Lake Barkley Paving at Cadiz Recreation Area and Canal Campground

PURPOSE: The Nashville District (LRN), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), is issuing a Request for Quote (RFQ) for a Firm Fixed-Price Construction Contract utilizing the procedures at Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul (RFO) Part 12. DESCRIPTION: The Contractor will be responsible for the following activities/items under the proposed contract: This project is performed at the Cadiz Recreation Area and Canal Campgrounds at Lake Barkley located near Cadiz, KY. The project generally consists of paving and storm drain improvements within Canal Campground and Cadiz Recreational areas which includes, but may not be limited to, asphalt milling and overlay, full depth replacement of pavement, striping, asphalt curbing, asphalt speed bumps, and (11) culvert replacements. The option items generally includes, but may not be limited to, gravel shoulder, pavement extensions, slurry seal roads and parking lots, campsite paving, striping, and concrete ditch extensions. Location: Cadiz Recreation Area, Lake Barkley, near Caidz, KY, and Canal Campground, Lake Barkley, near Grand Rivers, KY. Disclosure of Magnitude of the Proposed Construction Project: Between $1,000,000 and $3,500,000 NAICS CODE and SBA SIZE STANDARD: 237310 - Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction; Size Standard $45.0 Million SET-ASIDE TYPE: 100% Small Business DELIVERY DATE: 280 calendar days after issuance of Notice to Proceed (NTP) Drawings and Specifications: The technical plans and specifications are available at PIEE Solicitation Module. Questions: Questions shall be submitted via Projnet Bidder Inquiry using the quick key listed in the solicitation. Pre-Bid Site Visit: The pre-quote site visit has been scheduled for Wednesday, 26 August 2026 at 9:30AM Central Time (CT). The site visit request forms are attached. There will only be one site visit. Offerors should inspect the job site prior to submitting a quote. Offerors should tkae such other steps as may be reasonable necessary to ascertain the nature and location of work and the general and local conditions that can affect the work or the cost thereof. Failure to do so will not relieve offerors from the responsibility of for properly estimating the difficulty or cost of successfully performing the work. The Government assumes no responsibility for any understanding or representations concerning conditions made by any of its officers, agents or employees, unless included in the solicitation, the specifications or related documents. REGISTRATION: Only registered persons will be permitted to attend the pre-bid site visit. In addition to the information below, please also provide your firm's name, firm's CAGE and/or Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), and name and position title of primary point-of-contact and their telephone number and email address. Please provide this information via email to Richard (Brent) Hester at richard.b.hester@usace.army.mil and Andrew Roth at andrew.r.roth@usace.army.mil. Contractors and/or potential contractors wishing to attend a pre-bid meeting held at or in LRN restricted/controlled areas (such as a Power Plant or Navigation Lock) shall submit a Nashville District (LRN) Security Access Form to the Contract Specialist five (5) days prior to the site visit. If submitting the document in less than five days, the Offeror may not receive approval for participation. The Contract Specialist will notify the Contractor if the request is approval or denied. Any pre-quote meeting which will cover anything other than public domain information shall be limited to US Citizens, except under unique circumstances. The Security Access Form and guidance is available at https://www.lrn.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/Contracting. U.S. CITIZENS: The Offeror shall submit a Nashville District Corps of Engineers U.S. Citizen Security Request Form to the LRN Point of Contact, Contract Specialist Richard (Brent) Hester via email (richard.b.hester@usace.army.mil) no later than five calendar days prior to the site visit. If submitting the document in less than five days, the Offeror may not receive approval for participation. The LRN POC will notify the individual(s) if the request is approved or denied. The Security Access Form and guidance is available as a pdf attachment on sam.gov with this pre-solicitation and is titled U.S. Citizen Security Request Form. FOREIGN NATIONALS (FNs): All non-U.S. Citizens, including permanent residents wishing to attend the site visit must be approved in advance. FNs wishing to attend a site visit shall submit a completed Nashville District Corps of Engineers Foreign National Security Request Form and legible color copies of two of the following documents: Passport (unexpired or expired), Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (INS Form N-560 04 N-561), Certificate of Naturalization (INS Form N-550 or N-570), unexpired foreign Passport with 1-551 stamp or attached INS Form 1-94 indicating unexpired employment authorization, an Alien Registration Receipt Card with photo (INS Form 1-151 or 1-551), unexpired Temporary Resident Card (INS Form 1-688), unexpired Employment Authorization Card (INS Form 1-688A), unexpired Reentry Permit (INS Form 1-327), unexpired Refugee Travel Document (INS Form 1-571), or unexpired Employment Authorization Documentation issued by the INS which contains a photograph (INS Form I-688B) to the LRN Point of Contact, Contract Specialist Richard (Brent) Hester, who will forward the documents to the LRN-SM mailbox (dll-celmsm@usace.army.mil) for approval. These documents must be submitted no less than five (5) days prior to the site visit. FN requests require approval at the Headquarters U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (HQUSACE) level. Exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis but will be limited. The form is available as a pdf attachment on sam.gov with this presolicitation and is titled Foreign National Security Request Form. SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM): Offerors are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (https://sam.gov) and PIEE at the time a bid is submitted in order to comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements. Registration for PIEE is required as this is the only place bids shall be submitted. Quotes must be submitted in PIEE Solicitation Module. Please see the link below to submit quotes. ADDITIONAL INFOMRATION: Specific information pertaining to this procurement will be available in the solicitation. The solicitation documents will be posted on the SAM.gov website, https://sam.gov and PIEE Solicitation Module. It is and will continue to be the responsibility of all potential offerors to monitor the SAM.gov website for any amendments, updates, responses to questions and answers, etc. as the Government will not be maintaining a mailing list. Information regarding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers process for settling requests for equitable adjustments and duration goals to achieve definitization of equitable adjustments for change orders under commercial construction contracts can be found by going to https://www.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/Partnering/ then clicking on "View FFP Contract Changes Playbook Here".