Geotechnical drilling NV flap was CR 34(1) county road 34

The Federal Highway Administration seeks geotechnical drilling services for 11 miles of Washoe County Road 34 near Gerlach, Nevada, with quotations due June 5 at 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time and technical questions due May 29. The procurement is set-aside for Total Small Business under NAICS 541330, Engineering Services (size standard $19.0 million).

Place of performance is Gerlach, Nevada (approximately 100 miles north of Reno). Work consists of thirty-four shallow borings (5-foot depth or until refusal) along CR 34 north of its intersection with CR 447, with drilling scheduled for June or July 2026. The contractor must provide a truck-mounted drill rig with 6-inch outside diameter auger, a three-person crew (journeyman-level drill operator, drill helper, and laborer with pickup truck), mobilization and demobilization, utility locates, traffic control setup, sample collection supplies (twenty 5-gallon buckets with lids), backfilling materials (pea gravel and cold mix asphalt patch), and office work and task management. Work is estimated at a maximum of 10 hours (one day of drilling) with contractor and FHWA meeting at 8 a.m. at Bruno's Country Club in Gerlach.

Quotations must be submitted electronically as PDF files not exceeding 10 megabytes and include technical capability, pricing, past performance, and mandatory organizational information. Payment uses a fixed-price structure with three Contract Line Item Numbers for mobilization/demobilization (lump sum), drill work (hourly rate for 10 hours), and miscellaneous supplies (lump sum). Davis Bacon wages do not apply. All contractors must maintain current active registration in SAM.gov. A June 1 questions and answers document clarified that pre-coring of asphalt is not required and confirmed the 10-hour labor allocation is binding; bidders may not request adjustment to higher hour estimates.