Hasty Point Rice Trunk &

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service seeks construction services to repair and replace rice trunks, spillway box, and levees at the Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge in Georgetown, South Carolina, with proposals due June 23 and a mandatory site visit on June 15. The procurement is a total small business set-aside with a budget range of $100,000 to $250,000.

Place of performance is 773 Hasty Point Drive, Georgetown, SC 29440. Work includes replacing two 32-foot rice trunks and one 32-foot spillway box with bulkhead construction using Class I non-woven geotextile, 25-foot pilings driven to refusal, and tongue-and-groove sheeting; constructing four tractor bridges; adding 24 inches of dirt across 7,200 linear feet of dikes; mechanically removing vegetation from 8,800 linear feet of interior canals; cleaning four water control structure outfall ditches; installing four mooring pilings at barge landings; and repairing bulkhead boards at the barge landing. The Fish and Wildlife Service provides all rice trunks, spillway box, and bulkhead materials. The contractor supplies all tools, labor, equipment transportation, site cleanup, and restoration of barge landings. Performance runs July 6 through November 9, 2026, with all labor guaranteed for at least two years. Work hours are 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday. The project must comply with Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates under General Decision Number SC20260001. For awards exceeding $35,000, a Payment Bond is required; awards over $150,000 require both Payment and Performance Bonds. The contractor must begin performance within 10 calendar days of notice to proceed and complete all work within 120 calendar days. Questions are due June 17 at 12:00 p.m. EST. The NAICS code is 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction); PSC is Y1QA. Amendment 0001, issued June 9, corrected the due date to June 24 in block 13 and incorporated the omitted clause package.