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USDA FOREST SERVICE

NEW MEXICO ROAD MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION BPA

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS

THIS IS A PRE-ADVERTISEMENT NOTICE ONLY

The USDA, Forest Service will soon be requesting proposals for a Road Maintenance, Road Construction, and

Disaster Recovery BPA. This project consists of road restoration treatments of all paved and unpaved roads as well as those within the burn areas of New Mexico.

SCOPE OF BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Typical Service Activities

Road Maintenance service types of work will consist of routine work necessary to maintain the National Forest

Road System in a functioning condition, providing safe public access and protecting the transportation facility investment and adjacent environmental resources.

Work is generally confined to within the limits of the existing traveled way and adjacent ditches, shoulders and cut/fill slopes. Work may also take place under or adjacent to the traveled way for resource protection, road stabilization, or to maintain traffic flow.

Potential Performance Activities: Sign Maintenance; Work Area Management (traffic control); Bridge maintenance; Surface Maintenance (Blading, Compaction, Watering); Drainage Maintenance (Slide & Slough

Removal, Ditch Cleaning, Culvert Inlet/Outlet Cleaning, Cross-drain installation and maintenance, Ditch and

Catch Basin Buttressing), Shoulder maintenance, Fill slope Armoring, Hazard Removal (Danger Tree Falling, Rock Fall and Debris Removal, etc.); Vegetation Management (seeding, brushing requirements); Bridge, guardrail, and Cattle guard Maintenance; Road Closure Device Maintenance or Construction, Rock Crushing and Stockpiling; Placement of Spot Rock; Dust Abatement; Minor Flood Repair and Water Diversion, and Road

Demolition. Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER), Fire Suppression Rehabilitation, and Stream

Restoration. Other complex systems may be within the scope to support road maintenance and restoration activities. Log out and mobilization costs are incidental to ordered work unless otherwise specified in the call order. This also includes and trailheads, campgrounds, and other facility related roadwork.

Work performed under this description is subject to the requirements of the Service Contract Act.

Typical Construction Activities

Road construction types of work will consist of all construction activities normally associated with new road construction or reconstruction, but will be limited in scale, size, and complexity.

Work is generally confined to within the limits of the existing traveled way and adjacent ditches, shoulders and cut/fill slopes, or under the road prism for stream crossing improvements or road stabilization.

Possible Performance Activities: Surveying/Staking of Work Activities, signing (traffic control and new sign installation); Clearing; Earthwork and realignment; Drainage (surface, subsurface, drain dips, corrugated metal pipe, under drains, etc.); Aquatic Passage Work activities (small bridges or prefabricated structures, etc.);

Aggregate Placement (base, surface, pit-run, riprap, etc.); Erosion Control (some erosion control such as seeding may be a service work activity; Shoulder, cut and fill slope reconstruction; Asphalt Placement, Asphalt

USDA FOREST SERVICE

NEW MEXICO ROAD MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION BPA

Restoration (grinding, overlays, pothole patching, skin patching, crack sealing, chip sealing (some activities may be service work activity for supply/install), etc.); Cut/Fill Slope Stabilization; Aquatic Passage

Construction; Cattle guard Installation; Installing Closure Devices (gates, earthen barriers, guardrails, etc.);

Fence and Gate construction. Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER), Fire Suppression Rehabilitation, Stream Restoration, and specialty projects may also be included, such as recreation facility enhancements

(campground road/trail work, toilet installation, parking lot and boat launch repairs, etc.). Other complex systems may be within the scope to support road maintenance and restoration activities. Emergency road repairs may require snowplowing for access, but in general, snowplowing is not part of this contract. Log out and mobilization costs are incidental to ordered work unless otherwise specified in the call order. This also includes and trailheads, campgrounds, and other facility related roadwork.

Work performed under this description is subject to the requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act.

PROJECT LOCATION

The project location covers the state of New Mexico. The terrain varies and can have moderate hills on some areas and steep grades in others. Soil conditions vary as well, from soft and sandy to compacted and rocky. A general vicinity map will be included with all call orders. Maps will also be available to assist in locating the individual roads and are available for purchase.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

BPA tentative award date: Fall 2022.

BPA tentatively expires: August 31, 2032.

STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND BRIDGES ON FEDERAL

HIGHWAY PROJECTS (FP-14 U.S. CUSTOMARY UNITS)

All of the specifications from the Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges on Federal

Highway Projects FP-14 are applicable to this project and are a part of this solicitation and any resultant contract. The specifications are included by reference and the full specifications are available at the following website: https://highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.dot.gov/files/docs/federal-lands/specs/12851/fp14.pdf

SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT

Any potential awardees must be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. If the Offeror does not become registered in the SAM database in the time prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via www.sam.gov https://highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.dot.gov/files/docs/federal-lands/specs/12851/fp14.pdf http://www.sam.gov/