ID BOUNDARY 5806 (3)B, Riverside Road Improvements B

The Federal Highway Administration is procuring road improvement services for the ID Boundary 5806 (3)B Riverside Road Improvements B project located west of Bonners Ferry, Idaho. The work encompasses grading, drainage, base preparation, subexcavation, culvert installation, and asphalt paving across 1.62 miles of roadway. The project includes specific improvements such as widening the road from 20 to 32 feet, improving sight distance on curves, providing wider shoulders for pedestrians and bicyclists, correcting superelevation, and installing two box culverts near the Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge. This is a negotiated, firm-fixed-price contract with solicitation anticipated during Winter 2025/2026. Prospective bidders should monitor SAM.gov for the full solicitation documents and register as SAM users to access the Interested Vendors List. Technical questions should be directed to wfl.plansspec@dot.gov, while general inquiries can be sent to wfl.contracts@dot.gov or 360-619-7520. All material sources must be certified free of noxious weeds, with contractors required to arrange a fall weed inspection prior to bid submission.

No set-aside designations have been applied to this procurement. The contract will be competitively awarded among Idaho, Montana, and Surrounding Areas Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) contractors through the Federal Highway Administration's Western Federal Lands Highway Division. The estimated price range is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000, with a tentative completion date of Fall/Winter 2026. Major work quantities include 11.5 acres of clearing and grubbing, approximately 5,921 cubic yards of roadway excavation, 24,979 cubic yards of subexcavation, 24,000 tons of aggregate base, 7,000 tons of asphalt concrete pavement, and landscape restoration across 6.4 acres. The project also involves the removal of existing infrastructure, installation of culverts and drains, soil erosion control measures, geotextile and geogrid stabilization, and permanent pavement markings.