Woodchuck Hollow Culvert Replacement

Location:	Vermont
Posted:	Jul 18, 2025
Due:	Aug 8, 2025
Agency:	State Government of Vermont
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	R - Professional, Administrative and Management Support Services Y - Construction of Structures and Facilities Z - Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property
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Woodchuck Hollow Culvert Replacement - Engineering Services	Request Date: 7/18/2025 9:01:03 AM Open Date: Closing Date: 8/8/2025 10:00 PM Intent To Bid Deadline: Est. Dollar Value: $0.00 RFQ Number:
Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District 617 Comstock Road, Suite 1 Berlin , VT 05602

Bid Type:
Job Contract

Locations:
Orange
Keywords:
Construction (Building), Engineering , Consultant Services, Consumer Surveying Services, Culvert Replacement

Bid Description:
The work outlined in this project will take place in Washington Town, Orange County, Vermont along the East Branch of the Jail Branch of the Winooski River (44.1078234049253, -72.42107054581538). A group of local, state and federal partners identified aquatic organism passage (AOP) projects in the Jail Branch, a priority brook trout watershed for the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. Hands Mill Dam in Washington was identified as a high priority for removal to restore stream function and open the Jail Branch to passage. The successful removal of Hands Mill Dam in 2024 opened potential upstream habitat to aquatic organisms on the Jail Branch and its tributaries but additional obstacles to upstream aquatic organism passage (AOP) exist in the form of upstream crossings on Woodchuck Hollow Road and Morrie Road. This project builds upon the removal of Hands Mill Dam to further improve and restore access to important habitat for brook trout. The replacement of the Woodchuck Hollow culvert will reconnect the East Branch to the Jail Branch.
While the primary goal of this project is to reduce aquatic habitat fragmentation through the replacement of a culvert to increase aquatic organism passage on the Jail Branch, there are co-benefits to this primary goal, including the education of local residents on the importance of aquatic habitat connectivity, increased brook trout habitat and population, decreasing flood risk in the Town of Washington, and thereby providing a mitigation to future weather events.
Through USFWS funding, a design has been completed for replacing the crossing at Woodchuck Hollow Road.

Special Instructions:
Please email proposal submissions in PDF or Word format to daniel@winooskinrcd.org. Paper copies will not be considered. Proposals will be accepted up until the due date as listed above. Please submit all questions to the contact listed above. Proposals should note and explain/justify all confidential or proprietary items in their responses. The plans are posted on our website (https://winooskinrcd.org/woodchuck-hollow-culvert-replacement/) and are available upon request.

Contact Information:
	Daniel Koenemann Phone: (802) 8284493 Fax: Email: daniel@winooskinrcd.org For additional information: https://winooskinrcd.org/woodchuck-hollow-culvert-replacement/

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Woodchuck Hollow Culvert Replacement - Engineering Services