Gaoa spruce gulch road repair

The Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Montana State Office intends to solicit proposals for construction activities to include road grading, culvert & water bar installation and aggregate gravel placement. The project work is located in Lawrence County on the Spruce Gulch Road 1¿mile south of Deadwood, South Dakota.

BLM will issue Solicitation Number 140L3623Q0002 via https://sam.gov/content/opportunities, at the link provided in this notice. The principal components of the work to be performed include:
* Mobilization
* Materials Testing
* Traffic Control
* Clearing and Grubbing
* Galvanized Corrugated Metal Pipe, 18 - Inch
* Galvanized Corrugated Metal Pipe, 24 - Inch
* Galvanized Corrugated Metal Pipe, 36 - Inch
* Galvanized Flared-End Section, 18 - Inch
* Galvanized Flared-End Section, 24 - Inch
* Galvanized Flared-End Section, 36 - Inch
* Water Bar
* Riprap, Class - C
* Road Maintenance - 3/4 " Minus Aggregate Base Course
* Road Maintenance
* Reclamation / Seeding

Pursuant to Part 13 and Part 36 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations, BLM intends to issue a Request for Quotations (RFQ) on or around December 20, 2022. The estimated price range of this acquisition is between $100,000 and $250,000. BLM anticipates issuing the RFQ under the total small business set-aside program. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 237310 and the associated Small Business Size Standard is $39.5 Million.

A single contract award will be made to the offeror that submits a quotation that has been determined to be the best value within the Federal Acquisition Regulations. A firm-fixed priced contract is contemplated. Quotations will be due on or around February 3, 2023, at BLM's Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate, Billings, Montana. Offerors may submit electronic quotations as a response to the anticipated solicitation. Electronic quotations will be subject to the same rules as paper quotations.

The Government anticipates award of this procurement on or around April 4, 2023. Due to various environment restrictions, the successful contractor will be required to commence work after August 21, 2023. There will be no work allowed on the Spruce Gulch Road during the time-period of September 21, 2023, thru September 23, 2023, but the Spruce Gulch Road must be passible to the traveling public to accommodate for the annual ¿Jeep Jamboree¿. The entire project shall be complete no later than October 31, 2023. The time stated for completion shall include final cleanup of the premises.

For further information about the requirement, offerors should contact Christine Mundt at cmundt@blm.gov or at (406) 896-5030.

All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award. If you have not updated SAM since October of 2020, you are advised to update early to be sure you are in compliance with the expanded Section 889 prohibitions on not using certain covered technology products.

The successful contractor shall electronically submit all payment requests for the anticipated contract through the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP). If the contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its offer.