Staple Bend Tunnel Stabilization

The National Park Service is seeking a small-business contractor to stabilize the Staple Bend Tunnel in Pennsylvania through rock scaling, rock bolting, void-fill concrete, gunite and mesh installation, drainage, fossil inventory, and related site work.

United States of America > INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE > NATIONAL PARK SERVICE > DOI, NPS CONOPS STRATEGIC


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140P4226R0026
Oct 30, 2026 10:00 PM
Oct 05, 2026 08:49 PM
1 year 2 months
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brian_mccabe@ios.doi.gov
+12023397772
1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC, USA
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Description

The National Park Service is soliciting a single small-business contractor under a firm-fixed-price contract to stabilize the Staple Bend Tunnel at Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site. Base work includes a stabilization maintenance plan, scaling loose rock, fossil inventory by a qualified paleontologist, installation of 14 rock bolt anchors, void-fill concrete, gunite and pinned mesh, drainage, signposts, mobilization, site setup, and safety. Optional, funding-dependent work includes a 3D tunnel scan and installation of bat houses. The proposal must demonstrate tunnel-stabilization capability, historic-preservation methods, a proposed team, a draft critical-path schedule, three similar projects completed within the past five years, acceptable past-performance information, biobased-product certification, active SAM registration as a small business under NAICS 237990, completed responsibility provisions, a bid bond, and the limitations-on-subcontracting worksheet. The contract period is explicitly stated as November 9, 2026, through December 31, 2027. Amendment 0001 extends the offer deadline to October 30, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time and requires acknowledgment of the amendment.

Classification Codes
NAICS237990Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
PSCZ1QAMAINTENANCE OF RESTORATION OF REAL PROPERTY (PUBLIC OR PRIVATE)
Smart Codes
tunnel stabilizationrock boltinggunite application
Specifications
Service
NSNs:
7540-01-152-8067
Timeline
Aug 26, 2026 04:00 PM-Organized Site Visit (optional)
Participants will meet at the trailhead parking lot. An NPS shuttle will transport or lead a limited number of vehicles to the tunnel; late participants must hike approximately two miles and may not drive independently on the trail after shuttle departure.
Sep 4, 2026-Technical Questions Due
Sep 17, 2026 01:38 PM-Published Date
Oct 30, 2026 10:00 PM-Offers Due
Nov 14, 2026-Inactive Date
Requirements
Bachelor's degree
Required
  • Liability Insurance — $200,000.00
  • Liability Insurance — $500,000.00
  • Property Damage Liability — $20,000.00
Required
  • Bid Bond — 0.2%
  • Payment Bond — 1%
  • Performance Bond — 1%
Scored
  • Minimum 3 references
  • Within the last 5 years
  • Client point of contact required for each reference
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