Happy Camp Missing Burned Area Emergency Response Road Repair

**PLEASE READ: THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. NO OTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE UNTIL THE SOLICITATION IS ISSUED ON THE DATE IDENTIFIED BELOW**

Solicitation Documents: The solicitation will be issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) requiring both price and technical proposals responding to evaluation criteria described in the solicitation. Documents will only be available electronically to download from this website on or about 20 May 2015.

Description: The purpose of this project is to repair road infrastructure damaged during the Happy Camp fire and fire suppression efforts of August 2014. The objective of Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) efforts is to protect public safety and Forest Service investment in road infrastructure by restore traffic signs and improving road surface drainage. Work includes constructing rolling dips, grading roads, cleaning ditches, reconditioning, repairing and cleaning existing drainage structures, installing new drop inlet, drop inlet covers, installing flared end sections on existing culverts, repairing existing gates and installing and replacing culverts. The project is organized as a base project with an option for additional work if weather conditions are favorable and sufficient funds are available.

Location: The project sites are located along Forest Service roads within the Happy Camp Complex Fire perimeter which are on the Happy Camp and Oak Knoll Ranger District of the Klamath National Forest. The Project Roads are primarily located in Horse Creek, Three Biscui8ts drainage and off of Grider Ridge approximately 3-10 miles east of Highway 96 in Happy Camp and 70 miles west of Yreka CA. The solicitation will include project location maps for project roads and their locations.

Price Range: $100,000 - $250,000

Contract Time: 45 days for the base project, 05 additional days if the option items are awarded.

Estimated Start Date: 30 Jun 2015.

Prebid Site Visit: A site visit is not scheduled.

Set-Aside: This project is 100% set aside for HubZone small businesses.

Bonds: A Bid guarantee is required with the offer, bid guarantees will be allowed to be submitted electronically with the proposal with follow up of original. Payment and Performance Bonds for the full contract price will be required of the successful contractor and will need to be furnished within 5 days of award.

Response Location: Offers will be accepted at the Northern California Acquisition Service Area, Redding Office, located within the Shasta-Trinity National Forest Headquarters at 3644 Avtech Parkway, Redding, CA 96002 NO LATER than the date and time indicated on solicitation.

SAM REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS: Prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award. SAM is a consolidation of the former Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and On-line Representation and Certification Application (ORCA) databases.