Y--YELL 310402 Grant Wastewater Treatment Plant and Collections and Canyon Collections

The contract solicitation 140P2025R0102 issued by the Department of the Interior’s National Park Service Denver Service Center covers the replacement of the Grant Wastewater Treatment Plant and the rehabilitation of the Canyon and Grant Village wastewater collection systems within Yellowstone National Park. This construction project involves comprehensive demolition, replacement, and upgrade of wastewater treatment facilities, including the installation of new treatment buildings, advanced process equipment, collection system pipelines, manholes, and associated infrastructure. The contract is structured as a sealed bid, firm-fixed-price solicitation with an estimated magnitude exceeding $10 million and a total performance period of 975 calendar days, commencing from the Notice to Proceed in August 2025 through completion by November 2028. The project scope encompasses all aspects of construction, including mobilization, permitting, erosion control, restoration, and environmental compliance, written in detailed technical specifications and supported by extensive engineering drawings and multiple geotechnical, environmental, and regulatory surveys such as asbestos and hazardous materials inspections and wetland delineations. The solicitation process incorporates rigorous evaluation criteria based on a Best Value Continuum Tradeoff Method. Offerors must submit detailed Technical and Business/Price proposals addressing technical approach, relevant project experience, schedule and management plans, key personnel qualifications, past performance, capacity, and price. The technical evaluation precedes price consideration to assess risk, compliance, and capability, while past performance is evaluated through questionnaires and reference forms. The contract includes multiple amendments and Q&A documents clarifying technical requirements such as pipe and valve specifications, equipment systems (e.g., UV reactors, air diffuser systems), and submission instructions. It contains special provisions related to key personnel assignment and substitution procedures, small business subcontracting plans and goals as per FAR 52.219-9, organizational conflict of interest disclosures, strict packaging, labeling, and shipping requirements for hazardous materials compliant with DOT and EPA regulations, and electronic invoicing through the U.S. Treasury Invoice Processing Platform. The contract fully incorporates applicable FAR clauses by reference, including those covering commencement and completion of work, anti-kickback procedures, subcontracting, and security restrictions relating to telecommunications equipment. Overall, this solicitation represents a complex, high-value infrastructure construction project with a comprehensive regulatory and oversight framework designed to ensure environmental protection, safety, quality control, and performance reliability within a sensitive national park environment.