United States Department of Agriculture, US Forest Service

George Washington and Jefferson National Forest

Virginia Creeper Bridge and Trail Reconstruction DB

12445125R0002

DESIGN-BUILD (D-B) SOLICITATION

Summary

Project Title: USDA-FS GWJ Virginia Creeper Bridge and Trail Reconstruction Design-Build

Original Set Aside: Unrestricted with FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan

NAICS Code: 237310 Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction

PSC: Z2LB Repair or Alteration of Highways/roads/streets/bridges/railways

Type of Contract: This is a Call for Qualifications which will result in award of a firm-fixed price contract. The Phase II Firm Fixed Price Award will be made using a Best Value Tradeoff Process under FAR 15.101-1. 

FAR 36.204 Disclosure of the magnitude:  The design and construction cost for this base contract and all options is estimated to be between $200,000,000 - $300,000,000.

Location: The project is in Washington and Grayson County and outside the City of Damascus, Virginia and Whitetop Station, VA.  This website provides geo-location of the bridges and can provide insight via google earth or other imaging services (NON-GOVERNMENT WEBSITES for reference only!)

https://www.vacreepertrail.us/  The Destruction of the Virginia Creeper Trail - Whitetop to Damascus - September 2024 (non-governmental) – REFERENCE ONLY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYenstLgYPM The Creeper Trail, Damascus VA: Documenting Hurricane Helene's Destruction (non-governmental) – REFERENCE ONLY

Project Description: This project is for the design-build of the Virginia Creeper Bridge and Trail Reconstruction.  The Virginia Creeper National Recreation Trail (VCNRT) is a popular thirty-four -mile rail-to-trail in Washington and Grayson Counties in Southwest Virginia. While the western half is owned and managed by the Towns of Abingdon and Damascus, the approximately eighteen miles of the eastern half is owned and managed by the USDA Forest Service. The landscape of the eastern half is rugged and remote, and that portion of the trail sustained heavy damage from Tropical Storm Helene in late September of 2024. The trail occupies the former footprint of the Abingdon Branch of the Norfolk and Western Railroad and includes forty-seven railroad trestle bridges. The trail’s eastern half, managed by the USDA Forest Service, includes thirty-one trestles, most of which were destroyed or damaged by the storm. Much of the treadway in the trail’s eastern half also sustained heavy damage. This project proposes to reconstruct the eastern 18 miles of the Virginia Creeper National Recreation Trail in its former footprint, while maintaining its former 2%-7% grade, and including trestles, treadway, and identified associated features.   SUGGESTED INTERNET INFORMATION  https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/gwj/home/?cid=fseprd1209261

Phase I Submittal Deadlines: 07/09/2025; 1300ET

Non-Mandatory Pre-Proposal Number 1                                        06/02/2025

Non-Mandatory Pre-Proposal Number 2                                        06/09/2025

Deadline Call for Qualifications                                                  07/09/2025

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