USFS - FY 2023 ERFO Repair Project

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service seeks highway and bridge repair work for the FY 2023 ERFO Repair Project at Sequoia National Forest, California, with quotations due July 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM Pacific Time. This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside with a NAICS code of 237310 and a small business size standard of $45 million.

Place of performance spans three ranger districts (Hume Lake, Western Divide, and Kern River) across Fresno, Tulare, and Kern counties in California. The contractor must hold a current California State Contractors License (C-12 or equivalent); Amendment A00001, effective July 17, clarifies that a California "A" license contractor is also eligible to bid. Work includes approximately 1,837 cubic yards of slide and washout removal, earthwork, ditch reconditioning, roadway surface reconditioning, 46 square yards of dry stack rock retaining wall construction (approximately 82 feet long by 5 feet high), placement of 315.3 tons of aggregate at 16 sites, and placement of 82.7 tons of asphalt at six sites.

Work must commence within 10 calendar days of the Notice to Proceed and be completed within 150 calendar days. Work hours are 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with no weekend or federal holiday work without prior written approval. The project is disclosed as between $250,000 and $500,000 magnitude.

Award will be firm fixed-price based on best value, evaluated on technical approach (40%), past performance with references from three similar projects completed within three years (unweighted), and price (fair and reasonable determination). Quotations must include completed SF 1442 Schedule of Items with unit pricing, a work plan with capability and subcontracting details (not to exceed 5 pages), key personnel qualifications (3 pages maximum), and a performance schedule using CPM, network diagram, or Gantt chart format (3 pages maximum). A 20% bid guarantee on Standard Form 24 and 100% performance and payment bonds on Standard Forms 25 and 25A are required. Requests for Information are due July 15 at 11:00 AM Pacific Time. No organized site visit will be held.