Gas/Oil Well Plugging at CUVA

The National Park Service is procuring environmental remediation services to reclaim and plug two orphaned oil and gas well sites at Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio. The contractor must furnish all labor, equipment, materials, tools, and transportation necessary to complete the plugging and abandonment of wells CVNP 91-024-04 and an Un-Named Well in compliance with Ohio Revised Code Section 1509 or BLM Onshore Order No. 2, whichever is more stringent. Key contract requirements include obtaining Ohio Department of Natural Resources work permits, submitting a post-award safety plan, hot tapping wellheads, running gauge runs to establish casing specifications, circulating top plugs with minimum four-hour cure times, installing surface markers with well identification, measuring methane levels before and after work, and properly disposing of all waste materials and contaminated soils off-site. The Government will award to the responsible bidder with the lowest conforming bid price. The deadline for proposal submission is March 31, 2026, at 1:00 PM ET, with a mandatory pre-bid site visit held on February 17, 2026, and a question submission deadline of February 24, 2026.

This is a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 213112 with no identified incumbent contractors. The contract is structured as a firm fixed-price award with a performance period of 180 calendar days after Notice to Proceed, with work scheduled to occur between April 8, 2026, and October 9, 2026. Bidders must submit a bid guarantee of at least 20 percent of bid price (not to exceed $3 million), a completed SF1442 form, and a Limitations on Subcontracting worksheet demonstrating compliance with the requirement that the prime contractor perform at least 15 percent of labor work. Davis Bacon prevailing wage rates apply per determination OH20260001. The work will be performed at Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Summit County, Ohio, with all operations restricted to Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., and the project is funded through the Fiscal Year 2025 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Energy Community Revitalization Program.