NERI 227183 Rend Trail Project

The National Park Service Denver Service Center is soliciting proposals for the NERI 227183 Rend Trail Project (Solicitation No. 140P2025R0089), a comprehensive trail and bridge rehabilitation initiative at New River Gorge National Park in Glen Jean, West Virginia. The project encompasses extensive infrastructure improvements including rehabilitation of five existing bridges, replacement of nine timber cribbing walls with mechanically stabilized earth walls, installation of a bridge overlook, replacement of a stair system with a wooden ramp structure, culvert improvements, trail surface resurfacing, and development of two trailheads with parking areas and amenities. Offerors must submit a technical proposal addressing project schedule, management approach, project experience, and key personnel information, along with a separate business and price proposal. The government will evaluate proposals using a Best Value Continuum Tradeoff Process, with technical factors and past performance weighted roughly equally to pricing, and reserves the right to award to a higher-priced proposal if perceived benefits justify the differential. Proposals are due by November 18, 2025, at 1100 local time, with an anticipated Notice to Proceed date of November 1, 2025, and a required completion timeline of 500 calendar days after notice to proceed.

This is a Total Small Business set-aside contract with an estimated project magnitude exceeding $10 million and no identified incumbent contractor. The contract is structured as a Firm-Fixed-Price award with base and optional line items covering structural concrete repair, masonry joint work, rivet replacement, decking materials, a precast restroom facility, and security camera installation. Performance must occur at New River Gorge National Park in Glen Jean, West Virginia, with Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates applicable to the project, including rates ranging from $25.92 to $40.35 per hour depending on job classification. Offerors are required to complete a Past Performance Questionnaire, General References form, and Experience Information form as part of their submission. For services-related work, subcontractors are limited to a maximum of 50 percent of contract value for non-similarly situated subcontractors, with detailed tracking required through the Subcontract Percentage Worksheet.