Construct North Unit Visitor Center at BADL

The National Park Service, Department of the Interior, is soliciting firm-fixed-price bids for construction of the North Unit Visitor Center at Badlands National Park, with bids due November 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM Central Time under Amendment 05, which extends the deadline and states that no further extensions are allowable. No set-aside is used. The solicitation, issued by the NPS ConOps Strategic Business Services Contracting Division, covers a base line item and option line items.

The site is at 25216 SD-240 in Interior, South Dakota, within Badlands National Park. The scope is a ground-up visitor center of 17,176 square feet. Work includes drilled concrete pier and grade beam foundations, structural steel and precast concrete panels, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, fire sprinklers, security and access control, landscaping, and permanent utility connections. The estimated project magnitude is $10 million to $20 million.

Bidders must include a Commissioning Agent in their bids, per Amendment 05, which rescinds the earlier Q&A stating third-party commissioning was not required. A contractor-retained Geotechnical Engineer determines soil testing elevations and drilled-pier lengths, subject to Architect review. The contractor provides its own utilities, including water, gas, and electricity, at its own expense. Davis-Bacon wage determination SD20260022 applies. Performance and payment bonds are required after award. The bid guarantee is 20 percent of total bid price including options, not to exceed $3 million. Bids are submitted electronically.

Amendment 05 treats a period of performance of approximately 700 days as a bid-pricing anchor that the contracting officer may adjust after award through suspensions of work and extensions. Addendum No. 01 sets the construction schedule at 720 calendar days. Notice to Proceed must be issued by December 11, 2026.

Award goes to the lowest-priced, responsive, responsible bidder, and options are evaluated for award without obligating the government to exercise them. Questions to the contracting officer are accepted up to the closing date, but technical questions requiring Architect and Engineer input are not permitted. Contracting Officer Cole Johnson can be reached at Cole_Johnson@ios.doi.gov. Amendment 05 resolves all remaining specification conflicts, and bids must rely on data available as of that amendment.