Road Repairs and Construction for USDA ARS in Parlier, CA

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service seeks quotations for road repairs and construction at its facility in Parlier, California, with quotations due August 27 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time and questions due August 19 at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time. This procurement is a Total Small Business Set-Aside with a small business size standard of $45 million; all responsible sources may submit a quotation.

Place of performance is Parlier, California (9611 S Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648). A mandatory site visit is scheduled for August 18 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time, with RSVP required by August 17.

The scope covers repair and restoration at the 130-acre San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center and includes mandatory work on paved parking lots and access roads: repair cracks 1" to 4" wide with asphalt (10,000 SF), fill cracks ½" to 1" wide with rubberized crack filler, remove and replace heavily damaged asphalt concrete at 3 inches deep (9,500 SF), clean existing asphalt and apply two coats of Shield-Cote asphalt sealer (204,000 SF), and replace all pre-existing markings with same-color paint. Two optional farm road repair packages are available: Option 1 covers East & West farm roads (60,000 SF of pulverizing, compacting, regrading, placement of 150 tons of asphalt base, and oil binding); Option 2 covers North & South farm roads (80,000 SF with identical scope and 150 tons of asphalt base). All work must be completed by October 31, 2026. The magnitude of construction is between $300,000 and $400,000.

This is a Request for Quotation for commercial items under FAR Part 12 prepared in combined synopsis/solicitation format; no separate written solicitation will be issued. Award will be made to the lowest price technically acceptable offeror on a firm fixed-price basis. Evaluation criteria are technical approach (past experience with similar road repair projects within five years and demonstrated understanding of requirements), fair and reasonable price, and past performance (acceptable or neutral rating). Contractors must comply with Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, provide performance and payment bonds (SF-25A), and meet Buy American construction materials requirements. The NAICS code is 237310, Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction.