GAOA_Challis_Road_Maintenance_2023_Pre_Solicitation_Notice_1.docx

United States Department of the Interior

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

Idaho State Office 1387 South Vinnell Way Boise, Idaho 83709-1657

Pre-Solicitation Notice April 13, 2023

Solicitation Number: 140L2623Q0031 Project Name: GAOA - Challis Road Maintenance 2023 Point of Contact: Patricia A. Fort, Contract Specialist, pfort@blm.gov Project Location: Project is located approximately 30 miles South of Challis, Idaho Magnitude of Construction: Between $100,000 and $250,000 Estimated Period of Performance: 90 calendar days after issuance of the notice to proceed North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 237310 - Highway, Street and Bridge Construction Produce Service Code: Z1LB - Maintenance Road Paved Small Business Size Standard: $45.0 Million Solicitation Set-Aside: Total Small Business - Only companies that qualify as a small business under the applicable size standard will be considered.

Solicitation Issuance Date: The BLM anticipates issuing a subsequent request for quotations (RFQ) around April 26, 2023 Quotation Submission Deadline: Exact date unknown at this time/ 30-days after the issuance of the RFQ Registration Requirements: Perspective offerors must have a Unique Entity ID (UEI) and an active System for Award Management (SAM) profile to included completed representations and certifications. https://sam.gov/content/home Site Visit: Yes - Approximately 2-3 weeks after the issuance of the RFQ. Refer to FAR provision 52.236-27 within the subsequent solicitation Project Description: The work involves all labor, supervision, transportation, equipment, tools, supplies, and materials to perform maintenance/improvements of roads to specified dimensions and loading, hauling, placing, shaping, watering and compaction of contractor furnished surfacing aggregate material to BLM roads. Roads shall be graded and compacted to the template provided (Section 301, Figure 1). Material shall be Grade B (Subbase) according to Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges on Federal Highway Projects, FP 14, Table 703-2. Work includes approximately (43.2) miles of pulling surface aggregate from the ditches, grading, and reshaping of naturally surfaced existing roads. Road width varies but surface course should be placed with a compacted thickness of (6) inches. Prior to placement of road surfacing material, the road prism and ditches shall be reconditioned, and the ditches shall be cleaned. Construct (1) new ditch in cases where roads have no existing ditches. 500 cubic yards of contractor furnished Grade B surface material shall be placed onsite at locations determined by the contracting officer’s representative (COR) during the period of performance. Work includes mobilization, traffic signing, site preparation, watering, grading, materials testing, compaction and finish work. There has been one mobilization allocated for this project. The Contractor shall be responsible for all costs associated with additional mobilizations. Any damage to project site access roads caused by travel back and forth to the project site must be repaired at the contractor expense.

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