Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Jake Rocks Road Reconstruction
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service · Sol. 127EAX27Q0003
Due in 15 daysSmall business
Track this notice by email. We'll email you if it's amended or awarded, and a week and two days before responses are due.
AI summary Beta
Some details weren't available to this summary, so it may miss requirements. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The USDA Forest Service (Allegheny National Forest) wants a small business to rebuild about 2.97 miles of Forest Roads 492 and 492A near Warren, Pennsylvania, plus two recreation parking areas, two overlook parking areas and two pull-offs. Work includes milling and repaving asphalt, new culverts, guide rail, ditch work, pavement markings and accessibility features. Work starts within 10 days of notice to proceed and must finish within 135 days; the stated period of performance is 11/02/2026 to 09/30/2027.
Watch out for
- 20 percent bid guarantee plus performance and payment bonds. A small paving contractor needs surety capacity to post a bid bond of 20 percent of its price at quote time and then full performance and payment bonds, which can shut out firms without a bonding line.
The amount of the bid guarantee shall be 20 percent of the bid price.
- Contradictory award basis. The solicitation first says award goes to the best value, then says lowest price technically acceptable, so it is not fully clear whether price alone will decide; ask the contracting officer before pricing.
the best value to the Government.
- Short, firm schedule. All work (paving, culverts, guide rail, accessibility features) must be finished within 135 days of notice to proceed, in daylight weekday hours only, with a late-fall start that raises weather and paving-season risk.
complete the entire work ready for use not later than 135 days after issuance of a Notice to Proceed.
- Heavy compliance and quality control burden. The contractor must run a written quality control system with a qualified QC manager and certified testers, wash and get equipment inspected before entering the forest, and meet detailed FP-14 federal highway specifications.
Contractor is responsible to have in place a quality control system that will ensure work is performed in an acceptable manner.
- Prevailing wage (Davis-Bacon) paperwork. Construction wage rate clauses mean certified payrolls and wage-rate compliance for the prime and subcontractors; the wage determination itself is a scanned file that was not readable here.
52.222-8 Payrolls and Basic Records (Nov 2025)
- Contractor pays for damage and utilities risk. The contractor is liable at its own expense for damage to pipelines, trees, culverts and signs, including oil and gas lines in the work area.
any damage done to underground or over‐ground pipelines or utilities owned by oil and gas operators will be repaired at the contractor’s expense.
- Retainage and progress payments. Payment is by monthly progress payments, and the government may hold back up to 10 percent if progress is unsatisfactory, so cash flow must cover several months of work.
may retain a maximum of 10 percent of the amount of the payment until satisfactory progress is
Read from the notice and 4 attachments. 1 not read in full.
- 127EAX27Q0003 - Jake Rocks Road Reconstruction.pdf
- Attachment 2 - Statement of Work.docx
- Attachment 3 - Location Map.pdf
- Attachment 1 - Schedule of Items.pdf
- Attachment 4 - Wage Detrmination.pdf: scanned PDF: no text to read
Full brief
What they want
- Mill and overlay existing asphalt (about 14,440 SY at 1.5 inches and 9,470 SY at 1 inch mill / 1.5 inch overlay)
- Full-width, full-depth pavement replacement (about 8,056 SY) plus pavement spot repairs (270 SY known, 530 SY miscellaneous)
- Remove old culverts and install new culverts (corrugated metal 18, 24 and 30 inch; reinforced concrete 18, 24 and 30 inch) with outlet protection
- Remove and replace guide rail (238 LF) and install guide rail with delineators (113 LF)
- Re-establish ditches (3 miles), roadside brushing and tree trimming, shoulder treatment, heavy use area protection
- Pavement markings, crosswalks, signs and posts, and accessibility features at two overlooks and two recreation parking lots
- Erosion and sedimentation controls, traffic control and signing during construction
- Furnish all equipment, labor, materials and a quality control system; follow FP-14 federal highway specifications
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price award anticipated (commercial construction, combined synopsis/solicitation RFQ); one award, all line items must be priced
- Period of performance
- Start within 10 calendar days of notice to proceed; finish within 135 days after notice to proceed. Period of performance listed as 11/02/2026 to 09/30/2027. No option periods stated.
- Place of performance
- Allegheny National Forest, Bradford Ranger District, Mead Township, Warren County, PA (Forest Roads 492 and 492A)
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA). Only the lowest priced quote is evaluated for technical acceptability; if it fails, the next lowest is looked at. Price must be fair and reasonable, technical approach and schedule must be acceptable, and past performance must be acceptable or neutral.
- Offers due
- October 26, 2026, at 1:00 PM Eastern Time
- How to submit
- Email to christopher.malley@usda.gov and pps.proposals@usda.gov
- Page limits
- The past performance factor appears limited to 5 pages (CPARS reports do not count). No other page limits stated.
What they'll judge offers on
- Price (fair and reasonable)
- Technical acceptability: technical approach and performance schedule
- Past performance (acceptable or neutral)
What to include when you submit
- Questions are due by email to christopher.malley@usda.gov by October 19, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern; put the solicitation name and number in the subject line
- Submit four separate Adobe PDF documents: (1) signed SF 1442 offer, (2) price proposal using Attachment 1 Schedule of Items, (3) technical proposal, (4) bid guarantee
- SF 1442: complete the block 10 fill-ins and blocks 14, 15, 16, 17, 20a, 20b and 20c; acknowledge any amendments; signed by a person authorized to bind the firm
- Price every item on the Schedule of Items or the quote is not considered responsive
- Technical proposal must cover technical approach, a performance schedule and past performance
- Past performance: list three similar projects completed in the last three years with project name and location, point of contact, total cost, a short narrative (size, start and finish dates), and CPARS reports or past performance questionnaires if available
- Bid guarantee: scanned, fully executed Standard Form 24 bid bond and power of attorney
- Quote prices must stay firm for 90 calendar days after the due date
You must have
- Small business set-aside: only small businesses can compete (NAICS 237310, size standard $45M)
This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside.
- Bid guarantee of 20 percent of the bid price must come with the quote (bid bond, certified check or similar)
The amount of the bid guarantee shall be 20 percent of the bid price.
- Performance and payment bonds are required after award (a surety relationship is needed)
52.228-15 Performance and Payment Bonds-Construction (Jun 2020)
- Active SAM.gov registration; SAM registration clause applies
52.204-7 System for Award Management—Registration (Nov 2025)
- Must follow limits on subcontracting for small business set-asides (limits how much work can go to non-small subcontractors)
52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (Nov 2025)
- Federal construction wage rules (Davis-Bacon) apply: prevailing wages, weekly payrolls and records
52.222-6 Construction Wage Rate Requirements (Nov 2025)
- Buy American rules apply to construction materials
52.225-9 Buy American-Construction Materials (Nov 2025)
- Quality control manager with at least 2 years of similar experience, and certified testers (for example NICET Level II or regional certification)
at least 2 years’ experience in construction, inspector, quality control and material testing
- Offeror must certify compliance with anti-discrimination and DEI-related certification (AGAR 452.203-70) by submitting the quote
By submission of its offer, the offeror certifies that:
Not in the notice text
- The wage determination (Attachment 4) is a scanned PDF that could not be read, so the prevailing wage rates are unknown
- The design drawings ("100% Design") are a separate document not included here; quantities and details may be only partly visible
- Part of the Statement of Work (the middle of the specification supplement) was cut off in the text provided
- The Schedule of Items shows quantities but no prices or total, and no estimated value or price range is stated
- Whether a site visit is offered is not stated
- Exact contract award date and notice to proceed date are not given (period of performance is listed as 11/02/2026 to 09/30/2027)
Is this a fit for your business?
Create a free accountFedReady checks notices like this against your business profile, tracks deadlines, and alerts you to new matches. Creating an account is free.
Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 26, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 8, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Solicitation
- 127EAX27Q0003
- Agency
- Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
- Office
- USDA-FS, Csa Southwest 7
- Set-aside
- Small Business Set Aside - Total
- NAICS
- 237310
- Product/service code
- Y1LB
- Business type
- Construction & renovation
- Place of performance
- Warren, PA, 16365
- Contracting contact
- Christopher Malleychristopher.malley@usda.gov
What similar contracts paid
27 contracts at this agency under the same NAICS code, in the same state, had activity in the last 5 years, according to USAspending.gov. Small businesses won 73% of the dollars in this market over the last 3 fiscal years.
Typical contract$131KMiddle half: $78.9K to $167K
Typical per year$245KValue divided by years of performance
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 127EAX27Q0003 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for all equipment, labor, materials, tools, and other incidentals and execute all work necessary to perform the required road rehabilitation on the designated National Forest roads in accordance with the specifications, and bidder’s technical proposal which is incorporated by reference. The work consists of, but is not limited to, installing erosion and sedimentation controls (E&S Controls), traffic control, ditch work, repairing/replacing/placing new guide rail, removing existing culverts, installing new culverts, milling and overlaying existing asphalt, full depth replacement of asphalt, full depth asphalt spot repairs, asphalt shoulder repairs, line painting, constructing accessibility features, and placing and compacting road base and driving surface aggregate. This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns. The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 237310 The small business size standard is $45M This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency. Questions shall be submitted via email to christopher.malley@usda.gov and are due no later than October 19, 2026, at 1:00 PM Eastern Time. This will ensure enough time to respond before the solicitation period ends. Please include the solicitation name and number as the subject line of the email. Quotes shall be submitted electronically via e-mail to christopher.malley@usda.gov and pps.proposals@usda.gov and are due NLT October 26, 2026, at 1:00 PM Eastern Time.
Similar open opportunities
- RDO_TIOGA BRIDGE REHABILITATIONThe Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Roseburg District in Oregon wants a contractor to reseal and treat the timber parts of the Tioga Pedestrian Bridge over the North Umpqua River.
- ND OMAD 2025(1) Minuteman Missile AccessThe Federal Highway Administration's Central Federal Lands Division plans a small business set-aside road project in North Dakota (Minot area) to recondition about 50 miles of…
- St. Marks NWR Aucilla Tram Road Bridge DBThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants a small business to design and build changes to the Aucilla Tram Road Bridge and its water control structure at St.
- CO OMAD 300(71) Minuteman Missile AccessThe 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…
- BRCA 310427 Southbound Shuttle StopThe National Park Service (Denver Service Center) wants a contractor to build shuttle stop improvements along Bryce Canyon Road at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, including a…