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This is a Special Notice document from the USDA Forest Service seeking industry input on a prefabricated modular residential building project at the Seagull Guard Station in Superior National Forest, Minnesota. The project involves replacing an existing 6-bedroom bunkhouse (2,360 sq ft) that serves as housing for wildland firefighters and other Forest Service staff from April through October each year.
The Special Notice requests responses by January 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST via email to two Forest Service Contracting Specialists. The project site is located approximately 50 miles northwest of Grand Marais, MN on the Gunflint Trail. The document includes concept plans showing a new bunkhouse with kitchen/dining area, living room, six bedrooms, laundry facilities, and bathrooms. Construction is anticipated to begin in Spring 2025. The Forest Service emphasizes this is for market research only and not a solicitation. They are specifically seeking input on construction challenges related to the remote location and recommendations regarding prefabricated modular construction approaches to improve efficiency and manage costs. The document includes detailed site plans, floor plans, and photos of both the existing site and similar bunkhouse projects for reference.
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Special Notice – Seagull Guard Station Bunkhouse
SPECIAL NOTICE
SEAGULL GUARD STATION – BUNKHOUSE REPLACEMENT PROJECT
Response to this Special Notice
1. Please complete and return the attached Questionnaire form via email as indicated below.
2. Make sure to provide your Company and Contact information in the form. Then feel free to make suggestions and to respond to as many or as few Technical Questions as you can before submitting the form.
3. You may also submit any questions you may have regarding this project via email.
4. Responses to this Special Notice shall be submitted no later than Friday, January 24, 2025, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time.
5. Please click the following link to submit responses via email to BOTH contacts listed below: SUBMIT QUESTIONNAIRE VIA EMAIL. Don’t forget to attach the completed Questionnaire form and any other information you would like to share.
a. Kevin Brown, Forest Service Contracting Specialist, at kevin.brown2@usda.gov
b. Clark Bartelt, Forest Service Contracting Specialist, at clark.a.bartelt@usda.gov
Purpose of the Special Notice
The primary purpose of this Special Notice is to seek industry perspective and technical recommendations for a prefabricated modular residential building. Because the project site is in a remote location, the intent is to gain industry perspective on potential construction challenges and to mitigate challenges prior to project implementation. By engaging in dialogue with industry, the project team wishes to bridge knowledge with vendors/ contractors to better understand construction efficiencies and cost efficiencies provided by prefabricated modular construction processes.
Secondarily, this Special Notice seeks to determine vendor/ contractor parties who may be interested in submitting proposals during contract solicitation (anticipated early 2025).
Note: This Special Notice is strictly intended for Market Research for project planning. This is not an announcement of contract solicitation and is not to be construed as a commitment by the US Government. Responses will be used solely for Market Research on recommendations for project implementation.
Project Information and Background
The Seagull Guard Station is a remote US Forest Service duty station located in the East Zone of the Superior National Forest. It is on the Gunflint Trail approximately 50 miles northwest of the town of Grand Marais, MN.
mailto:kevin.brown2@usda.gov;clark.a.bartelt@usda.gov?subject=SEAGULL%20GUARD%20STATION%20QUESTIONNAIRE mailto:kevin.brown2@usda.gov mailto:clark.a.bartelt@usda.gov
Special Notice – Seagull Guard Station Bunkhouse
The guard station provides a critical outpost for Wildland Firefighting operations, typically lasting from April through October each year, as well as for other Forest Service program staff. The site consists of several buildings including a warehouse, a single-family style house, and an existing bunkhouse. The existing bunkhouse is falling into disrepair and will be removed.
With this project, the Forest Service is planning to replace the existing bunkhouse with a new 6-bedroom bunkhouse, approx. 2,360 sq. ft. During the annual operational period, wildland firefighters both work and reside at the Seagull Guard Station site. Outside of the operational period, the facilities are winterized, unheated, and unoccupied. With the existing facility in disrepair, this project aims to provide adequate modern housing to continue to serve the living and working needs of the staff.
Please also refer to the attached sketches and photos for further information on this project.
Attachments include:
o Exhibit 1 – Project location map o Exhibit 2 – Concept site plan o Exhibit 3 – Concept floor plan o Exhibit 4 – Photos of the Seagull Guard Station site o Exhibit 5 – Sample photos of similar bunkhouse projects
Project Schedule
The project is currently under planning. Announcement for contract solicitation is anticipated in early 2025, with contract award and on-site construction as early as Spring 2025.
SEAGULL GUARD STATION
BUNKHOUSE REPLACEMENT PROJECT – VICINITY MAP
FROM GRAND MARAIS, MN:
TAKE GUNFLINT TRAIL NORTH FROM MN HWY 61.
CONTINUE FOR 49 MILES.
SEAGULL GUARD STATION IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
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SEAGULL GUARD STATION
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Exhibit 2
Project Assumption:
No bedrock was encountered during preliminary soil test pits to 6 feet depth at the "New Bunkhouse" location shown
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SEAGULL GUARD STATION
BUNKHOUSE REPLACEMENT - CONCEPT FLOOR PLAN
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BUNKHOUSE REPLACEMENT – PHOTOS OF SITE
Photo 1
MAIN DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE – WEST:
DRIVEWAY IS ASPHALT.
PHOTO IS FACING NORTHEAST FROM
GUNFLINT TRAIL ROAD.
EXISTING WAREHOUSE BLDG IS SHOWN.
Photo 2
SECONDARY DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE – EAST:
DRIVEWAY IS GRAVEL.
PHOTO IS FACING NORTHEAST FROM
GUNFLINT TRAIL ROAD.
Photo 3
MAIN DRIVEWAY – ASPHALT.
PHOTO IS FACING NORTHEAST FROM
NEAR THE SOUTH END OF EXISTING
WAREHOUSE BUILDING.
SHED AND HOUSE ARE SHOWN BEYOND.
Exhibit 4 6 of 7
BUNKHOUSE REPLACEMENT – PHOTOS OF SIMILAR PROJECTS
Photo 4
(THIS IS NOT AT THE SEAGULL GUARD
STATION SITE.)
SIMILAR BUNKHOUSE EXTERIOR FOR
VISUALIZATION AND DISCUSSION.
Photos 5
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STATION SITE.)
SIMILAR BUNKHOUSE FOUNDATION FOR
VISUALIZATION AND DISCUSSION.
STEMWALL DOWN TO FROST DEPTH
CREATING A LOW-HEIGHT (~ 5 FT)
CRAWLSPACE.
Exhibit 5 7 of 7
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| Seagull Qtrs - Six Bdrm Plans & Elevs-SK.pdf |
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