B01 40516285 Pre-Solicitation Notice_1.docx

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE

#140P1420R0009 November 3, 2020

AFTERBAY RIVER BOAT RAMP EXTENSION

BIGHORN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

The objective of this Pre-solicitation Notice (Notice) is to inform the vendor community that the National Park Service (NPS) intends to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a river boat ramp extension at Afterbay, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Fort Smith, Montana 59035.

The posting of this Notice is for vendor planning purposes only. This pre-solicitation notice in no way obligates the NPS to issue the referenced RFP. The NPS does not guarantee the issuance of the RFP nor that the information contained in this Notice will remain unchanged upon issuance of an RFP.

The NPS will not be answering questions or releasing Contracting Documents at this time. All questions will be answered during the solicitation phase.

The purpose of the RFP is to solicit responses from potential vendors to provide the construction of a boat ramp extension and other work indicated in the Contract Documents that will be included in the RFP upon its issuance.

The work includes but is not necessarily limited to the following:

Installation of the Class I rip-rap around the push in concrete boat ramp. Furnish hard, durable, and angular in shape rock that is resistant to weathering and water action and free from overburden, spoil, shale, structural defects, organic or other unsuitable material. Construct formwork, shoring and bracing to conform to design and code requirements; resultant concrete to conform to required shape, line and dimension.

· Magnitude of Construction: Between $25,000.00 to $100,000.00

· 100 % Total Small Business Set-Aside (Subject to Change)

· NAICS Code: 238140

· Size Standard: $16.5 M Again, this is not an invitation for bid (IFB) or request for proposal (RFP) and does not constitute any commitment by the Government to issue any solicitation. All interested firms must respond to future solicitation announcements separately from responses to this Notice under Solicitation #140P1421R0001. The solicitation is anticipated to be issued as an RFP resulting in the award of a single Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Contract. It is NPS’s intention to comply with the following schedule for the forthcoming RFP. These dates represent a tentative schedule of events. The NPS reserves the right to modify these dates at any time.