Forest Road 10 Culvert Replacements Green Mountain National Forest

DESCRIPTION:
The USDA-Forest Service is anticipating issuing a Request for Proposal for a Firm Fixed Price type contract on the Green Mountain National Forest in Bennington and Rutland Counties Vermont.  The project will require all transportation, material, labor, supervision, equipment, operators, tools, supplies, licenses, permits and other incidentals as required.

1. The Forest Road 10 – 8.4 Culvert Replacement work shall include, but is not limited to, the removal/transportation/unloading of temporary bridge and abutments, excavation, removal of existing culvert, layout and construction of the cast-in-place concrete abutments, furnishing, fabricating, preparing, assembling and erecting the new metal culvert, associated backfill and embankment construction, guardrail installation and associated road and site work.
2. The Forest Road 10 – 11.53 Culvert Replacement work shall include, but is not limited to, excavation, removal of existing culvert, layout, furnishing, fabricating, preparing, assembling and erecting the new precast culvert, associated backfill and embankment construction, guardrail installation and associated road and site work.

 
Due to the timing of this announcement, interested contractors may view the two locations.  Directions to the two locations are:

FR 10-8.4

FROM THE INTERSECTION OF US-7 AND VT-11 E, TRAVEL EAST ALONG VT-11 E FOR 8.4 MILES. TAKE A SLIGHT LEFT ONTO MAIN ST. FOR .3 MILES. TAKE A SLIGHT LEFT ONTO HAPGOOD POND RD. FOR 3.7 MILES. TURN LEFT ONTO LANDGROVE RD. FOR .6 MILES. TURN LEFT ONTO LITTLE MICHIGAN RD. FOR .4 MILES. TURN RIGHT ONTO FOREST ROAD 10 FOR 4.9 MILES TO REACH THE CULVERT LOCATED AT MILE POST 8.4. 43°20'27" N, 72°52'44" W.

FROM THE INTERSECTION OF VT-155 S AND VT-100 S, TRAVEL SOUTH ALONG VT-100 S FOR 3.4 MILES. TURN RIGHT ONTO LAWRENCE HILL ROAD FOR .3 MILES. TURN LEFT ONTO LANDGROVE ROAD FOR 4 MILES. TURN RIGHT ONTO LITTLE MICHIGAN RD. FOR .4 MILES. TURN RIGHT ONTO FOREST ROAD 10 FOR 4.9 MILES TO REACH THE CULVERT LOCATED AT MILE POST 8.4. 43°20'27" N, 72°52'44" W.

FR 10-11.53

FROM THE INTERSECTION OF US-7 AND VT-11 E, TRAVEL EAST ALONG VT-11 E FOR 8.4 MILES. TAKE A SLIGHT LEFT ONTO MAIN ST. FOR .3 MILES. TAKE A SLIGHT LEFT ONTO HAPGOOD POND RD. FOR 3.7 MILES. TURN LEFT ONTO LANDGROVE RD. FOR .6 MILES. TURN LEFT ONTO LITTLE MICHIGAN RD. FOR .4 MILES. TURN RIGHT ONTO FOREST ROAD 10 FOR 2.2 MILES TO REACH THE CULVERT LOCATED AT MILE POST 11.53. 43°17'53' N, 72°53'02" W.

FROM THE INTERSECTION OF VT-155 S AND VT-100 S, TRAVEL SOUTH ALONG VT-100 S FOR 3.4 MILES. TURN RIGHT ONTO LAWRENCE HILL ROAD FOR .3 MILES. TURN LEFT ONTO LANDGROVE ROAD FOR 4 MILES. TURN RIGHT ONTO LITTLE MICHIGAN RD. FOR .4 MILES. TURN RIGHT ONTO FOREST ROAD 10 FOR 2.2 MILES TO REACH THE CULVERT LOCATED AT MILE POST 11.53. 43°17'53' N, 72°53'02" W.

CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS:
Interested parties are advised that registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database is required prior to award of a contract. There is no cost for registration in SAM when registration is completed on the official SAM website (www.sam.gov).

SET-ASIDE:
This procurement will be set-aside 100% for small business concerns. The NAICS code is NAICS 237310 Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction

The Small Business size standard is $39.5 Million.

SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS:
The solicitation and related documents will only be issued electronically via Contract Opportunities on www.sam.gov and are expected to be available for downloading on or around 01NOV2022 from https://www.sam.gov/. The anticipated contract magnitude is between $500,000 and $1,000,000.

All questions regarding this solicitation shall be emailed to the Contract Specialist, John Swizdor at john.swizdor@usda.gov.