Horizontal directional boring

The Bureau of Reclamation, Missouri Basin Region, anticipates awarding a Purchase Order for the directional horizontal boring of 2-inch PVC conduit with a pull string for Reclamation telecom cables at Fort Smith, Montana. The contractor will not pull Reclamation telecom cables.

Prospective offerors are encouraged to visit the performance site or otherwise familiarize themselves with the performance site to determine service and equipment requirements. Failure by prospective offerors to inspect the site will not relieve the offerors from the responsibility of properly estimating the difficulty or cost of successfully performing the work in accordance with the Government's requirements. Site visit information will be included with the solicitation.

The Period of Performance for this work will be approximately 120 days after receipt of award. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 237990. The small business standard is $39.5 million. This procurement is being advertised as a 100% Small Business Set Aside.

The Solicitation 140R6020Q0008 is tentatively scheduled to be available on or about December 30, 2019 at https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect and https://beta.sam.gov. Response dates for quotes is tentatively scheduled for February 3, 2020. Prospective contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the System for Award Management (SAM) database, accessed through https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM and must be actively registered in SAM to be eligible for award.

All quotations shall be submitted via e-mail to sbruns@usbr.gov. No quotations shall be accepted via Beta.SAM/FedConnect. The solicitation shall be downloaded at the above website; no paper copy of this solicitation will be distributed. Questions concerning this solicitation should be directed to Senthia Bruns via email at sbruns@usbr.gov.