Great American Outdoors Act - Copper City Road Resurfacing and Realignment

The Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Montana State Office is soliciting proposals for construction activities to resurface approximately 3,200 linear feet of road and align/construct approximately 2,400 linear feet of new roadway in accordance with the technical specification and drawings. The project work is located on BLM lands approximately 37 miles from Bozeman, Montana in Broadwater County. PROCUREMENT OVERVIEW TYPE OF CONTRACT: Construction, Firm Fixed Priced (FFP), Single Award Contract TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION: Highway NAICS CODE: 237310, Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction MAGNITUDE: Between $250,000 and $500,000 RESTRICTIONS ON CONTACTS: Beginning upon release of the request for proposal (RFP) through contract award, contacting Government employees who may be associated with this work by participating offerors about this RFP is inappropriate. Offerors for this RFP, including subcontractors and teammates, shall not attempt such contacts during this period. All correspondence shall be through the Contracting Officer listed below: Bureau of Land Management Attn: Christine Mundt 5001 Southgate Drive Billings, MT 59101 Office Phone: 406-896-5030 Mobile Phone: 406-647-9348 Email: cmundt@blm.gov SITE VISIT: The Government strongly urges offerors to inspect the site to gain a better understanding of the work requirements and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of performance. In no event shall failure to inspect the site constitute grounds for a claim after award. See Section L, Clause 52.236-27 - Alternate I, Site Visit (Construction) - Alternate I for more information. QUESTIONS DUE: March 31 2023, at 5:00 pm, Mountain Daylight Time. Questions submitted after this date and time will not be accepted. All questions must be submitted in writing via e-mail to the Contracting Officer. See Section L, Paragraph Submittal of Questions for more information. PROPOSAL RESPONSE DATE: For dates when contractors are to submit their proposals, see block 13 of Standard Form 1442, "Solicitation, Offer, and Award (Construction, Alteration, or Repair)." See Section L, Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors, for a list of required documents. 4 METHOD OF PROCUREMENT: This procurement is set-aside for Small Business Concerns and is a construction acquisition, pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 15, Part 19, and Part 36. SAM: Effective July 29, 2012, any contractor interested in doing business with the Federal Government must register in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of a contract or agreement. SAM is an official website of the U.S. government. There is no cost to use SAM. You can use this site for FREE to: o Register to do business with the U.S. government o Update or renew your entity registration o Check status of an entity registration o Search for entity registration and exclusion records Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the SAM website accessed through https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ or by the Federal Service Desk at 1-866-606-8220. NOTE: On April 4, 2022, the DUNS Number will no longer be used to identify entities doing business with the federal government. It is being replaced by the Unique Entity ID (SAM). The SAM website https://sam.gov/content/duns-uei contains resources to help contractors through the transition from DUNS Number to Unique Entity ID (SAM). On this page, contractors can: o Learn about how this transition affects you, based on the work you do in SAM.gov o Explore general information about the UEI and this change o Get started with requesting a UEI, if you don't have one yet IPP: Payment requests for the anticipated contract must be submitted electronically through the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP). IPP is a secure, web-based service that more efficiently managements government invoicing from purchase order through payment notification at no charge to federal agencies and their vendors. The IPP website address is https://www.ipp.gov/. The contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitted request for payment. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Customer Support Team via email IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov or via phone at 1-866-973-3131. If the contractor is unable to comply with the requirements to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the contract must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal. Offerors shall submit questions by March 31, 2023, at 5:00 pm, Mountain Time. Questions submitted after this date and time will not be accepted. Offerors for this RFP, including subcontractors and teammates, shall consolidate questions related to this solicitation and site visit in a Request for Information (RFI) formatted Word document. Any RFI is to be emailed as an editable attachment to Christine Mundt (cmundt@blm.gov) with the subject line: RFI - 140L3623R0002 Copper City Road (GAOA). Only written RFI's will be considered and responded to. BLM responses to the RFI will be posted as an amendment to the solicitation on https://sam.gov/content/opportunities. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.

Division 31 -	Earthwork, Erosion and Sedimentation Controls.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Operation and Maintenance of Exterior Improvements.
Division 33 -	Utilities, Storm Drainage Utilities, Ponds and Reservoirs.
Division 34 -	Transportation, Operation and Maintenance of Transportation.
Division 35 -	Waterway and Marine Construction, Shoreline Protection, Waterway Construction and Equipment.