WI-necedah NWR-albreit lateral ditch fill

The Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, is soliciting offers for a firm-fixed-price construction contract for the Albreit Lateral Ditch Fill at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Necedah, Wisconsin, with proposals due December 1, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. EST. The solicitation is set aside for Total Small Business. A mandatory site visit is scheduled for November 19, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. local time at N11385 Headquarters Road, Necedah, Wisconsin 54646, and no questions are permitted at the site.

Estimated magnitude is $25,000 to $100,000. Performance runs December 1, 2026 through April 1, 2027, timed to avoid incidental take of bats or nesting birds. Under the Performance Work Statement, the contractor must remove all trees and stumps from both banks of the Albreit Lateral Ditch and deposit them in the ditch, level soil to original ground elevation to fill 0.2 miles of ditch, construct a 200-foot ditch plug of mineral soil only per Natural Resources Conservation Service standards, and excavate a 130-foot-long by 8-foot-wide scrape between Albreit Lateral and Goose Pool. The ditch plug's final elevation may be no more than 0.5 feet above adjacent land and must be 10 percent greater than plug height to allow for settling. The project targets restoration or enhancement of approximately 85 acres of wetland. The contractor furnishes all personnel, equipment, supplies, materials, and supervision. The Government provides maps, staked ditch plug locations, final elevation specifications, and two flex-a-mats for the Goose Pool low water crossing, and obtains Section 7 and Section 106 clearances and wetland permits from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Compliance requirements include Davis-Bacon wage determination WI20260011, certified payroll submitted via the Invoice Processing Platform, Buy American construction materials requirements, domestic content thresholds, hazardous materials protocols, environmental compliance, restrictions on covered telecommunications equipment, FASCSA orders, and Iran-related transactions. Performance and payment bonds are due within 10 days of award. Representations and certifications must be submitted to SAM.gov. All pricing must include supervision, labor, transportation, equipment, materials, overhead, and profit.

Evaluation is price-only, with award to the responsible respondent submitting the lowest evaluated price determined fair and reasonable. Offers are submitted electronically to christa_garrigas@ios.doi.gov. The NAICS code is 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, and the PSC is Z1KZ, Maintenance of Other Conservation and Development Facilities. The Contracting Officer Representative is Brad Strobel, 608-377-3965.