Trail Reconstruction for the Ideal Cove Trail - Tongass National Forest

AMENDMENT #0001 - MULTIPLE "UPDATED ATTACHMENTS"

GAOA Ideal Cove Trail Reconstruction

This amendment updates all contract documents to eliminate Option Item 1, replacement of Hill Lake Bridge and related rest area and trail reconstruction. Option Item 2 which installs two rest areas at midpoints in Ideal Cove Trail has been re-numbered as Option Item 1.

This amendment also clarifies installation details for Double Post Sign Base (Sheet 14 of Drawings), clarifies depth of gravel pad and sign location for Saltwater Trailhead (Sheet 15 of Drawings), corrects the Government’s intent to award to best value rather than lowest price technically acceptable, and answers one question from the 11/30/2021 pre-proposal meeting regarding gravel size (see attached, 1 page). 

Amended items in Drawings are indicated by a bubble outline accompanied by a triangle symbol with the number “1” inside and “Update” below.

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 Amended Documents             # of Pages

Section B                                    2

Section C                                    2

Project Specs                         27

Trail Log                                     8

Drawings                                 18

Section M                               3

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                              DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT

                                               GAOA Ideal Cove Trail Reconstruction

                                         Petersburg Ranger District, Tongass National Forest

                                                                 Petersburg, Alaska

                 PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION

1. Description:  Base Bid work is the reconstruction of Ideal Cove Trail. Major work items include the demolition of approx. 0.8 mile of existing step-and-run boardwalk and other wood trail structures, salvaging suitable lumber for reuse, and installation of trail structures such as aggregate surfacing, boardwalk bridges, Saltwater Trailhead rest area, retaining logs, stone pitching, stone steps, concrete steps, Type-A boardwalk, and Type B (step-and-run) boardwalk.

Optional Item #1 includes demolition and removal of the existing approx. 60 LF log stringer Hill Lake Bridge, installation of a new trail bridge of similar length, installation of Bridge Junction Rest Area, demolition of approx. 80 LF of existing boardwalk trail and installation of aggregate surfacing trail in place of boardwalk.

Optional Item #2 is the installation of two aggregate surface rest areas with seating stones at midpoints in Ideal Cove Trail.

(b) Location and Facilities:  The trailhead is located 15 air miles southeast of Petersburg on the east side of Mitkof Island. The trail begins at Frederick Sound north of Ideal Cove and leads west to its junction with the Three Lakes trail system at a bridge downstream from (east of) Hill Lake. The site is accessible from Petersburg via Mitkof Highway, the Three Lakes Road, and the Sand Lake, Hill Lake, or Crane Lake Trails; a distance of approximately 25 road miles and 2 trail miles to the saltwater trailhead. 

Petersburg is accessible by scheduled airline service, barge, and is on the Alaska Marine Highway ferry system. There are no utilities at the project site. In 2015 cell phone service was not available from any point along the trail.

(c)  Government Estimated Price Range:  Between $500,000 and $1,000,000.

1. Pre-bid Conference:  Section L  (Schedulled for November 30, 2021 at 12:30pm (Alaska time)

(e)  Period of Performance:  Estimated to be January 2022 to November 30, 2022.

                 Note:  Award will Subject to the Availability of Funds. FAR 52.232-18

SEE ATTACHED SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS FOR FULL SCOPE OF THE REQUIREMENTS