Shoshone NF - SZ Roads Maintenance & Construction IDIQ

The Shoshone National Forest is advertising for interested contractors to provide proposals on a multiple award IDIQ contract for a base with two, one-year options. The anticipated contract will be for road maintenance, road decommissioning, and construction and related services. Work may be performed at any location within the South Zone (Washakie and Wind River Ranger Districts') of the Shoshone National Forest. Work includes maintenance, general road, bridge, and structure work. Road: Work includes maintenance, repair and reconstruction of native surface, gravel or paved roads; minor culvert installation, and road repair due to damage from human and natural causes, and construction of drainage dips; snow plowing. Road decommissioning: Work includes de-compaction, partial or full re-contour to restore the roadway to a hydrological stable condition; removal of drainage structures and associated fill to restore site to natural contour; work may include excavation of stream channels without drainage structures; and the construction of waterbars. Bridge: Work includes installation of riprap. Related work includes signs; closure devices such as gates and cattleguard cleaning. Campgrounds: maintaining roads in the project area to prevent rutting, maintaining road prism and drain structures, and road and spur improvements in campgrounds. Mechanical fire line construction and scarification. The ceiling price of this program is not to exceed $500,000.00 dollars over the three year period covered under the base and 2 one-year options. Anticipate award in late March 2015. Two awards were previously made under this program for the period of time of 6/13/2011 through 6/12/2014, ROBERT HUTCHISON dba R&D Backhoe, 8 orders, total $71,040.22 and TUPCO, INC, 7 orders, total $100,872.15. The solicitation will be posted no later than February 2, 2014. Solicitation will be advertised as full and open competition. There will be no proposal meeting or conference. All questions must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Specialist, Debbra Stulc, USDA Forest Service, Shoshone National Forest, 808 Meadow Lane Avenue, Cody, WY 82414 or by email to djstulc@fs.fed.us. Questions must be received by: February 12, 2015, 4:00 pm MDT. The use of Sustainable products (biobased) is anticipated in the performance of this contract. Information on Sustainable products can be found at http://sftool.gov/green-products/8/miscellaneous and http://www.biopreferred.gov/BioPreferred/ .