Paving at Obey River 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 (FFP) Commercial Construction Contract for paving at the Obey River Campground at Dale Hollow Lake.

DESCRIPTION: This project is to be performed at the Obey River Campgrounds at Dale Hollow Lake located near 100 Obey Park Road, Monroe, TN 38573. 

Obey River Campground’s area of focus for this project consists of approximately 600 feet of roadway (average approximately 8-9’ wide) and parking area (approximately 150’ x 170’) to include 600 feet of curbing (4,250 sq. yards total) within Obey River Campground. The purpose of this ERFO project is to remove and replace pavement damaged in storms & highwater events. Several of the roadway sections and parking areas have significant damage including: alligatoring, longitudinal and transverse (block) cracking, raveling, and shoulder and curbing damage.  Project will include striping parking lot for trailer & single car spaces, replacement of 1 stormwater drain, removing dilapidated wooded stanchions & cable, replace curbing, & widening of road up to 11’ total width.

Disclosure of the Magnitude of Proposed Construction Project: Between $250,000 and $500,000. 

NAICS CODE and SBA SIZE STANDARD: 237310 - Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction; Size Standard $45.0M.

SET-ASIDE TYPE: 100% Small Business 

DELIVERY DATE: 250 calendar days after 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 no later than 31 August 2026.

Pre-Quote Site Visit: The pre-quote site visit has been  scheduled for Tuesday, 25 August 2026 at 10:00 AM Central Time (CT), near 100 Obey Park Road, Monroe, TN 38573. The site visit request forms are attached. There will only be one site visit.

Offerors should inspect the job site prior to submitting an offer. Offerors should take such other steps as may be reasonably necessary to ascertain the nature and location of the 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 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 at Richard.B.Hester@usace.army.mil and to the Contracting Officer Andrew Roth at Andrew.R.Roth@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 Brent Hester and Contracting Officer Andrew Roth, 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 solicitation 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 quote 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:

https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xthml/unauth/search/oppMgmtLink.xhtml?solNo=W912P526QA036

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Specific information pertaining to this procurement will be available in the solicitation. The solicitation documents may be amended, and it is 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".