Drilling - CA BR NCAO SHAS(1) UPPER VISTA HOUSE ROAD

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Central Federal Lands Highway Division, is soliciting quotations for subsurface pavement investigation services consisting of six shallow borings at the Shasta Dam Visitor Center in Shasta Lake, California. The project requires drilling six 5-foot shallow borings using a truck-mounted drill rig with a three-person crew (journeyman-level drill operator, one helper, and one laborer) to collect bulk soil samples of 50-70 pounds per location, with boreholes to be backfilled and capped using either fast-setting concrete or cold mix asphalt patch. Key contract requirements include current active registration in SAM.gov with a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), compliance with prevailing wage determination 2015-5627 for Shasta County, California, and submission of technical capability, pricing, past performance, and organizational information. The Government will make a lowest price technically acceptable award with verification of past performance. The deadline for submitting quotations is March 5, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time, with technical questions due by February 25, 2026, and the work anticipated to occur between February 2 and March 31, 2026.

This procurement is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside under NAICS code 541380 (Testing Laboratories and Services) with a $19.0 million industry size standard. No incumbent contractor or current contract holder is identified in the solicitation materials. The single contract line item (CLIN 00101) includes mobilization and demobilization, 9 hours of drill work, per diem for a potential overnight stay in Redding, California ($813), and miscellaneous supplies such as buckets, gravel, concrete, and patching materials, though no specific total contract value is disclosed in the available documentation. The work will take place at the Shasta Dam Visitor Center parking area in Shasta Lake, California (96019), with coordination required through Darin Lockhart at 720-963-3212. Recent clarifications issued on March 4, 2026, confirm that alternative drill types producing equivalent results are acceptable provided boring diameters do not exceed 6 inches, and that track-mounted drill rigs are permissible if sufficiently sized to meet depth and diameter requirements.