Woodhawk Bottom Fence Project

The Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Montana State Office intends to solicit quotations for construction activities to furnish labor, equipment, supplies, and materials, to construct approximately 2.5 miles of new fence with appurtenances and to remove approximately 2.5 miles of old fence. The material shall be removed from site and become property of the contractor. Disposal of material done by contractor shall be in accordance with applicable state requirements. Appurtenances which include stress, end, and corner panels can have either wood or Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) steel pipe for set and brace rail posts. The project work is under this requirement is located in Fergus County.

BLM will issue Solicitation Number 140L3625Q0024 via https://sam.gov/content/opportunities, at the link provided in this notice. The principal components of the work to be performed include:

* Barbed Wire Fence 4-Wire
* Barbed Wire End Panel, Type II
* Barbed Wire Stress Panel
* Five-Post Barbed Wire Corner Panel Type II
* Three-Post Barbed Wire Corner Panel Type II
* Barbed Wire Gate, 4-Wire
* Drainage Crossing Type A
* Fence Removal

Pursuant to Part 13 and Part 36 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations, BLM intends to issue a Request for Quotations (RFQ) on or around May 21, 2025. The estimated price range of this acquisition is between $25,000 and $100,000. BLM anticipates issuing the RFQ under the total small business set-aside program. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 238990 and the associated Small Business Size Standard is $19.0 Million.

The Government strongly urges offerors to inspect the sites to gain a better understanding of the work requirements and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of performance. In no event shall failure to inspect the site constitute grounds for a claim after award.

A single contract award will be made to the offeror that submits a quotation that has been determined to be the lowest price based on Simplified Acquisition Procedures within the Federal Acquisition Regulations. A firm-fixed priced purchase order is contemplated. Quotations will be due on or around June 24, 2025, at BLM's Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate, Billings, Montana. Offerors may submit electronic quotations as a response to the anticipated solicitation. Electronic quotations will be subject to the same rules as paper quotations.

The Government anticipates award of this procurement on or around August 1, 2025. The successful contractor will be required to commence work within 10 calendar days after the date the Contractor receives the notice to proceed. The Contractor will 40 calendar days after the date the Contractor reviews the notice to proceed to complete all work under this project.

For further information about the requirement, offerors should contact Christine Mundt at cmundt@blm.gov or at (406) 896-5030.

All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award. If you have not updated SAM since October of 2020, you are advised to update early to be sure you are in compliance with the expanded Section 889 prohibitions on not using certain covered technology products.

The successful contractor shall electronically submit all payment requests for the anticipated contract through the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP). If the contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its offer.