# WY FLAP SHE 26(2), Red Grade Road Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/6982af25ss0017 - Solicitation number: 6982AF25SS0017 - Notice type: Sources sought - Status: Closed. Deadline was July 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT - Department: Department of Transportation - Agency: Federal Highway Administration - Contracting office: 6982AF Central Federal Lands Divisi (6982AF) - NAICS: 237310 Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction - Product or service code: Y1LB Construction Of Highways, Roads, Streets, Bridges, And Railways - Place of performance: Big Horn, Wyoming - County: Sheridan County (FIPS 56033). https://abierto.us/counties/sheridan-county-wy-56033 - City: Big Horn. https://abierto.us/cities/big-horn-wy-5606770 - First posted: July 10, 2025 - Last posted: August 13, 2025 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/328c4986a4b44b78b39bbca3ed26a971/view ## Description 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: Laura Slauter) for receipt by close of business (2 p.m. local Denver time) on July 24, 2025: (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 $20 million, and your firm’s aggregate bonding capacity; and (4) Provide a list of road construction projects of equal or greater value and scope to the WY FLAP SHE 26(2), Red Grade Road project in which you performed (as the prime contractor) work in mountainous terrain (7,000 feet in elevation or higher). Experience in construction phasing, temporary traffic control, and timely completion of construction is required. State whether your firm was the prime contractor or subcontractor on the project. 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://www.sam.gov/ WY FLAP SHE 26(2), Red Grade Road project The purpose of this project is to improve access to the Bighorn National Forest and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands through roadway rehabilitation, widening, and minor roadway realignment of Red Grade Road (County Road 26/USFS Route FSR 26). Red Grade Road provides a travel corridor from Wyoming State Highway 335 to Highway US 14. The project will address the substandard roadway typical section, geometrics, and safety issues. **SCOPE OF THE WORK:** This total project length is approximately 2.6 miles. The plans include two (2) schedules and one (1) option: Schedule A is approximately 1.8-miles (~MP 10.0 to MP 11.8) and includes the most difficult work of large cuts and retaining walls. Schedule B is approximately 2.6-miles (~MP 10.0 to MP 12.6), which includes the limits of schedule A and the remaining 0.8-miles. Option X includes the rehabilitation of the Aspen’s Parking Lot. The proposed roadway will vary from 22-feet wide (two (2) 10-feet lanes with one (1) foot shoulders) to 18-feet total where geometry does not allow widening. The existing roadway width is 18 feet wide. The project will include minor horizontal and vertical realignments to improve sight distance and roadway geometry, as well as drainage improvements to obtain a design standard for the proposed roadway. The project is considered 3R+ and located in mountainous terrain. **PRINCIPAL WORK ITEMS:** Clearing and grubbing ACRE 33.80 Roadway excavation CUYD 29,000 Placed rip rap, method A, Class 1 CUYD 2,150 Special rock embankment CUYD 1,500 Rock buttress CUYD 1,210 Rockery SQFT 6,520 Roadway aggregate, method 2 TONS 7,700 Concrete headwalls EACH 18 12-Inch Pipe culvert LNFT 125 18-Inch Pipe culvert LNFT 45 24-Inch Pipe culvert LNFT 800 36-Inch Pipe culvert LNFT 100 Placing conserved topsoil ACRE 13.0 Temporary traffic control, flagger HOUR 10,300 It is anticipated this project will be advertised in fall 2025 and be under construction in May 2025. The project has an estimated completion date of November 2027 with a winter shutdown. The work will be performed at high altitude (approximately 7,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level). Red Grade Road is closed to vehicles generally November through May because of snow. The road remains opened to tracked vehicles during this winter shutdown. The contractor will be allowed to close the road to public traffic on weekdays from 8 am to 12 pm and from 1 pm to 6 pm during construction. The estimated price range of the project work is between: $10,000,000 and $20,000,000. ## Publications - July 10, 2025: Sources sought, due July 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 1fd0d3677bf74b71bf01a58ce67e9b53. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/1fd0d3677bf74b71bf01a58ce67e9b53/view - August 13, 2025: Sources sought, due July 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 328c4986a4b44b78b39bbca3ed26a971. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/328c4986a4b44b78b39bbca3ed26a971/view ## Points of contact - Laura Slauter, CFLAcquisitions@dot.gov - Kelly Palmer, cflacquisitions@dot.gov --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/6982af25ss0017.