Presolicitation
Northeast Region Pavement and Bridge Preservation Construction - NP NER PMS BMS FY25(2)
Department of Transportation · Federal Highway Administration
AI summaryThe Federal Highway Administration's Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division plans a road and bridge maintenance project at four National Park Service sites in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Only certified small businesses may send sealed bids. The cost is expected at $3,000,000 to $4,000,000; bid documents are expected on or about November 6, 2026, and SAM.gov lists a response due date of December 8, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
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The Federal Highway Administration's Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division plans a road and bridge maintenance project at four National Park Service sites in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Only certified small businesses may send sealed bids. The cost is expected at $3,000,000 to $4,000,000; bid documents are expected on or about November 6, 2026, and SAM.gov lists a response due date of December 8, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern.
Who can bid
- Certified small business concern: sealed bids from small businesses only (set-aside: Small Business Set Aside - Total).
- Active SAM registration when submitting the bid and at the time of award (Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.204-7, deviation November 2025).
How to submit: Sealed bids; electronic submission is encouraged per the solicitation's instructions. Bids may also be delivered at the bid opening at the Quantum Park facility.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Serious: Small businesses only. Only certified small business concerns can bid. Larger firms are shut out.
- Worth checking: Work in three states. Sites are in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland, so crews and equipment must cover a wide area. SAM.gov lists only PA.
- Minor: In-person bid opening with escort rules. Visitors to bid openings must show photo ID and be escorted. Unescorted visitors are denied entry. Electronic bids are encouraged.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Micro surfacing (a thin protective road coat) and thin lift asphalt overlay
- Crack cleaning and sealing, asphalt pavement patching, milling and overlay
- Concrete repair, drainage repairs and minor bridge repairs
- Speed bump replacement, concrete paver installation and pavement markings
- Other miscellaneous work at Thomas Edison National Historical Park, Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Steamtown National Historic Site and Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
- Contract type
- Sealed bids; the project will be split into multiple work schedules/contract options
- Place of performance
- Essex County, New Jersey; Pike, Wayne, and Lackawanna Counties, Pennsylvania; and the City of Baltimore, Maryland (SAM.gov lists PA, USA)
- Estimated value
- $3,000,000 to $4,000,000 for the entire project, as the notice expects
- Offers due
- Dec 8, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Sealed bids; electronic submission is encouraged per the solicitation's instructions. Bids may also be delivered at the bid opening at the Quantum Park facility.
What to include when you submit
- Send questions to eflhd.contracts@dot.gov with the solicitation number, project name and number, requesting firm and address, a point of contact and telephone number. Faxing and overnight mailing requests are not accepted.
- Have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) when you submit the bid and at award.
- Complete the annual Form VETS-4212 (veterans' employment report) online.
- Register as an interested vendor on SAM.gov to get notices; otherwise there is no Interested Vendors List.
Not in the notice text
- Whether there is a site visit is not stated in the text.
- Which wage rule applies (a Davis-Bacon wage determination) is not stated in the text.
- Bonding requirements are not stated.
- The contract period and how the multiple work schedules/contract options are priced and awarded are not stated.
- The solicitation itself is not yet posted; it is expected on or about November 6, 2026.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 237310
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Sealed bids; electronic submission is encouraged per the solicitation's instructions. Bids may also be delivered at the bid opening at the Quantum Park facility. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Construction contracts over $2,000 pay at least the local Davis-Bacon wage rates, from the wage determination in the solicitation. Price your labor from it: How to price a government contract, and how Davis-Bacon differs from the Service Contract Act.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- 693C73 Eastern Fed Lands Division, Ashburn, VA
- Product/service code
- Y1LB · Construction of Highways, Roads, Streets, Bridges, and Railways
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237310)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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