North Cascade National Park STEHEKIN ROAD MAINTENA

The National Park Service, North Cascades National Park, is soliciting proposals for Stehekin Road Maintenance services, a commercial services contract requiring heavy equipment rental with operators to perform road maintenance and snow removal operations. The contractor must provide all labor, tools, equipment, materials, supervision, insurance, and transportation necessary to maintain primary and secondary roads in the remote Stehekin District, with work including snow removal, road grading, ditching, shoulder repair, and pothole repair using rubber-tired equipment. Key qualifications include small business registration status, System for Award Management (SAM) registration prior to award, and demonstrated relevant project experience as documented through the Relevant Project Experience Questionnaire. The award will be made to the offeror providing the best value to the government based on evaluation criteria including price, technical merits of equipment, and past performance. Critical deadlines include January 7, 2026 at noon PST for submission of questions to Geraldine_larsen@nps.gov and January 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM PST for proposal submission, with quotations to be submitted via email with pricing provided on an hourly rate basis including machine, fuel, and operator wages.

This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside contract with a NAICS code of 488490 (Other Support Activities for Road Transportation) and a size standard of $18 million. The base contract period runs from February 1, 2026 through January 30, 2027, with services performed in the Stehekin Valley area of North Cascades National Park in Washington state, an isolated region accessible only by boat, barge, or floatplane. The contract will be structured as a firm-fixed price commercial services agreement with a requirements-type structure establishing equipment rental rates and hourly labor pricing for equipment and operator services. Work will occur primarily during winter months (November through April) for snow removal and summer months for routine maintenance, with the contractor required to maintain roads at specified widths of 12 to 21 feet and comply with National Park Service environmental and safety guidelines. Invoicing will be processed through the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internet Payment Platform System with payment based on actual hours worked and delivered via electronic funds transfer.