and supplies necessary to repair the first 5 miles of Minarets Road: Clean and recondition the culverts and all other drainage structures along the road. Place approximately 600 ton of base rock to improve the surface and drainage on turn outs along the project area and place approximately 7480 Ton of HMA to repair potholes per the specification. Installation of an asphalt dike type F (est 3 Miles), the installation of concrete wheel stops, pavement markings on Redinger and a double yellow line with a black base along the road. Project drawings will be provided as attachments to the Invitation for Bid (IFB). Project Location Travel west from North Fork Ca along county road 225 for approximately 7 miles until reach Minarets Road (NFSR 4S81). Contract Time The anticipated project performance period for this project is 45 days, including delays for weather, locating, transporting supplies and materials, and final project inspection and site cleanup. Anticipated Schedule for solicitation, award, and completion of project is as follows: IFB Posted: November 1, 2022 IFB Close: November 30, 2022 Bid Opening: December 1, 2022 Construction Start: April 1, 2023 (depending on road conditions)*It is hereby noted that Phase 1 will take place after phase 2. Both projects will be competed separately on their own IFB Schedules. * Magnitude Per FAR 36.204, the magnitude of the project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. This requirement is being solicited as a Total Small Business set-aside, under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 237310 - Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction, with a Small Business Size Standard of $39.5M. The Forest Service intends to award one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract resulting from this solicitation. All interested vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at SAM.gov | Entity Registrations before award of contract; failure to register in the SAM database may cause your firm to be ineligible for award and removed from consideration. Interested vendors must obtain complete solicitation package on SAM.gov, copies will not be mailed from the Contracting Office. All amendments will be posted on SAM.gov and vendors will be solely responsible for viewing the solicitation posting in SAM.gov for amendments to the IFB. This notice does not obligate the government to award a contract, nor does it obligate the government to pay for any proposal preparation costs.