Ozark-St. Francis National Forest Road Maintenance Services IDIQ

Background
The Ozark-St. Francis National Forest is issuing a multi-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for road maintenance services across various ranger districts.
The goal of this contract is to ensure the maintenance and upkeep of forest roads, which is essential for the accessibility and safety of these areas.
The contract includes a base year and four option years, with a minimum guarantee of $2,000 per IDIQ awarded.

Work Details
The contractor will be responsible for various road maintenance tasks including:
- Road blading to remove ruts, potholes, and corrugations, ensuring proper drainage and roadbed shaping.
- Roadside ditch maintenance to ensure positive drainage and alignment.
- Removal of debris such as trees, logs, stumps, and rocks from the roadbed and ditches.
- Aggregate placement for surfacing as required in the Statement of Work (SOW).
- Lead-off and wing ditch reconditioning using appropriate equipment.
- Culvert cleaning to maintain drainage systems.
- Secondary road maintenance tasks including reclaiming aggregate from fill slopes and reconditioning drainage structures.
The contractor must provide detailed descriptions of their processes for each task listed in the SOW.

Period of Performance
The total duration of this contract shall not exceed five years, consisting of one base year and four option years.

Place of Performance
The work will be performed across multiple ranger districts within the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest including Mt. Magazine Ranger District, Boston Mountain Ranger District, Pleasant Hill Ranger District, Big Piney-Deer Ranger District, Big Piney-Hector Ranger District, Sylamore Ranger District, and St. Francis Ranger District.

Incumbent Analysis (see Incumbents section for more detail)
This opportunity appears to have a confirmed incumbent base under the prior IDIQ ROAD MAINTENANCE SERVICES contract for the Ouachita & Ozark-St. Francis National Forests, with multiple awardees performing during 04/08/22–10/07/25 (e.g., Philpot Construction at $822,118; C&E Constructive Solutions at $460,163; Cloud Mountain Forestry at $439,232). The prior work is described as road maintenance services across the same Ozark-St. Francis area and aligns with the current scope of routine road upkeep tasks such as blading/ditch maintenance, debris removal, aggregate placement, and culvert/drainage reconditioning—suggesting continuity of the same functional requirements under a new IDIQ period.