Y--KENAI VISITOR CENTER TRAILS CONSTRUCTION

Solicitation F15PS00338, issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is a firm fixed price contract for the design and construction of two accessible trails at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Soldotna, Alaska. The project consists of a connector trail, approximately 400 linear feet long, linking the parking lot to the south terrace, and the Lynx Trail, approximately 480 feet long, connecting the south terrace to the Environmental Education Center. Both trails must adhere to U.S. Access Board Trail guidelines and involve a scope of work including design, layout, clearing, grubbing, excavation, geosynthetics installation, and aggregate surfacing. Additional construction elements include a pressure-treated wood foot bridge, a PCC sidewalk system, a CMP culvert, and storm drain inlet manholes. The period of performance is scheduled from April 20, 2015, to July 24, 2015, with a total completion time of 90 days from the Notice to Proceed. The contractor is required to provide 100 percent payment and performance bonds and comply with Davis-Bacon Act wage determinations for building and heavy construction in Alaska. Technical specifications mandate a minimum 4-inch surface course of crushed rock and trail widths ranging from 36 to 60 inches depending on topography. The project also incorporates specific landscape plans, exterior rough carpentry for decks and railings, and adherence to geotechnical recommendations for the site.