USDA Forest Service - Daniel Boone National Forest Road Construction MATOC South Zone

Last day for Questions 04/04/2023 The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), United States Forest Service (FS) intends to solicit and award two (2) Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOCs) for road construction activities to cover multiple projects in the State of Kentucky. Each MATOC will correspond to either the North or South zones of the DBNF. The solicitation geographical data zones are; 12445123R0009 DANIEL BOONE NF NORTH 12445123R0010 DANIEL BOONE NF SOUTH Work associated NAICS of these IDIQ/MATOCs is 237310 Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction and subject to the Davis-Bacon Act. Typical activities incurred along a road that shall be done under a construction contract subject to the DBA: Patching of asphalt or other pavements, Replacing culverts, Striping pavements, Rehabilitating/recycling pavements, Fog or chip seals, Major slump/slide removal, Bridge maintenance, and Aggregate surfacing (except minor spot surfacing which could be done under a service contract). The contractor shall be capable of providing, at a minimum, all of the work under the title NAICS/PSC Codes. These are not all encompassing. The major categories of work activities required by the contract include clearing, earthwork, structural embankments, drainage structures, culvert removal/installation (including Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP), Box culverts, Corrugated Metal), culvert inlet/outlet cleaning, road base and surfacing (Blading & Ditching), brush removal, road structure demolition, road structure construction (such as retaining walls and minor bridge work), and road obliteration (decommissioning). Minor bridge work for new construction includes any simple span bridge structure equal to, or less than 80'-0" span length. Bridge superstructure may be precast reinforced concrete, precast-prestressed concrete, or timber. Bridge abutments may be reinforced concrete or timber grade beams, cast-in-place reinforced concrete shallow foundation, precast concrete modular block foundation, geosynthetic reinforced soil foundation, or driven or drilled steel piling foundation with a cast-in-place concrete pile cap. This Request for Proposals RFP which will result in two MATOCs awarded performance-based requirement agreement for a base period of performance plus two (2) one-year option periods. One MATOC will be for the North Region and the other will be for the South region. Vendors may bid on either or just one solicitation. Submission of an offer for the base contract period constitutes an offer to perform in the option period(s), if exercised. This project is set-aside 100% for small businesses. Award will be made based on the best value to the Government. SITE VISIT - A site visit is organiazed for 30 March 2023 at 0900. Meeting at Bee Rock campground and proceeding to Lockegge and big perry. ORDERING PROCEDURES - Individual task orders will originate at the District level for work to be accomplished and will be awarded to the contractor selected for that District by a warranted USDA Contracting Officer.

Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Operation and Maintenance of Exterior Improvements.
Division 34 -	Transportation, Operation and Maintenance of Transportation.