Expedited California Road & Bridge Construction

The Federal Highway Administration's Central Federal Lands Highway Division is soliciting proposals for an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for Expedited California Road & Bridge Construction. The solicitation seeks multiple contractors to perform road and bridge construction projects in rural, mountainous, or environmentally sensitive areas throughout California and surrounding regions. Key qualifications require the prime contractor to demonstrate three public agency road construction contracts completed within the past six years, with at least one contract exceeding $10 million and two contracts exceeding $5 million, with each project including a minimum of five construction elements and two operational elements. Proposals will be evaluated using a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) approach, with assessment of past performance, technical capabilities, bonding capacity, and pricing for the seed project involving Blue Lake Road construction. The proposal due date is October 23, 2025, with electronic submission required to CFLContracts@dot.gov.

This solicitation is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside, making it available exclusively to certified small business contractors. The contract structure includes a base period of 12 months with two potential 24-month option periods, with individual task orders anticipated to range from $1,000,000 to $25,000,000 and a total shared capacity value of $250,000,000. The contract will apply Davis-Bacon wage rates and utilize the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) for performance evaluation. Work will be performed throughout California and potentially other states, focusing on projects for federal agencies including the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and Bureau of Land Management. Contractors must have bonding capacity and comply with Buy American requirements, sustainable product specifications, and electronic payment submission procedures through the DELPHI system.