CA ERFO DEVA 2022-1(2) Salt Creek Interpretive Trail

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BID – PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THIS NOTICE IS BEING ISSUED TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT INTEREST FROM QUALIFIED PRIME CONTRACTORS who are small businesses, HUBZone small businesses, woman owned small business concerns, 8(a) small businesses, or service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and who intend to submit a bid for this solicitation to allow for a set-aside in one of these programs. Interested businesses must submit the following by e-mail to CFLAcquisitions@dot.gov (Attn: Kelly Palmer) for receipt by close of business (2 p.m. local Denver time) on June 25, 2024:

(1) A positive statement of your intention to submit a bid for this solicitation as a Prime Contractor;

(2) A list of all confirmed socioeconomic categories (i.e., 8(a), small-disadvantaged business, HUBZone small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, EDWOSB, or WOSB status) that apply to your business;

(3) A letter from a bonding agent stating your firm’s capability to bond for a single project of $10 million, and your firm’s aggregate bonding capacity; and (4) Provide a list of construction projects of similar value and scope to the CA ERFO DEVA 2022-1(2) Salt Creek Interpretive Trail project in which you have performed pedestrian/trail bridge or boardwalk construction, consisting of helical pile foundations, and timber superstructure and railings.

DO NOT SEND INFORMATION ON PROJECTS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE THE ABOVE WORK. The size of a small business firm includes all parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, etc. Refer to the Code of Federal Regulations 13 CFR 121.103 for information on how the SBA determines affiliation and 13 CFR 121.108 regarding the penalties for misrepresentation of size status.

All firms should be certified in the System for Award Management (SAM) located at https://sam.gov/content/home Project Details: CA ERFO DEVA 2022-1(2) Salt Creek Interpretive Trail This project will consist of replacement and reconstruction of the approximately 2,871-foot-long, ABA accessible, raised timber boardwalk trail (6-feet wide) that was completely destroyed during flash flooding on August 5, 2022. The project also includes removal of remaining portions of damaged and displaced boardwalk from sensitive environmental areas including wilderness, reconstructing the trailhead parking lot, and reconstructing a 400-foot section of roadway with special rock embankment.

The boardwalk alignment will be placed in a modified alignment to follow the new post-flashflood stream course (August 2022 and Tropical Storm Hillary August 2023 events). All of the work is occurring in cultural and natural resource sensitive areas and there are numerous environmental constraints including paleontological monitoring, limitations on large equipment in the boardwalk area, and matting that will affect the construction schedule and type of operations.

Great attention to detail will be required in achieving customer satisfaction in areas of roadway and parking lot construction, traffic control, visitor relations and timely completion of work. Prior experience on projects of similar magnitude within National Parks, National Forests, or similar environments is required. Principle work items include:

2,100 square yards of thermally modified timber structural decking, 58 thousand board feet measure (MFBM) of structural timber, treated, 5,800 linear feet of timber, 6-inch curbing, 700 linear feet of timber bridge railing, 650 each helical piles (2-7/8”, 5-1/2” & 7” diameter), 1,300 square yards of removal of timber boardwalk debris (by helicopter) 2,000 cubic yards of embankment construction, 400 cubic yards of special rock embankment, 680 square yards of concrete sidewalk and pavement, 400 linear feet of concrete curb, and 1 each vault toilet (double occupancy unit) The anticipated advertisement date for the project is August 2024 with construction anticipated from November 2024 to June 2025. The estimated price range of the project work is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.