Gaoa gila box day use sites phase II

The Bureau of Land Management is soliciting bids for construction improvements at five day-use recreation sites within the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area in Arizona, including work such as trail and parking area repairs, replacement of informational kiosks and picnic tables, installation of steel railing, and removal or replacement of shade structures. This invitation for bid (IFB) solicitation number 140L0626B0003 seeks a firm fixed-price contract for other heavy and civil engineering construction services under NAICS code 237990. Key contract requirements include a mandatory site visit on April 1, 2026, compliance with prevailing wage determination AZ20260054, submission of a completed SF1442 Bid Schedule with estimated quantities, and a Limitations on Subcontracting Breakout statement confirming that the prime contractor will perform at least 15 percent of contract costs with its own employees. The award will be made to the lowest-priced, responsive, and responsible bidder with no trade-offs; the Government will not conduct comparative evaluations or accept alternate proposals. The original bid deadline of April 24, 2026 at 2:00 PM Mountain Time has been extended to April 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM Mountain Time per Amendment 0002, with bid opening scheduled for April 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM Mountain Time via teleconference, and written questions were originally due by April 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM Mountain Time.

This is a total small business set-aside contract under FAR 19.5 with a $45 million small business size standard applicable to NAICS code 237990; no specific incumbent contractor information is identified in the solicitation documents. The contract performance period is 240 calendar days after notice to proceed, with work to commence between May 1, 2026 and December 27, 2026, and contractors must furnish performance and payment bonds equal to 100 percent of the contract price within 10 calendar days of award. The five project sites are located at Bonita Creek Road in Safford, Arizona 85546, with site-specific access constraints noted including weight restrictions on bridges at the Old Safford Bridge Picnic Area (15-ton limit on Bridges 1 and 3; 5-ton limit on Bridge 2) and a 70-foot combined length vehicle restriction on Bonita Creek Road; an alternate 17-mile bypass route is available for the Old Safford Bridge access. The project scope encompasses approximately 12 acres of improvements involving installation of concrete picnic tables, steel camp grills, shade structures, kiosks, and railings; gravel road and parking area scarification and recompaction with aggregate base material topping; and concrete pad construction with third-party testing and compaction requirements, all subject to construction stormwater pollution prevention plan requirements due to FEMA flood hazard zones with seasonal flooding risks.