Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
GAOA Brainard Lake Recreation Area Deferred Maintenance
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
More open Forest Service contracts
From the noticeThe proposed project aims to reduce deferred maintenance at the Niwot Picnic Trailhead, a high?use recreation site near Ward, Colorado in the BLRA, by improving site accessibility and addressing aging infrastructure. The work will include demolishing and removing existing timber parking barriers and retaining walls; constructing timber steps; building rock retaining walls; creating accessible compacted aggregate trails; renovating existing historic picnic sites; constructing new picnic sites; and revegetating all disturbed areas. Read more
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 28, 2026. See the latest version.
AI summary Beta
No AI summary for this notice yet.
Free account needed: save it to get an AI summary and a fit check. A saved notice opens in its bid workspace, with the AI summary, a fit check against your business and a checklist.
From the notice
The proposed project aims to reduce deferred maintenance at the Niwot Picnic Trailhead, a high?use recreation site near Ward, Colorado in the BLRA, by improving site accessibility and addressing aging infrastructure. The work will include demolishing and removing existing timber parking barriers and retaining walls; constructing timber steps; building rock retaining walls; creating accessible compacted aggregate trails; renovating existing historic picnic sites; constructing new picnic sites; and revegetating all disturbed areas.
Eligibility and how to respond
Who can bid
- 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 respond
- 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
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC
- Product/service code
- Z1PA · Maintenance of Recreation Facilities (Non-Building)
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237310)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 28, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Dec 17, 2026
- Oct 28, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Dec 17, 2026
- Oct 27, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (this version)Due Dec 17, 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
Similar open opportunities
- Asphalt Services at Carr Creek Lake
- GAOA Grizzly Bear CampgroundThe U.S. Forest Service (Black Hills National Forest) wants a small-business contractor to rebuild Grizzly Bear Campground near Keystone, South Dakota: road work, a new water…