GAOA Monongahela Tea Creek Campground Bridge Replacement

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service is soliciting construction services for the replacement of the Tea Creek Campground Bridge (FR 135) located in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia. The project encompasses furnishing and installing a two-span box beam bridge system along with associated construction activities including survey and staking, erosion and sediment control, clearing and grubbing, cofferdams and dewatering, excavation, riprap installation, removal of the existing structure, bridge installation, micro piling, roadway work, guardrail installation, and specialized environmental monitoring including turbidity monitoring, fish relocation, candy darter monitoring, and stream rehabilitation. Offerors must demonstrate experience in multi-span bridge construction, dewatering, in-stream structure construction, and specialized environmental monitoring tasks. The procurement will be evaluated using a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) methodology. The proposal due date is October 23, 2025, with offerors required to begin work within ten calendar days of contract award.

This solicitation is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside with no incumbent contractor identified. The estimated contract value falls between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000, requiring a bid guarantee of $480,000 or 20 percent of the offered price. The project performance period is approximately two years, with a total contract time of 324 days from April 7, 2025 to November 20, 2026, and construction activities limited to the low-flow period of July through October to protect the endangered candy darter species. Key numerical details include the replacement of a 111-foot bridge with a new 122-foot structure, approximately 852 cubic yards of embankment work, 720 feet of precast prestressed concrete box beams, and anticipated incidental take of 35 candy darter fish across different work areas. The work will be performed in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in the Marlinton Ranger District of the Monongahela National Forest, with the contract to be awarded by the USDA Forest Service.