Solicitation
WA NP OLYM 12(8), Hurricane Ridge Rockfall Mitigation MP 9.4
Department of Transportation · Federal Highway Administration
AI summaryOnly small businesses can bid on this sealed-bid (Invitation for Bids, IFB) construction job. The Federal Highway Administration's Western Federal Lands Highway Division, for Olympic National Park, wants rockfall protection at Hurricane Ridge milepost 9.4, about 9 miles south of Port Angeles, Washington. Work includes a soil nail retaining wall, 102 linear feet of rockfall fence, a culvert and concrete barrier. The Government's price range is $2,000,000 to $5,000,000. The response due date is November 4, 2026, 2:00 PM Pacific, by printed copy only, and work must finish by October 6, 2027. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 27, 2026. See the latest version.
AI summary Beta
Summary of the version posted Oct 16, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 27, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 2 of 6 attachments weren't read (olym12-8_plans_IFB.pdf, Physical Data_WA NP OLYM 12(8).zip). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only small businesses can bid on this sealed-bid (Invitation for Bids, IFB) construction job. The Federal Highway Administration's Western Federal Lands Highway Division, for Olympic National Park, wants rockfall protection at Hurricane Ridge milepost 9.4, about 9 miles south of Port Angeles, Washington. Work includes a soil nail retaining wall, 102 linear feet of rockfall fence, a culvert and concrete barrier. The Government's price range is $2,000,000 to $5,000,000. The response due date is November 4, 2026, 2:00 PM Pacific, by printed copy only, and work must finish by October 6, 2027.
Who can bid (4)
- Be a small business concern: the job is a total small business set-aside and offers are solicited only from small businesses
- Hold an active SAM registration when you bid and at award, with current representations and certifications
- Submit a valid bid bond (bid guarantee) on Standard Form 24 with your bid
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- Submit an Authority to Sign form for each person signing the SF 1442 and the bond
How to submit: Printed (paper) bid in a sealed envelope to Federal Highway Administration, Western Federal Lands Division, 610 E Fifth Street, Vancouver, WA 98661. Email and fax bids are not authorized; bid changes or withdrawals may be emailed to WFL.Contracts@dot.gov before the response due time.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (11)
- Serious: Total small business set-aside. Only small business concerns can bid; larger businesses cannot compete.
- Serious: Printed bids only; no electronic bids. A paper bid in a sealed envelope must reach the Vancouver, Washington office by the response due date, November 4, 2026, 2:00 PM Pacific; email and fax bids are not authorized.
- Serious: Bid bond required or the bid is rejected. The bid needs a valid bid bond (SF 24) with a power of attorney, and performance and payment bonds follow after award; the bond amounts are in the part of the IFB not read.
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- Worth checking: Sole-brand rockfall barrier and weathering agent. The plans require the Geobrugg RXE-8000 barrier and Natina Steel weathering agent; you must buy these brands, and the barrier alone is estimated at $408,000.
- Worth checking: Specialist installer experience required. The on-site supervisor, drill operators and the barrier manufacturer need stated recent experience, and their qualifications go in for approval at least 30 days before rockfall work starts.
- Worth checking: Date passed (Jun 23, 2026): Brand name memo says Full & Open; SAM.gov and the IFB say total small business set-aside. The June 23, 2026 memo describes the project as full and open, while SAM.gov and the IFB make it a total small business set-aside; ask the Contracting Officer to confirm.
- Worth checking: Fixed completion date October 6, 2027. All work must be finished by October 6, 2027, and the date assumes a notice to proceed by March 1, 2027; it moves day for day if the notice comes later.
- Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wage rates apply. The IFB includes a General Wage Decision (Davis-Bacon wage rates, the pay floor for construction workers); its rates are in the part not read, so check them before pricing labor.
- Minor: No site visit scheduled. No site visit is set, and the Government will not give show-me tours; bidders were encouraged to view the project on their own in the fall before bidding.
- Minor: Questions accepted until five business days before the response due date. Technical questions must be sent in writing to wfl.plans-spec@dot.gov; answers are posted on SAM.gov, and questions received later may not be answered.
- Minor: Material lead time for the weathering agent. The notice asks bidders to account for lead times for the weathering agent in Sections 563 and 725 when planning the schedule.
Read from the notice and 4 attachments. 2 of 6 not read. Show which files.
- IFB_69056726B000010_WA NP OLYM 12(8).pdf (read)
- QA_10-16-2026.pdf (read)
- Brand Name Memo - WA NP OLYM 12(8).pdf (read)
- WFLHD Construction Contract Administration_FY 23 V2.pdf (read)
- olym12-8_plans_IFB.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
- Physical Data_WA NP OLYM 12(8).zip: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Build a soil nail retaining wall (1,260 SQFT, plus 2 EACH verification test nails) and provide the retaining structure design as a lump sum item
- Install 102 LNFT of flexible rockfall barrier fence using the named Geobrugg RXE-8000 system, and treat galvanized steel with the named Natina Steel weathering agent
- Do roadway excavation (720 CUYD), clearing and grubbing (0.300 ACRE), 240 LNFT of 18-inch pipe culvert, a catch basin and an inlet
- Place 210 LNFT of precast concrete barrier with 2 EACH terminal systems, and remove and reset 125 LNFT of barrier
- Provide temporary roadway rockfall protection and temporary traffic control, including 1,200 HOUR of flaggers
- Supply equipment and labor by the hour: dump truck 20 HOUR, hydraulic excavator 20 HOUR, general labor 20 HOUR
- Keep daily reports and measurement notes in the Government's Masterworks web system, and submit schedules, a fire protection and suppression plan and other special contract requirements
- Contract type
- Sealed-bid (Invitation for Bids) construction contract, bid by unit price and lump sum pay items on a single base schedule
- Period of performance
- Start within 10 calendar days after receiving the notice to proceed (assumed to be received by March 1, 2027); complete all work, including final cleanup, not later than October 6, 2027
- Place of performance
- Olympic National Park, Clallam County, Washington; the work is located 9 miles south of Port Angeles
- Estimated value
- Government's price range: between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000. The brand-name items alone are estimated at $424,900.
- How they'll choose
- Sealed bidding: bids are opened publicly at the response due time. How award is decided is in the part of the IFB that was not read.
- Offers due
- November 4, 2026, 2:00 PM Pacific (from the version posted Oct 16, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Printed (paper) bid in a sealed envelope to Federal Highway Administration, Western Federal Lands Division, 610 E Fifth Street, Vancouver, WA 98661. Email and fax bids are not authorized; bid changes or withdrawals may be emailed to WFL.Contracts@dot.gov before the response due time.
What to include when you submit
- Mark the lower left corner of the envelope "Bid Enclosed" with the solicitation number and the project number and name
- Complete SF 1442 (Solicitation, Offer and Award): firm name and address (block 14), phone (15), remittance address if different (16), amendments (19), and the authorized signer's name, signature and date (20A, 20B, 20C), with your unique entity identifier and CAGE code
- Enter a unit bid price (to the nearest cent) and an amount for every bid schedule pay item, and total the schedule
- Include the original bid bond (Standard Form 24) with its power of attorney
- Include a completed Authority to Sign form for each person who signs the SF 1442 and the bid bond
- Complete the Representations and Certifications (the B-pages starting at page B-1) and the clause 1252.228-74 Notification of Payment Bond Protection (page C-107)
- Acknowledge every amendment by number and date; keep your SAM.gov registration and annual representations current
- Return the optional Partnering choice and the company contact page in the B-pages
After award, you must have
- Furnish performance and payment bonds after award as required by FAR 52.228-15 From IFB_69056726B000010_WA NP OLYM 12(8).pdf:
Block 12A PERFORMANCE & PAYMENT BONDS: See FAR Clause, 52.228-15, Performance…
- Carry the insurance described in Subsection 107.05 after award From IFB_69056726B000010_WA NP OLYM 12(8).pdf:
Insurance. Insurance requirements are described in Subsection 107.05.
- Provide an on-site supervisor, drill operators and a barrier manufacturer with stated experience; submit their qualifications at least 30 days before starting rockfall protection work From Brand Name Memo - WA NP OLYM 12(8).pdf:
…with experience installing ground anchors. At least 30 days before starting rockfall protection work, submit…
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. A June 23, 2026 brand-name memo says the plans name two brand products (Natina Steel and the Geobrugg RXE-8000), with an estimated value of $424,900, and that no sources are known to have expressed written interest.
Not in the notice text
- Attached but not read: the middle of IFB_69056726B000010_WA NP OLYM 12(8).pdf (about 746,000 characters), which holds the contract clauses, the General Wage Decision and most special contract requirements.
- Also attached but not read: the plans (olym12-8_plans_IFB.pdf, too large) and the Physical Data zip file, which holds the geotechnical report.
- The bid bond amount (FAR 52.228-1), the performance and payment bond amounts, the insurance amounts and the wage decision number are in the part not read.
- How the award is decided is not stated in the text that was read.
- The exact date of the question deadline is not given; the notice says close of business five business days before the due date.
- Access limits, working season and hours at Hurricane Ridge are not stated in the text that was read.
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 to submit, from the AI summary: Printed (paper) bid in a sealed envelope to Federal Highway Administration, Western Federal Lands Division, 610 E Fifth Street, Vancouver, WA 98661. Email and fax bids are not authorized; bid changes or withdrawals may be emailed to WFL.Contracts@dot.gov before the response due time. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- 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 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- 690567 Western Federal Lands Div, Vancouver, WA
- Product/service code
- Y1LB · Construction of Highways, Roads, Streets, Bridges, and Railways
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237310)
- Versions
4 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 4, 2026
- Oct 16, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 4, 2026
- Sep 30, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 4, 2026
- Jul 29, 2026 · PresolicitationNo date on SAM.gov
- 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
Update 10/16/2026: QA_10-16-2026.pdf posted to attachments. 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.