Solicitation
WA NP OLYM 12(8), Hurricane Ridge Rockfall Mitigation MP 9.4
Department of Transportation · Federal Highway Administration · Sol. 69056726B000010
Due in 26 daysSmall business
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The Federal Highway Administration's Western Federal Lands Division is asking small businesses to bid on a rockfall protection project at Hurricane Ridge (mile post 9.4), in Olympic National Park, Washington, about 9 miles south of Port Angeles. The work is a sealed-bid construction contract (IFB) with an estimated price range of $2,000,000 to $5,000,000, a paper bid due 11/04/2026 at 2:00 pm Pacific, and a fixed completion date of 10/06/2027.
Watch out for
- Paper bids only. A printed, sealed bid must reach the Vancouver, WA office by 2:00 pm Pacific on 11/04/2026; email bids are rejected, so plan for delivery time.
Electronic bids will not be accepted.
- Bonds required. You need a bid bond with your bid and then performance and payment bonds on a $2M to $5M job, which can be hard for a small firm to line up (the SBA surety program may help).
Bids received without a valid bid bond will be rejected.
- Specialized, experience-heavy work. Rockfall barriers, soil nail walls, drilled anchors and sculpted, stained shotcrete need proven crews and resumes submitted for approval about 30 days before work, so most general contractors will need strong subcontractors.
- Brand-name products required. The barrier must be the Geobrugg RXE-8000 and the steel finish must be Natina Steel (about $424,900 combined per the justification memo), so you must price these from sole sources.
Use the RXE-8000 for the flexible rockfall barrier system.
- Tight road closure and traffic limits. The road can only be fully closed for a limited time and work is barred on holidays and weekend windows, which squeezes the schedule on a mountain road.
(a) Hurricane Ridge Road can be closed to public traffic for a maximum of 14 consecutive
- No help viewing the site. The Government will not give site tours and snow can block access, so you must rely on the plans and your own visit.
project during fall as conditions permitted. No Federal Highway Administration personnel will
- Contractor must find its own material sources and permits. No source sites are identified and the Government provides no permits, so you carry the permitting and sourcing risk.
Site have not been identified for this project.
- Schedule rules can hold back payment. New scheduling specs require approved baseline and monthly schedules, and late or unapproved submittals trigger a 10 percent payment withholding.
A mandatory 10 percent withholding of the entire progress payment will be applied if the latest
- Set-aside conflict between documents. The IFB says total small business set-aside, but the brand name memo says the project is solicited as full and open, so confirm eligibility with the contracting office.
This project is being solicited as a Full & Open Project, that will be large enough to draw
- Contractor-designed retaining structure. The bid schedule has a lump sum for contractor-provided retaining structure design, so you take on engineering cost and risk.
- Award not guaranteed. The Government may cancel or change the project or not award it if funding changes.
Issuance of this solicitation does not guarantee that an award will be made.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments. 2 not read in full.
- IFB_69056726B000010_WA NP OLYM 12(8).pdf
- Brand Name Memo - WA NP OLYM 12(8).pdf
- WFLHD Construction Contract Administration_FY 23 V2.pdf
- olym12-8_plans_IFB.pdf: too large
- Physical Data_WA NP OLYM 12(8).zip: .zip files aren't read yet
Full brief
What they want
- Install a flexible rockfall barrier fence (102 linear feet) using the specified Geobrugg RXE-8000 system, and treat exposed steel with Natina Steel weathering agent
- Build a soil nail retaining wall (1,260 sq ft) with a hand-sculpted and stained architectural shotcrete finish that mimics the local rock
- Provide the contractor-designed retaining structure design and 2 verification test nails
- Provide and maintain temporary roadway rockfall protection (a 12-foot moveable rockfall barrier) and do safety scaling under full road closures
- Roadway excavation (720 cu yd), clearing and grubbing (0.3 acre), aggregate, and an 18-inch culvert (240 ft) with catch basin and inlet
- Precast concrete barrier (210 ft), two terminals, and remove and reset 125 ft of barrier
- Temporary traffic control, including a traffic control supervisor and 1,200 flagger hours
- Contractor quality control, testing, survey, construction schedule, and erosion control (200 ft fiber roll)
- Contract type
- Sealed bid (IFB) construction contract, priced by unit prices and lump sums on a bid schedule; Davis-Bacon wage decision included
- Period of performance
- Start within 10 calendar days after notice to proceed (assumed by 03/01/2027); finish all work by 10/06/2027
- Place of performance
- Hurricane Ridge Road, MP 9.4, Olympic National Park, Clallam County, Washington (9 miles south of Port Angeles); project length 0.4 miles
- Estimated value
- Estimated price range $2,000,000 to $5,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Sealed bidding (IFB): bids are priced on the bid schedule and publicly opened. The clause that sets the award basis was not in the text provided.
- Offers due
- 11/04/2026 at 1400 hours local time (SAM.gov notice: 2026-11-04T14:00:00-08:00); virtual viewing of the bid opening on Google Meet
- How to submit
- Printed, sealed bid delivered to FHWA Western Federal Lands Division, 610 E Fifth Street, Vancouver, WA 98661. Electronic bids are not accepted; email (WFL.Contracts@dot.gov) is allowed only to modify or withdraw a bid.
What to include when you submit
- Fill in the bid schedule (a unit price and amount for every pay item) and the total bid amount, with any corrections initialed
- Complete and sign SF 1442 (name, phone, UEI and CAGE code, acknowledgement of every amendment) and attach an Authority to Sign form for each signer
- Include a bid bond (Standard Form 24) with the original and Power of Attorney; the bid is valid for 60 calendar days
- Complete the B-pages representations and certifications and clause 1252.228-74 Notification of Payment Bond Protection
- Envelope lower left corner must say Bid Enclosed, with the solicitation number and project number and name
- Send technical (plans and specification) questions in writing to wfl.plans-spec@dot.gov, accepted until close of business five business days before the due date
- General questions: 360.619.7520 or wfl.contracts@dot.gov; answers are posted on SAM.gov
You must have
- Small business (total small business set-aside, FAR 52.219-6)
This solicitation is a total small business set-aside.
- Valid bid bond (bid guarantee) with the bid
Bids received without a valid bid bond will be rejected.
- Performance and payment bonds if awarded (FAR 52.228-15)
Block 12A PERFORMANCE & PAYMENT BONDS: See FAR Clause, 52.228-15, Performance
- Active SAM registration when bidding and at award
The Offeror shall have an active Federal Government contracts registration in the System for Award
- Architectural shotcrete work needs an established business with at least 15 years of experience, plus lead sculptor and staining artisan with 5 similar projects in 5 years
business with a minimum of 15 years of experience and indicate, in detail, experience in
- Rockfall barrier on-site supervisor with at least 5 barrier installation projects in the last 5 years, and drill operators with 1,000 linear feet of ground anchors in the last 3 years
- Use the Government's Masterworks system for daily reports and pay notes, and complete training
Not in the notice text
- Plans (olym12-8_plans_IFB.pdf, too large to read) and the Physical Data zip file were not read, so quantities, geology and design details beyond the bid schedule are unknown
- Bid guarantee amount and the clause that sets how the winner is picked (in a part of the IFB left out of the text provided)
- Insurance requirements (Subsection 107.05), liquidated damages and bond amounts
- Davis-Bacon wage rates in the General Wage Decision
- How many copies of the bid to submit
- Exact last day for technical questions (five business days before the due date)
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 4, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 30, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- 69056726B000010
- Agency
- Department of Transportation · Federal Highway Administration
- Office
- 690567 Western Federal Lands Div
- Set-aside
- Small Business Set Aside - Total
- NAICS
- 237310
- Product/service code
- Y1LB
- Business type
- Construction & renovation
- Place of performance
- WA
- Contracting contact
- Contracts G. Officewfl.contracts@dot.gov3606197520
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Invitation for Bids (IFB) for construction project WA NP OLYM 12(8), Hurricane Ridge Rockfall Mitigation MP 9.4 The Invitation for Bids (IFB), Plans, Physical Data, and the Construction Contract Administration Document per FAR 36.211 are posted under attachments.
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