DNR RFB LVSU State Park Hiking Trails Rehab REBID

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is soliciting bids for hiking-trail rehabilitation at Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park, with bids due July 28, 2026, and a site visit available by contacting Project Supervisor Heather Broughten at 218-300-7007. Minnesota resident vendors may claim preference status under state law, and small businesses meeting minority ownership, gender ownership, disability, veteran status, or economically disadvantaged county criteria are eligible under the State's Small Business Procurement Program.

The scope encompasses labor, equipment, materials, herbicides, permits, licenses, tools, and transportation to repair 2024 flood damage: replenish approximately 152 cubic yards of gravel loss with Class 5 material to construct thirty C steps and nineteen water bars or rolling dips across eight trail locations, build one thirty-foot extension to an existing wooden walkway, and install one water bar using native site material. The contract term runs from Notice to Proceed through October 30, 2027, or until all obligations are satisfied, whichever occurs first. Place of performance is Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park, St. Louis County, Minnesota.

Prime contractors must demonstrate substantial completion of at least one written and verifiable contract valued at $16,250 or greater since July 1, 2023, involving trail maintenance work such as installing C steps, water bars, rolling dips, and wooden walkways or similar scope. Contractors are disqualified if their company has been found in default or had a contract terminated for cause within the last 36 months, or has received from OSHA any willful or repeated safety citations with final orders issued within the last 36 months.

All State-funded work is subject to prevailing wage requirements under Minnesota Statutes 177.41 to 177.44. Responses exceeding $50,000 require a 5% solicitation security surety bond. Payment and performance bonds are required if the project is estimated at $175,000 or greater per Minnesota Statute 574.26. Unit pricing must include all costs such as labor, materials, tools, transportation, equipment, and applicable sales and use taxes. All responses must be submitted electronically through the SWIFT Supplier Portal; faxed and printed responses will not be accepted. The buyer is Masami Hino Evans at 218-308-2630 or masami.evans@state.mn.us.