Solicitation
CO OMAD 300(71) Minuteman Missile Access
Department of Transportation · Federal Highway Administration
AI summaryThe Federal Highway Administration (Central Federal Lands) plans to hire a small business to recondition up to 85.75 miles of gravel Minuteman Missile access roads and replace up to 73 culverts. The roads are in Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado. Construction is expected April through September 2027 and the estimated cost is $5 million to $10 million. More in the summary
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Summary of the version posted Oct 1, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 27, 2026. The due date moved from Oct 16, 2026 to Dec 2, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov.
The Federal Highway Administration (Central Federal Lands) plans to hire a small business to recondition up to 85.75 miles of gravel Minuteman Missile access roads and replace up to 73 culverts. The roads are in Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado. Construction is expected April through September 2027 and the estimated cost is $5 million to $10 million.
Who can bid
- Small business total set-aside
How to submit: due Oct 16, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT · 4:00 PM Eastern. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
- Worth checking: Large project for a small business. The estimated cost of $5 to $10 million and the amount of road and culvert work across three states may need substantial equipment, crews and bonding.
- Worth checking: Variable scope pricing. The final amount of roadway and culverts is not fixed, and a prioritized schedule will decide what is built, which makes pricing harder.
- Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wages likely apply. Federal construction over $2,000 in the U.S. pays at least the Davis-Bacon wage rates in the wage determination attached to the solicitation. This summary doesn't name one: find it on SAM.gov and price your labor from it.
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- Minor: No plans yet. Plans and specifications are not available at this stage, so you cannot fully scope the work yet.
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Full summary
What they want
- Recondition existing gravel roadway and add 4 inches of aggregate surface course, up to 24 feet wide
- Replace up to 73 culverts
- Survey and staking of drainage structures
- Contractor quality control
- Work stays on the existing roadway bench
- Contract type
- Fixed-Price Variable Scope (FPVS) construction contract
- Period of performance
- Construction April 2027 through September 2027
- Place of performance
- Minuteman Missile access roads in southwestern Wyoming, southeastern Nebraska and northeastern Colorado (listed as Cheyenne, WY)
- Estimated value
- Between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000
- Offers due
- Oct 16, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT · 4:00 PM Eastern (from the version posted Oct 1, 2026; amended since)
What to include when you submit
- This is a presolicitation; the advertisement is expected in October 2026 and award in December 2026
Not in the notice text
- How and where to submit offers (this is a presolicitation, not the solicitation)
- Evaluation method and factors
- Bonding and other requirements, which are not stated in the text
- Exact locations and priority order of roads
- Whether there's a site visit: this summary doesn't say. Check the solicitation and its amendments on SAM.gov.
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 and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- 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 27, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- 6982AF Central Federal Lands Divisi, Lakewood, CO
- Product/service code
- Y1LB · Construction of Highways, Roads, Streets, Bridges, and Railways
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237310)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due Dec 2, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 1, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Oct 16, 2026
- 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 respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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