Description
This solicitation seeks a small‑business contractor to perform dam‑stabilization and erosion‑control work within the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The effort is a two‑year, hand‑tool‑only construction project that includes building a Zuni‑bowl head‑cut structure, a series of one‑rock dams, and a media‑luna sheet‑flow spreader, followed by a second‑year native‑seed seeding and maintenance phase. All work must be completed between mid‑October and early April each year to avoid bird‑breeding season, and rock material must be sourced exclusively from The Nature Conservancy’s Canelo Hills Preserve, transported manually to the site. The contract is a 100 % small‑business set‑aside under NAICS 237990 with a performance window from late October 2026 to May 2028.
• Scope: hand‑tool construction of erosion‑control structures (Zuni bowl, one‑rock dams, media luna) and year‑2 native‑seed seeding/maintenance.
• Constraints: manual material handling only, rock sourced from a specific preserve, work window Oct 15‑Apr 1 each year, strict environmental compliance.
• Eligibility: U.S. small‑business firms registered in SAM, capable of manual construction and logistics in central Arizona.