Presolicitation
CO BR UCPO Blue Mesa Road(1) Blue Mesa Road
Department of Transportation · Federal Highway Administration
AI summaryPresolicitation from the Federal Highway Administration's Central Federal Lands Division for the Blue Mesa Road project in Gunnison County, Colorado, set aside for small business. Work is paving 0.86 miles of gravel road, drainage and culvert repairs, with two options. The notice gives an estimated cost range of $2,000,000 to $5,000,000 and no response due date; plans and specifications are not available. More in the summary
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Summary of the version posted Oct 20, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 27, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov.
Presolicitation from the Federal Highway Administration's Central Federal Lands Division for the Blue Mesa Road project in Gunnison County, Colorado, set aside for small business. Work is paving 0.86 miles of gravel road, drainage and culvert repairs, with two options. The notice gives an estimated cost range of $2,000,000 to $5,000,000 and no response due date; plans and specifications are not available.
Who can bid
- Small business (total small business set-aside on SAM.gov)
Things to watch (4)
- Serious: Small business set-aside. SAM.gov lists this as a total small business set-aside, so only small businesses can expect to be eligible for the coming bid.
- Worth checking: Plans not available and no response due date yet. This is a presolicitation. The notice says it is not a request for bid, and gives only an anticipated schedule: advertisement in November 2026 and award in January 2027.
- Minor: Site visit on November 4, 2026 is not mandatory. The pre-bid site visit is at 10:00 AM MDT at the Pine Creek Trailhead Parking Lot. Attendance is not required to bid. Anyone attending is asked to email by October 30, 2026.
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- Minor: Restricted access to Option X area. Part of Option X can only be reached with Bureau of Reclamation guidance, and visitors must bring their own transportation and protective equipment.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- PreBid Contractor Site Investigation - NOTICE TO BIDDERS (1) (1).pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Schedule A: replace 0.86 miles of gravel road with asphalt concrete pavement (2,500 TON asphalt concrete pavement, Type 1)
- Schedule A: rebuild 0.24 miles of existing asphalt at the US 50 intersection, replace or line damaged culverts, add ADA parking stalls, signing and striping, ditch reconditioning, rockfall mitigation
- Option X: pave 0.34 miles of gravel road from the Bureau of Reclamation gate to the Blue Mesa Power Plant, culvert work, signing and striping, and a 6-inch electrical conduit
- Option Y: install 2,215 LN FT of 6-inch conduit (with 6 EA utility boxes pullbox and 2,215 LN FT utility trench) from the electric security gate to the power plant
- Culvert work on Schedule A: 255 LN FT of 24-inch pipe culvert, 45 LN FT of 30-inch pipe culvert, 110 LN FT lining of 66-inch culvert and 190 LN FT lining of 72-inch culvert
- Period of performance
- Anticipated construction: May 2027 - October 2027 (notice to proceed April 2027)
- Place of performance
- Blue Mesa Road, Gunnison County, CO (Curecanti National Recreation Area)
- Estimated value
- Between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000 (estimated cost range in the notice)
Not in the notice text
- Which wage rule applies: the notice does not mention a Davis-Bacon wage determination (the federal minimum wage rates for construction)
- Whether bid, performance or payment bonds are required
- The response due date, contract type, and how bids will be evaluated; plans and specifications are not yet available
- Whether Options X and Y will be awarded or are priced separately
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 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
- Presolicitation
- Office
- 6982AF Central Federal Lands Divisi, Lakewood, CO
- Product/service code
- Y1LB · Construction of Highways, Roads, Streets, Bridges, and Railways
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237310)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)No date on SAM.gov
- Oct 20, 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 read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BID – PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. PROJECT NAME: CO BR UCPO Blue Mesa Road(1) Blue Mesa Road Blue Mesa Road is a 1.44-mile corridor located in Gunnison County, CO and provides access to the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Power Plant and Pine Creek Trailhead recreational activities on the Curecanti National Recreational Area. SCOPE OF THE WORK Schedule A: Proposed rehabilitation of 0.86 miles to replace existing gravel roadway with asphalt concrete pavement. Reconstruction/Rehabilitation, as needed, for 0.24 miles of existing asphalt to incorporate raising roadway profile at US 50 intersection, drainage improvements including replacement and/or lining of damaged culverts, relocation of traffic counters, formalize parking area with ADA stalls, signing and striping, ditch reconditioning, rockfall mitigation. Option X: Proposed rehabilitation of 0.34 miles to replace existing gravel roadway with asphalt concrete pavement from BOR gate to Blue Mesa Power Plant, drainage improvements to include replacement of damaged culverts, signing and striping, ditch reconditioning, installation of 6” electrical conduit for purposes of future automatic gate installation. Option Y: Proposed 6-inch electric conduit installation and 2 ft x 2 ft max trenching for 2,215 LF miles from the electric security gate to The Blue Mesa Power Plant. Conduit will provide future access for BOR to provide electric connection to security gate. PRINCIPAL WORK ITEMS: Schedule A: 15225-0000 Slope, Reference, and Clearing and Grubbing Control: 1.051 MILE 20301-1900 Removal of Pipe Culvert: 5 EACH 20401-0000 Roadway Excavation: 1,500 CU YD 30201-2000 Roadway Aggregate, Method 2: 2,500 CU YD 30302-1000 Ditch Reconditioning: 3,280 LN FT 40301-0100 Asphalt Concrete Pavement, Type 1: 2,500 TON 60103-0140 Concrete, Headwall for 24-Inch Pipe Culvert (L-Shaped): 3 EACH 60103-0160 Concrete, Headwall for 30-Inch Pipe Culvert: 1 EACH 60103-0280 Concrete, Headwall for 66-Inch Pipe Culvert (Includes Wingwalls): 1 EACH 60201-0800 24-Inch Pipe Culvert: 255 LN FT 60201-0900 30-Inch Pipe Culvert: 45 LN FT 60707-1200 Lining 66-Inch Pipe Culvert (HDPE Slipline): 110 LN FT 60707-1300 Lining 72-Inch Pipe Culvert (HDPE Slipline): 190 LN FT 63401-0300 Pavement Markings, Type B, Solid: 46,000 LN FT Option X: 15225-0000 Slope, Reference, and Clearing and Grubbing Control: 0.38 MILE 20420-0000 Embankment Construction: 200 CU YD 30201-2000 Roadway Aggregate, Method 2: 700 CU YD 40301-0100 Asphalt Concrete Pavement, Type 1: 650 TON 56603-0000 Reinforced Shotcrete: 180 SQ YD 60704-0000 Cleaning Culvert in Place: 7 EA 63401-0300 Pavement Markings, Type B, Solid: 8,500 LN FT Option Y: 63610-3410 Conduit, 6-Inch, HDPE (Schedule 40): 2,215 LN FT 63621-1000 Utility Box, Pullbox: 6 EA 63622-0000 Utility Trench: 2,215 LN FT ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE Advertisement: November 2026 Award: January 2027 NTP: April 2027 Construction: May 2027- October 2027 ESTIMATED COST RANGE: Between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000 A NON-MANDATORY PRE-BID SITE VISIT WILL BE HELD NOVEMBER 4TH, 2026 AT 10:00AM. PLEASE SEE ATTACHEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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