RileyPassSourcesSought.pdf
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Department of Agriculture Forest Service
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This is a Sources Sought Notice for the Riley Pass Bluff B Mine Reclamation Project issued by the USDA Forest Service, Custer Gallatin National Forest. This announcement is for market research purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or a commitment to award a contract. The project involves mine waste remediation on Bluff B at the Riley Pass site located in Harding County, South Dakota, approximately 100 miles north of Belle Fourche and 5 miles west of Ludlow. The work includes mobilization and demobilization, construction surveying and staking, erosion control, channel borrow excavation and placement, mine waste excavation and compaction in consolidation areas, and road clearing and scoria placement. The project is estimated at $1 million to $5 million and will be awarded as a firm fixed price contract.
The contractor must comply with OSHA hazardous waste site regulations (29 CFR 1910.120) and all personnel must have completed OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER training and refresher training prior to work on the site, as the mine waste may contain hazardous materials presenting an imminent and substantial endangerment to human health and the environment. Interested vendors should submit responses limited to two pages including: company name, SAM UEI, contact information, interest in submitting a proposal, capability to provide similar work with at least three examples, and business size classification under NAICS code 562910 (Remediation Services) with a 1,000-employee size standard. The government encourages participation from small businesses, HUB Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, and Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned small businesses. Responses must be emailed to alisha.knaub@usda.gov no later than January 29, 2026.
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Riley Pass Bluff B Mine Reclamation Project Custer Gallatin National Forest
Source Sought Notice
This is a sources sought announcement and is for information/market research purposes only. THIS IS
NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM
THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any information requests.
Respondents will not be notified of the results of the information gathered in response to this notice.
The USDA, USFS, Custer Gallatin National Forest intends to solicit a firm fixed price contract. Work shall be performed on Bluff B of the Riley Pass site, which involves excavating historic mine wastes at various locations on Bluff B, placing and compacting the mine wastes in consolidation areas. The Bluff B work includes, but is not limited to the following:
• Mobilization, demobilization, bonding, and insurance
• Construction surveying and staking
• Erosion control
• Channel borrow excavation, hauling and placement
• Excavating, loading, hauling, placing, and compacting mine wastes
• Road clearing, compaction, scoria placement.
The project is located in the North Cave Hills land unit of the Custer-Gallatin National Forest (CGNF) in Harding County, South Dakota.
The Project Site is approximately 100 miles north of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, 25 miles north of Buffalo, South Dakota, and 30 miles south of Bowman, North Dakota. The nearest town is Ludlow, South Dakota, which is approximately 5 miles east of the Riley Pass project site. The Project Site can be accessed by turning west off U.S. Highway 85 onto Tufte Road, 2 miles north of Ludlow; then turning left on South Cave Hill Road, which turns into FSR #3120 at the National Forest boundary.
The Project Site is situated on National Forest System (NFS) land managed by the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USFS), Custer Gallatin National Forest.
Mine waste, spoils, native spoils, and aggregate surfacing on roads may contain hazardous materials that may pose a threat to human health.
This work requires handling of mine waste that may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to human health and the environment. These conditions meet the criteria for initiating a Removal Action under 40 CFR Section 300.415(b)(2) of the National Contingency Plan (NCP).
The Contractor shall comply with the OSHA regulations for hazardous waste sites (29 CFR 1910.120).
Due to the presence of hazardous materials on the project, the Contractor’s personnel working on the site are required to have completed OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER training and subsequent refresher training to be eligible to work on this project.
The project magnitude is estimated to be between $1 million and $5 million.
The type of set-aside decision to be issued will depend upon the capabilities of the responses to this sources sought announcement.
The purpose of this sources sought announcement is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of industry, to include the Small Business Community: Small Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Economically Disadvantage Woman-Owned Small Business. The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsible contractors. Small business, HUB Zone, EDWOSB and SDVOSB are highly encouraged to participate.
Firm's response to this sources sought announcement shall be limited to two (2) pages and shall include the following information:
1. Vendor’s name, SAM unique entity ID (UEI), address, point of contact, phone number, and email address.
2. Vendor's interest in submitting a proposal when the requirement is synopsized.
3. Vendor's capability to provide similar/same type of work. Provide at least three (3) examples.
4. Firm's Business Size for NAICS code 562910 (Remediation Services): Size Standard is 1,000 employees..
Email response to alisha.knaub@usda.gov not later than January 29, 2026.
mailto:alisha.knaub@usda.gov
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