Phase I Road maintenance, Buckhorn Road

The USDA Forest Service Procurement and Property Services is preparing a solicitation for road and drainage maintenance on three roads within the Santa Barbara Ranger District of Los Padres National Forest. The project will require a contractor to provide comprehensive road maintenance services, including blading 11 miles of road, restoring drainage dips, and upgrading 75 overside drains and rolling dips on an unsurfaced road. Contractors must be prepared to supply all necessary personnel, equipment, supplies, and resources to complete the work in strict compliance with contract specifications. While specific evaluation criteria are not detailed in the pre-solicitation notice, contractors will need to demonstrate capability to perform the technical road maintenance work. The final Request for Proposal (RFP) is expected to be posted on SAM.gov around January 3, 2025, with responses due by January 2, 2025, marking an important deadline for potential bidders.

The contract is designated as a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 237310 for Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction, with a size standard of $45 million. The anticipated contract will be a firm-fixed-price award with an estimated value between $250,000 and $500,000, with a projected 60-day performance period beginning in March 2025. Interested contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) with an active Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and CAGE code to be eligible for award. Davis-Bacon wage rates will apply to the project, which involves road maintenance work located off Paradise Road near Highway 154, north of Santa Barbara. Potential bidders should prepare for a comprehensive project that requires extensive road and drainage infrastructure maintenance in a specific geographic region.