USDA Forest Service Northwest Zone Trails Construction and Maintenance Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs)

The USDA Forest Service, Procurement & Property Services, Field Procurement Operations, Northwest Zone, is soliciting vendors for the establishment of Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) to provide trail construction and maintenance services. This initiative, identified under solicitation number 1240BJ21Q0015, covers activities on National Forest trails located throughout Alaska, Oregon, and Washington. The scope of work involves trail tread construction, brushing, rock blasting, helicopter-supported material delivery, bridge maintenance, and related tasks. These agreements are applicable for projects up to the simplified acquisition threshold for construction and up to the limits defined in FAR Subpart 13.500 for services.

This procurement is classified under NAICS 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, and PSC Y1PA, Construction of Recreation Facilities (Non-Building). The opportunity is designated as a Small Business Administration (SBA) set-aside. Interested vendors must maintain an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) to be eligible for award. The government hosted a pre-quote conference call on March 23, 2021, and the final response deadline for quotes is March 26, 2021.

Contracting operations are managed by the USDA-FS, CSA Northwest 7 office, with Jon Gellings serving as the point of contact. The solicitation includes ten attachments, such as trail specifications, fire protection and suppression clauses, blasting requirements, a bid bond form, and two separate sets of questions and answers posted on March 19 and March 24, 2021. All performance will take place at various forest sites within the United States.