0401 gaoa 4EN const flamingo gorge NRA water WW sys repair ashley NF

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service is seeking a contractor to reconstruct approximately 1.5 miles of the Greendale Public Water System at Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area in the Ashley National Forest, Utah. The project, funded through the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), involves removing and replacing existing water system infrastructure including pipelines, valves, pressure reducing valves, air-vacuum relief valves, and water hydrants, along with repairing existing roads and constructing service roadway realignments. The work must be completed within a 365-calendar day contract period starting August 15, 2025, with comprehensive environmental protections required including equipment pressure-washing to prevent noxious weed transportation and maintaining stream protections. Proposals will be evaluated using a tradeoff process considering past performance, experience, and technical approach as equally important to price, with the contract awarded to the offeror providing the best overall value to the government. The proposal due date has been extended to July 30, 2025, at 5:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time, with questions having been due by July 15, 2025, and a pre-bid site visit conducted on July 8, 2025, at Cedar Springs Marina.

This opportunity is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside with no incumbent contractors identified in the documentation. The estimated contract value falls between $500,000 and $1,000,000, representing a firm-fixed-price construction contract with both base bid work and optional bid items that must be exercised within 90 days if selected. The project encompasses base work estimated at 90 calendar days involving pipeline installations ranging from 1-inch to 4-inch HDPE pipes, utility boxes, curb valves, hydrants, excavation, and site preparation, with an optional scope including additional pipeline replacement and pressure reducing valve installation. Performance will take place in Manila, Utah, specifically at the Cedar Springs Campground and Marina area within the Flaming Gorge Ranger District of Ashley National Forest in Daggett County. The contractor must maintain partial operational status of the Cedar Springs Campground and Marina during construction while adhering to Davis-Bacon Act wage requirements and comprehensive testing protocols including hydrostatic testing and bacteriological examinations.