Bald River Falls Bridge Replacement and NFSR 35 Reconditioning

Description: THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE FOR A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). Proposals shall only be requested and accepted from contractors who are a Small Business AND certified in System for Award Management (SAM, https://sam.gov/content/home). The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), United States Forest Service (USFS), has a requirement for but not limited to the following:

Scope- NFSR 35 Reconditioning  
This contract involves road reconditioning activities on NFSR 35 in the project area. NFSR 35 is a 0.8 mile long single lane paved road that acts as a ‘cutoff’ between NFSR 210 and TN-165. In order for NFSR 35 to be utilized as a Detour Route during bridge construction, the contractor will be responsible for performing reconditioning activities to include clearing, excavation, milling of asphalt, sub-grade stabilization, culvert cleaning/replacement, fill slope armoring and paving. The road reconditioning activities will need to be completed prior to Tellico River Road being closed for bridge construction. 
Scope- Bridge Replacement 
The Bald River Falls Bridge project will replace the existing 3-span, 200 ft bridge with a new 2-span structure. The existing structure is a two lane, 20 ft wide bridge comprised of concrete abutments, steel girders, concrete deck and 2 concrete piers. The new structure will be 170 ft long two lane structure with sidewalk and observation deck. The structure will be founded on bedrock with shallow foundation spread footings. The abutments/wingwalls will include rock anchors for support. The superstructure will be pre-stressed concrete box beams. A single 3-column concrete pier will be located at center span. Additional work will include clearing, grubbing, bridge rail, guardrail, masonry and paving. Tellico River Road will be closed during construction. The awardee will be responsible for maintaining the detour route (Consisting of NFSRs 216, 217, and 35) through the life of the contract.

Scope‐ Ongoing Detour Maintenance (NFSR 216,217, 35)
Ongoing maintenance will only occur on the 3 designated detour roads; not the 3 alternate roads.
Ongoing Detour Maintenance includes driving the detour route once a week and after storm
events to ensure the safety of the road. It will include up to 4 road gradings (inclusive of the final
grading) at the discretion of the CO, 2 mowings, cleaning of culverts as needed, removal of
downed trees and snow plowing. Snow plowing will be ordered on an as needed basis and is not
included in the 001-2 line item. Ongoing Road Maintenance is subject to the 800 series of
specifications attached to the Forest Service Supplemental Specifications. It is expected that the
Ongoing Road Maintenance will continue through the life of the closure of Tellico River Road.
Once Tellico River Road is reopened to public traffic, the contractor will perform a final detour
route grading. Grading instances 1-3 will not require compaction, however final grading will
require roller compaction and proper moisture content.

Solicitation Number 12445222B0002 for this effort will be posted to Beta.Sam.Gov (https://beta.sam.gov/) on or about August 3rd, 2022. This solicitation will contain all necessary specifications, drawings and other information necessary submit a proposal for this project.

There is currently no official group site visit scheduled. The solicitation will include site visit information if one is deemed necessary. Disclosure of the magnitude of construction projects:

The estimated cost of the total project is expected to be between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. NAICS Code: 237310 – Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction Size Standard: $39.5 Million