Site work and paving for a civil project in Elmer, Louisiana. Working plans call for site work for a road / highway; for paving for a road / highway; and water / sewer project.

This is a pre-solicitation notice being released pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 5. Description: USDA Forest Service, Kisatchie National Forest has a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Road and Ditch Repair at Road NFSR-272. Contractor shall furnish all materials, equipment, transportation, labor, supervision, and other associated work necessary to complete work according to the Statement of Work. Scope of Work: This project consists of providing all materials, equipment and vehicles, labor, tools, parts, transportation, and incidentals required clean and reconstruct the ditches and leadoffs, reshaping the road prism and placement of surface aggregate, as well as seeding and fertilizing of ditches. A complete Scope of Work will be provided with the solicitation. Location: The project is located south of the Calcasieu Ranger District. Work begins at State Road 488 on NFSR-272. Latitude 31.200871, Longitude -92.661413 Decimal Degrees. The Government anticipates awarding a Firm Fixed-Price contract using best-value principles. This procurement will be solicited using North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 237310-- Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction, with a small business size standard of $45M. The magnitude of work is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. A Request for Proposals (RFP) for this acquisition will be released on or about December 14, 2023 and will close on or about January 13, 2024. It is anticipated that the contract will begin within 30 days of contract award. This acquisition will be competed as a 100% Small Business Set Aside. This is a new requirement, there is no incumbent contractor This Pre-solicitation Notice seeks to provide information to interested parties about potential opportunity to perform the construction, additions, alterations, or maintenance and repairs as described above. This Pre-solicitation Notice does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. Respondents are advised that the United States (U.S) Government will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this Pre-solicitation Notice. All costs associated with responding to this Pre-solicitation Notice will be solely at the responding party's expense. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S Government to form a binding contract. *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.