Tri-Forest Road Maintenance

THE SOLICITATION WILL BE POSTED ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER 27, 2017. DESCRIPTION: The Tri-Forest Road Maintenance will result in multiple-award blanket purchase agreements (also known as a BPA with subsequent Call Orders), service and construction spanning approximately ten years. The Government intends to make multiple awards to firms with no minimum guarantees. The intent of this blanket purchase agreement is to include all services necessary to perform road maintenance that includes but is not limited to the following; sign maintenance; work area management (traffic control); bridge maintenance; surface maintenance (blading, compaction, watering); drainage maintenance (slide & slough removal, ditch cleaning, culvert inlet/outlet cleaning, cross-drain installation and maintenance, ditch and catch basin buttressing), shoulder maintenance, fill slope armoring, hazard removal (danger tree falling, rock fall and debris removal, etc.); vegetation management (seeding, brushing requirements); bridge, guardrail, and cattle guard maintenance; road closure device maintenance, rock crushing and stockpiling; placement of spot rock; dust abatement; flood repair, water diversion, road demolition. Additionally, there may be construction or reconstruction activities including but not limited to the following; surveying/staking of work activities, signing (traffic control and new sign installation); clearing; earthwork and realignment; drainage (surface, subsurface, drain dips, corrugated metal pipe, under drains, etc.); aquatic passage work (bridges or prefabricated structures, etc.); aggregate placement (base, surface, pit-run, riprap, etc.); erosion control (some erosion control such as seeding may be a service work activity; shoulder, cut and fill slope reconstruction; asphalt placement, asphalt restoration (grinding, overlays, pothole patching, skin patching, crack sealing, chip sealing, etc.); cut/fill slope stabilization; aquatic passage construction; cattle guard installation; installing closure devices (gates, earthen barriers, guardrails, etc.); fence and gate construction, Burned Area Rehab (BAER), fire suppression rehabilitation, stream restoration, and specialty projects may also be included, such as recreation facility enhancements (campground road/trail head work, toilet installation, parking lot and boat launch repairs, etc.). Other complex systems may be within the scope to support road maintenance and restoration activities. Emergency road repairs may require snowplowing for access on selected project areas. PROJECT LOCATION: The project areas that are included in this solicitation are: Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests. Contractors shall furnish all labor, supervision, equipment, materials, transportation, supplies (unless specified elsewhere as Government-furnished), and incidentals required to accomplish specified work in compliance with the terms, specifications, and provisions of each individual call order. The BPA and call orders issued under this contract shall require Service Contract Act wage rates or Davis-Bacon Wage rates or both depending on the specific activities within individual call orders. A pre-proposal conference will be scheduled if necessary. An exact date and time will be designated in the solicitation. Administrative point of contact is Bryce Kamerdula at (541) 523-1209. Estimated project value will be determined by each individual call order.