Dumont dunes road shoulder stabilization

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management California Region seeks quotations for shoulder stabilization and repair work on Dumont Dunes Road in San Bernardino County, California, with quotations due August 1, 2026. The procurement is set-aside for total small business under NAICS 237310, Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction, limited to firms with annual receipts not exceeding $45.0 million.

Place of performance is approximately 40 miles north of Baker, California at coordinates 35.696338, -116.251482. The work involves repair and restoration of approximately 300 linear feet of road shoulder damaged by Tropical Storm Hilary over a 7-calendar-day period from August 3 to August 7, 2026, with no weekend work permitted. The contractor must furnish all labor, equipment, supplies, and materials for site preparation, placement and compaction work, and environmental remediation, including clearing debris and vegetation, proper grading with no greater than 2% cross slope, excavation, geosynthetic material installation (government-furnished), native material backfill, and capping with 6 inches of Class 2 aggregate road base. Aggregate must be placed in 6 to 8-inch lifts, watered, and compacted to 95% standard Proctor density. Environmental requirements include dust control, proper disposal of construction waste, and sweeping asphalt pavement clean.

The bid schedule comprises six line items: mobilization/demobilization, traffic control, subgrade preparation and excavation, geosynthetic/GeoWeb installation, Class 2 aggregate road base (180 tons at unit price), and site restoration and cleanup. A mandatory site visit is encouraged (not mandatory per Amendment 0001) for July 20, 2026, at 10:00 AM P.T. at coordinates 35.695765, -116.251277. Evaluation is Pass/Fail on technical acceptability—equipment capability, schedule realism, and material conformance to Class 2 aggregate specifications—with price as the deciding factor. The contract is firm fixed-price. Contractors must maintain vehicular liability and general public liability insurance with minimum coverage of $100,000 per person/$500,000 per occurrence for bodily injury and $100,000 per accident/$500,000 aggregate for property damage. Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates apply. Quotations must be submitted via email to Branden_Bayze@ios.doi.gov by July 31, 2026, at 6:00 PM P.T., and offerors must acknowledge Amendment 0002 (posted July 29, which replaced the bid schedule) prior to submission.