This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Helena, Montana. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The Bureau of Reclamation's Missouri Basin Regional Office intends to solicit a Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the Road Maintenance at Canyon Ferry/Helena Valley Regulating Reservoirs, which is located in the vicinity of Canyon Ferry Reservoir located 20 miles east of Helena, Montana in Lewis and Clark and Broadwater Counties and the Helena Valley Regulating Reservoir located 7 miles east of Helena, MT. The IFB will be issued at https://beta.sam.gov under Solicitation No. 140R6022B0002. Principle features of work include the following: 1. Watering, scarifying, blading, and compacting Canyon Ferry Reservoir and Helena Valley Regulating Reservoir roads. 2. Three roads may include the application of magnesium chloride. 3. Some roads may require road mix be added to them as determined by Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). The Invitation for Bids (IFB) package will be available for viewing at SAM.gov on or after September 1, 2021. A Bid Opening is tentatively scheduled at 3:00PM (MDT) on September 21, 2022. Bids will be accepted via email to sgallagher@usbr.gov. The estimated price range for this acquisition is between $250,000 and $500,000. Reclamation anticipates a small business set-aside for this acquisition. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 237310 Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction, which has an associated Small Business Size standard of $39.5 million. The overall period of performance is anticipated to be 365 days with 4 Option Year periods. The contractor who receives the award is required to commence work within 10 days of receiving the Notice to Proceed. The period of performance is inclusive of receipt and acceptance of all submittals by the Bureau of Reclamation, as well as final cleanup. For further information, interested offerors should contact Contract Specialist Stormy Gallagher at email address sgallagher@usbr.gov. It is incumbent upon contractors to monitor beta.Sam.gov for RFQ release and all subsequent amendments. Effective October 26, 2018, all contractors interested in doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to submitting an offer or quotation. Note: Registering in "SAM" does not constitute an automatic award of any contract or agreement to the registering contractor. SAM is a centralized database consolidating the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), the online Representation and Certifications Application (ORCA), and the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS). Additionally, the contractor's Unique Entity ID (UEI) and banking information are required for the SAM registration. Annual confirmation of registration requirements must be accomplished through the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov. For assistance with registering in SAM, contact the Federal Services Desk at 1-866-606-8220. Payment requests for the anticipated contract are required to be submitted electronically through the U.S. Department of Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) system. The IPP website is https://www.ipp.gov. The contractor must use the IPP website to register access and submit requests for payment. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP production helpdesk via e-mail at ippgroup@bos.frb.org or by telephone at (866) 973-3131. If the contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with their proposal. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.