Hermosa Creek Habitat Improvement Project

This project is for the Hermosa Creek Habitat Improvement Project. The work includes, but is not limited, construction of 17 instream structures, 1,056 lf of stream bank rehabilitation, and approx 556 feet of channel modification and an existing fish barrier repair. The allotted time for this contract performance is one hundred and twenty (120) days from the date of issuance of the notice to proceed. All work shall be performed within the Columbine Ranger District of the San Juan National Forest between the cities of Durango and Silverton, Colorado, above the confluence of Hermosa Creek and East Fork Hermosa Creek and below the Forest Road 578 Hermosa Creek Crossing.

This project is being advertized as a Small Business Set-Aside. The solicitation for this project will be available only through the Federal Business Opportunities website www.fbo.gov. All questions pertaining to this solicitation must be submitted, in writing, to Ginger Domingos at gingerdomingos@fs.fed.us or via facsimile to 970-385-1243. All Offerors shall be registered to the Central Contractor's Registry (CCR) in accordance to FAR 52.204-7, be registered in ORCA in accordance to FAR 52.204-8, and must respond to all evaluation criteria in Section M of the solicitation to be considered responsive to this solicitation. Offerors to fail to meet these criteria will not be considered in the Technical Evaluation of offers.

A pre-proposal site visit is scheduled for August 15, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. (Details of this meeting will be included in the solicitation). The anticipated date for issuance of the solicitation is on or around August 24, 2011. The actual due date will be identified on the solicitation.