C04g Attachment 7 Site Visit 1240LT27Q0004.docx

This is a Pre-Bid Site Visit Plan for USDA Forest Service Solicitation 1240LT27Q0004, concerning deferred maintenance improvements at the Niwot Picnic Trailhead within the Brainard Lake Recreation Area near Ward, Colorado. The mandatory site visit is scheduled for November 18, 2026, at 1130 Mountain Time, with participants required to arrive by 1100 to avoid missing the visit. The meeting location is the Gateway Trailhead Parking lot, from which attendees will depart as a group at 1110 to access the Niwot Picnic Area via a locked gate on Forest Service Road 112.0. Interested bidders must RSVP by close of business on November 16, 2026, to kamber.box@usda.gov, and should include a valid contact email to receive notifications of any cancellations or conversion to a virtual meeting format. Cell service is limited at the site; Kamber Box can be reached at 970-218-5156 for assistance.

The Brainard Lake Recreation Area is located approximately 23 miles northwest of Boulder, Colorado, or 2 miles west of Ward, Colorado. The project site is accessible via Lefthand Canyon Drive west from Boulder, proceeding through Ward and north on Highway 72 to Brainard Lake Road, then traveling approximately 3 miles west. The proposed work includes demolishing and removing existing timber parking barriers and retaining walls, constructing timber steps and rock retaining walls, creating accessible compacted aggregate trails, renovating existing historic picnic sites, constructing new picnic sites, and revegetating all disturbed areas to reduce deferred maintenance and improve site accessibility at this high-use recreation site.