Z--READING ISLAND PAVING REPAIRS_REDDING

Pre-Solicitation Notice
Reading Island Paving Repairs
140L1226R0006


BLM Redding Field Office requires pavement rehabilitation at Reading Island Campground. Reading Island Campground is a high-volume use area that offers numerous recreation opportunities for hunting, camping, hiking, boating, picnicking, and wildlife viewing.

The parking lot and site road have extensive cracking and full-depth pavement failure with unsafe shoulder drop-off. They were last paved over 30 years ago. The site road and parking lot exhibit fatigue cracking, potholes, and structural degradation. This project will perform targeted full-depth repairs, and a two-lift asphalt overlay to extend service life and improve safety.

The period of performance for this requirement is 60 days after notice to proceed.

The BLM will issue a Total Small Business Set-Aside competitive solicitation near early to mid-June 2026. The BLM anticipates issuing a single firm fixed price award from this solicitation. Davis Bacon Act (DBA) is applicable, and the appropriate DBA Wage Determination(s) will be included in the solicitation. The Magnitude is Between $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00.

The competitive solicitation, 140L1226R0006, is in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19.5, Set-Asides for Small Business. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 237310 for Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction. The small business size standard for this NAICS code is $45 million. All materials must be in accordance with the Buy American Act.

A Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation package will be available electronically at https://sam.gov/ and will be posted for 30 days. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring https://sam.gov/ http://www.fbo.gov/for the release of the solicitation package, any other pertinent information, and for downloading a complete copy of the solicitation package. The government will not provide paper copies or email the solicitation. To be eligible for contract award, offerors must be registered and complete the online Representations and Certification in the System for Award Management (SAM) data base via website: http://www.sam.gov.

A site visit date, time and meeting location will be provided in the solicitation. Offerors are highly encouraged to attend the scheduled site visit to inspect the site and to ensure they fully understand the requirement and conditions that may affect the cost of the project, specifications, and performance.

Award will be based on best value to the Government in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). This notice does not obligate the government to award a contract nor does it obligate the government to pay for any proposal preparation costs.