GRPO - Mile Creek Stone Trail Bridge

The Department of the Interior National Park Service Midwest Region seeks sealed bids for construction of Mile Creek Stone Bridge Trail improvements at Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota, with proposals due July 6, 2026. The procurement is a 100% Total Small Business set-aside.

Place of performance is 170 Mile Creek Road, Grand Portage, Minnesota 55605. Work comprises approximately 60 calendar days from Notice to Proceed (currently scheduled August 1 to October 1, 2026) and includes removal of 4,472 SF of existing asphalt pavement and aggregate subbase, milling 9,081 SF of existing asphalt at 2-inch depth with haul-off and disposal, removal of 3,606 SF of aggregate shoulders, and installation of 100 CY imported topsoil, 1,068 LF silt fence, 820 SY erosion control blankets, 9,081 SF of 2-inch depth asphalt overlay, 1,025 SF of 4-inch depth asphalt wearing course, 700 SF of 6-inch depth aggregate subbase, 706 LF permanent painted pavement lines, and accessibility parking features.

NAICS code 237310 applies; the $45 million size standard governs small business eligibility. Contract award is firm-fixed price with estimated value between $100,000 and $250,000. Performance and payment bonds equal to 100% of final contract award are required; bid bond must be 20% of bid price, not to exceed $3 million. All construction wage determinations under General Decision MN20260231 apply; prevailing wage rates are mandatory for multiple construction classifications across Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Pine, and St. Louis counties.

Imported topsoil must be certified archaeologically clean and free of invasive species with physical and chemical properties matching the existing landscape; contractors must provide geographic source documentation and supplier certification of no contamination and no imported artifacts. Asphalt mix must meet specifications regardless of plant distance (nearest source is Duluth, Minnesota, approximately 3 hours away). Buy American requirements apply to construction materials. FAR clauses 52.223-2 (Reporting of Biobased Products) and 52.223-232 (Sustainable Products and Services), both May 2024 with February 2025 deviation, are incorporated. Bids must be submitted electronically to bridget_parizek@ios.doi.gov. A mandatory site visit is scheduled for June 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM CT; questions are due within 5 days following the site visit. Amendment 0003, effective June 26, extended the bid opening from June 29 to July 6 and added the two sustainability clauses.