Attachment_5A_Proposal_Submission_Package_Cover.docx

This document provides details for a federal contract solicitation to rehabilitate a hiking trail and construct viewing areas in a national park. The National Park Service is seeking proposals to rehabilitate the Laurel Falls Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Work includes demolishing and removing the existing trail surface, rehabilitating the trail foundation and retaining walls, replacing culverts, rebuilding the viewing platform and signage, restoring degraded areas, and adding new viewing locations. The project also involves rehabilitating and constructing parking areas along the adjacent road. The anticipated contract value is between $5-10 million. Proposals are due on an unspecified future date to be provided in the solicitation documents, which will be issued electronically on SAM.gov. The period of performance is expected to last 540 days after notice to proceed.