Provide Maintenance of Unpaved Roads - Big South F

The National Park Service Southeast Region seeks maintenance repairs of unpaved roads at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in Oneida, Tennessee, with proposals due June 6, 2026. The procurement is a Women-Owned Small Business set-aside; a mandatory site visit occurs May 18, 2026, at 1:00 PM EDT, and questions close May 20, 2026, at 1:00 PM EDT.

Place of performance is 4564 Leatherwood Road, Oneida, Tennessee 37841. The contractor must deliver and tailgate-spread a minimum of 16,100 tons of TDOT 903-specification crusher run limestone aggregate across ten designated unpaved road segments and multi-use trails, achieving a uniform 3-inch average lift with plus-or-minus one-half-inch tolerance across full roadway width. The contractor is responsible for all labor, equipment, traffic control, and management of public vehicle encounters on roads with minimum clearances of nine feet width and eleven feet height on Duncan Hollow Road, Alfred Smith Road, Jack Ridge Road, and Big Island Road; other roads have approximately ten feet width and twelve feet height clearances. Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM EDT, Monday through Friday, with a maximum of 45 working days to complete following Notice to Proceed, starting within 14 calendar days.

The NAICS code is 237310, Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction, with a small business size standard of $45 million. The contract is Firm Fixed Price with performance running June 15 to August 14, 2026. Davis-Bacon prevailing wages apply for Scott County, Tennessee. Required insurance includes $500,000 worker's compensation, $100,000 per person / $500,000 per occurrence general liability, and $1,000,000 property damage. Performance and payment bonds at 100 percent of contract amount are required. Evaluation uses Lowest Price Technically Acceptable, weighing technical ability and approach, past performance (three relevant projects within five years), and price. The contractor must submit a prime-contractor subcontracting commitment of at least 15 percent of total contract value, with a maximum of 85 percent subcontracted to non-similarly situated subcontractors.