Roadside Maintenance Rocky Mountain Division Helena-Lewis and Clark NF

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service is seeking road maintenance services for the Rocky Mountain Division Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest through solicitation 1284LM25Q0037. The procurement covers comprehensive road maintenance activities including reshaping and finish-blading roadbeds, restoring drainage provisions, removing surface irregularities, maintaining proper road crowning, cleaning culvert inverts and ditches, and controlling noxious weeds across approximately 52.4 miles of forest roads. Key contract requirements include providing a Quality Control Plan, washing equipment to prevent weed seed spread, commencing work within 7 calendar days of receiving Notice to Proceed, and meeting specific performance standards such as maintaining moisture content ranges of 6-8% for aggregate surfaces and 12-20% for native surfaces. The government will inspect completed work within 5 workdays and contractors must re-accomplish any unacceptable work at their own expense. All questions were due by June 17, 2025 at 1700 MST to Sarah Cotton at sarah.cotton@usda.gov, with quotes due July 2, 2025 at 1700 MST.

This opportunity is designated as a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS code 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), restricting participation to qualified small businesses only. The contract includes a 12-month performance period from July 15, 2025 to July 14, 2026, with a delivery date of June 30, 2026. Work will be performed across multiple counties in Montana including Lewis & Clark, Powell, Flathead, Teton, Glacier, and Pondera Counties, covering specific road segments such as South Fork Teton River #109, North Fork Teton River #144, Beaver-Willow Creek #233, and Benchmark #235. The maintenance activities encompass both aggregate surface maintenance requiring blading, watering, and rolling, as well as native surface maintenance with blading and water application. Payment will be calculated by the tenth of a mile along road centerlines at contract unit prices for completed and accepted work.