GAOA Forest-Wide Cattle Guard Maintenance and Reconstruction

This proposed solicitation includes all labor, equipment and materials required to maintain and repair existing cattle guards located throughout the Ochoco National Forest. Work includes minor maintenance items including but not limited to cleaning accumulated debris, repair of deck running surfaces, wing and wing post replacements, and others. Major repair and maintenance includes, but is not limited to, removal of existing treated timber cattle guard foundations, resetting existing treated timber foundations, replacement of existing treated timber foundations with precast concrete foundations, and others. Road work including surface rehabilitation, asphalt surface replacement, and others is included in this contract to support associated cattle guard maintenance and reconstruction.  The contract will also include optional items for additional work of similar nature.

The project is located on the Ochoco National Forest, Paulina and Lookout Mt. Ranger Districts, Crook, Grant, and Wheeler Counties, Oregon.  The Government’s estimated magnitude of this project is between $250,000 and $500,000 for base items only and $500,000 and $1,000,000 for base and optional items.  Both a Performance Bond and Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the contract value will be required after contract award. Contract performance shall be complete by 30 November 2023 and work is permitted to start immediately after contract award.

Solicitation will be available for download from sam.gov on or about 30 June 2022. 

NOTE:  prospective awardee shall be registered and active in the System for Award Management (SAM) data base when submitting an offer and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of a contract resulting from this solicitation. Information on registration may be obtained via the internet at: http://www.sam.gov. All contractors and vendors must complete the electronic version of the Representations and Certifications in the SAM system.  If at the time of receipt of offers, an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Offeror will not be considered for award.