SYNAR AML Reclamation Construction

The Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) is soliciting sealed bids for construction services to reclaim an abandoned coal mine site spanning approximately 89 acres in Rogers County, Oklahoma. The work encompasses earthwork remediation including spoil grading and shaping, elimination of dangerous highwalls and hazardous water bodies, implementation of erosion and sedimentation control measures, and permanent vegetative cover establishment through a fixed-price construction contract. Key contract requirements include completion of the AML Contractor Information Form (OMB #1029-0119) and Applicant/Violator System (AVS) evaluation for contractors and subcontractors receiving 10 percent or more of contract funding to verify eligibility under 30 CFR 874.16, maintenance of active System for Award Management (SAM) registration, compliance with Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements, and furnishing of Performance and Payment Bonds (Standard Forms 25 and 25a) at 100 percent of contract price for construction costs exceeding $150,000. Award will be made to the lowest evaluated responsive and responsible bidder, with a mandatory pre-bid site visit held on April 9, 2026, at 10:00 AM Central Time. Bids are due April 30, 2026, at 2:00 PM Eastern Time, with public bid opening at 3:30 PM the same day.

This is a 100 percent small business set-aside under NAICS code 562910 (Remediation Services) with a small business size standard of $25 million, and no incumbent contractors are identified in the solicitation documents. The estimated project magnitude ranges between $1 million and $5 million, with the contract performance period running 349 calendar days from May 4, 2026, through May 3, 2027, and liquidated damages assessed at $1,500 per calendar day for delays beyond the completion date. Specific construction line items include mobilization, clearing and grubbing of 63 acres, air curtain incineration of woody debris, placement of approximately 351,777 cubic yards of earth fill, installation of fencing (1,600 linear feet of permanent 5-wire fence and 3,500 linear feet of temporary 3-wire fence), erosion control materials totaling 8,900 linear feet of straw wattle and 45 tons of rock check dams, placement of 1,100 tons of Type IA 12-inch riprap, deep disking of 72 acres, and seeding of 72 acres with specified vegetation. Performance will be conducted at the abandoned mine site in Rogers County, Oklahoma, with project administration provided by OSMRE's Tulsa Field Office.