Solicitation
CO-ROCKY MTN ARSNL NWR-PATCH HILL ROAD
Department of the Interior · US Fish and Wildlife Service · Sol. 140FGA26Q0080
Due in 14 days
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants a contractor to patch about 338 square yards of asphalt and put a reverse (inverted) capeseal on all 0.75 miles of Rattlesnake Hill Road at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City, Colorado. It is one firm-fixed-price construction contract, with work running from about November 2026 to March 31, 2027. The notice says this is a re-solicitation of RFQ 140FGA26Q0059, and it is not set aside for small business.
Watch out for
- Experience test does not match the work. Past projects only count as similar if they involved crack sealing, but the job is patching and reverse capeseal, so it is unclear what experience will score well.
crack sealing of concrete asphalt roadways.
- Bonding likely needed. At the stated $100,000 to $250,000 range you will probably need payment and performance bonds, which can be hard for a new or small firm to get.
The amount of the payment protection shall be 100 percent of the contract price.
- Cold-weather work window. Work runs from November to March 31 in Colorado, but the spec limits asphalt work to certain temperatures, and the contract says suspensions for normal weather or fire danger get no extra pay or time.
Do not apply asphalt materials or place asphalt mixes when ground temperature is
- Documents look copied from other projects. The solicitation headers say Crackseal Entrance A Road, the SOW talks about cracksealing, and the spec covers crack sealant, trails, geotextile and Kansas DOT mixes, so the real scope and what to price are unclear. The drawings it refers to are not included.
Install in accordance to the drawings.
- Conflicting start and question deadlines. The SOW says work starts 30 days from award while clause 52.211-10 says within 14 days of notice to proceed, and questions are due at 4:00 PM in one place and 5:00 PM in another; ask the contracting officer to confirm.
Performance Start: 30 days from award
- Site visit logistics. The October 6 site visit has already passed; the only remaining one is October 13 at 10:30 AM MDT. You must RSVP, bring PPE, and send no more than three people.
Vendors are limited to a maximum of three (3) participants for the site visit.
- Wage determination text unreadable. The Davis-Bacon wage determination CO20260006 came through as garbled text, so the required wage rates could not be checked and should be read from SAM.gov before pricing.
Read from the notice and 6 attachments.
- Sol_140FGA26Q0080.pdf
- Attch1-SOW-R_Capeseal_Rattlesnake_Hill_Road_6pp_Redacted.pdf
- Attch2-SPEC_-_R_Capeseal_Rattlesnake_Hill_Road_7pp.pdf
- Attch4_SectionB_QuoteSchedule_1p.docx
- Attch5_RelevantExperienceSurvey_4pp.docx
- Attch3-WD-DBA_CO20260006_6pp.pdf
Full brief
What they want
- Reverse (inverted) capeseal of the whole road from Havana Street to the large metal swing gate (0.75 miles, 22.7 feet wide)
- Asphalt patching of about 338 square yards: saw cut, dig out to sound base, fill with hot-mix asphalt, compact
- Write and run a traffic control plan (the road may be closed to all access during the work)
- Tack coat, hot-mix asphalt placement and compaction following Section 321216 Asphalt Paving
- Product data and material certificates, plus quality control information submitted with the quote
- Clean up and dispose of excess asphalt under state and local rules
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price construction contract, single award, quoted as one lump-sum line item (RFQ using FAR 13 procedures)
- Period of performance
- 11/09/2026 to 03/31/2027, no options stated. Clause 52.211-10 says start within 14 calendar days after notice to proceed and finish by March 31, 2027.
- Place of performance
- Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, 6550 Gateway Road, Commerce City, Adams County, CO 80022. The work is on Rattlesnake Hill Road (FWS Route 101).
- Estimated value
- Magnitude range of between $100,000 and $250,000. The solicitation says this is a broad government category and does not mean the budget is near the top of the range.
- How they'll choose
- Best value. The government compares quotes directly against each other (no scores, weights or ratings) and may pick a higher price if it lowers performance risk.
- Offers due
- Friday, October 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM MDT (notice field shows 2026-10-23T16:00:00-06:00)
- How to submit
- Email to nicole_johnson@ios.doi.gov, with all attachments in PDF or Microsoft Office formats
What they'll judge offers on
- Relevant Experience: how well you show successful work of similar scope, size and complexity
- Price: checked for reasonableness
What to include when you submit
- Completed SF 1442 (Blocks 14 through 20C) and signed amendments (SF 30) if there are any
- Quote Schedule (Attachment 4) plus an itemized breakdown of costs for all divisions and subdivisions; prices must include labor, materials, equipment, testing, permits, disposal, transportation and overhead
- Three examples of similar projects completed in the last three years, on Attachment 5 (Relevant Experience) or with equivalent information: title and location, work done, dollar value and year, period of performance, customer name and contact
- Representations and certifications under FAR 52.204-8, or a statement that they are already in SAM.gov
- Fill in your Unique Entity ID, CAGE code and any subcontractor on the Section B quote schedule
- Quality control information is to be made available with the proposal (per the Statement of Work)
- Questions go in writing to the same email address by October 16, 2026 (4:00 PM MDT in Section A, 5:00 PM MT in the site visit clause). Answers come by amendment; the government says responses or an amendment come by October 21, 2026
- If you cannot invoice through the Treasury IPP system, send a written waiver request with your quote
- Anticipated award date is November 6, 2026
You must have
- Open to any size business: no set-aside. The size standard for NAICS 237310 is $45M.
This Request for Quotation (RFQ) is NOT set aside for small business concerns.
- Bonds: a payment bond is required if the award is over $35,000, and both payment and performance bonds if over $150,000. A bid bond is not required. The magnitude range is $100,000 to $250,000, so bonds are likely.
Payment Bond. Any amount over $150,000 requires
- Active SAM.gov registration with current representations and certifications (also a Unique Entity ID and CAGE code)
shall be submitted to the System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) and updated at least
- Relevant experience: three similar projects completed in the last three years
Provide three examples of projects similar in size, scope, and complexity completed
- Davis-Bacon wage rates apply (Wage Determination CO20260006). You must pay at least those rates and send certified payrolls with invoices.
Certified payrolls and Statement of Compliance in accordance with clause 52.222-8.
- Buy American Act for construction materials (FAR 52.225-9) applies to the materials you buy
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The notice says this is a re-solicitation of RFQ 140FGA26Q0059.
Not in the notice text
- Why the earlier RFQ 140FGA26Q0059 was re-solicited, and whether anyone has worked on this road before
- The government's actual estimate; only the $100,000 to $250,000 range is given
- The Davis-Bacon wage rates in CO20260006 (attachment text is unreadable)
- The drawings and minimum thicknesses the spec refers to (not provided)
- Whether the crack sealant, surface overlay and geotextile sections of the spec apply to this job
- How much more weight relevant experience carries than price (no weights or order are given)
- When bonds must be delivered (clause 52.228-13 leaves the number of days incomplete)
- Names of the project lead and COR and the SOW photographs (blank or redacted in the SOW)
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 23, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 28, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- 140FGA26Q0080
- Agency
- Department of the Interior · US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Office
- FWS, Gaoa
- NAICS
- 237310
- Product/service code
- Z2LB
- Business type
- Construction & renovation
- Contracting contact
- Johnson, Nicolenicole_johnson@ios.doi.gov
Full notice text from SAM.gov
CO-ROCKY MTN ARSNL NWR-PATCH HILL RD The US Fish and Wildlife Service Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Adams County, State of Colorado, has a requirement to repair all asphalt surfaces at the refuge's Rattlesnake Hill Road. This is a re-solicitation of RFQ 140FGA26Q0059. A site visits are scheduled for Tuesday, October 6 AND October 13 at 10:30 am MT. Site Visit registration and meeting location information can be found in Section L of the solicitation, under FAR clause 52.236-27. Requests for information and quotes shall be submitted via email to Nicole Johnson at nicole_johnson@ios.doi.gov.
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