Solicitation
ID-KOOSKIA NFH-Repair Electrical Service to Mechan
Department of the Interior · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
AI summaryThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), under the Department of the Interior, wants the main electrical service line to the mechanical building repaired at Kooskia National Fish Hatchery in Idaho (solicitation 140FF027Q0019). It is a small business set-aside, firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) construction job with an optional cultural resource item. The solicitation states a project magnitude under $100,000 and requires a payment bond above $35,000; the response due date is November 17, 2026, 10:00 AM Pacific. More in the summary
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The notice looks incomplete: Most of Sol_140FF027Q0019.pdf was not read: 440,516 of its 590,516 characters in the middle were left out. The table of contents lists Section L (instructions to bidders) and Section M (evaluation factors), and the form lists Attachments 1 to 7, including the Statement of Work and the wage determination. Read the full file on SAM.gov. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), under the Department of the Interior, wants the main electrical service line to the mechanical building repaired at Kooskia National Fish Hatchery in Idaho (solicitation 140FF027Q0019). It is a small business set-aside, firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) construction job with an optional cultural resource item. The solicitation states a project magnitude under $100,000 and requires a payment bond above $35,000; the response due date is November 17, 2026, 10:00 AM Pacific.
Who can bid
- Small business under NAICS 236220 (set aside for small businesses only); offers from larger firms are rejected
- A Unique Entity ID from SAM.gov and a CAGE code, listed on the quote schedule
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Serious: Small businesses only. Only small businesses can bid, and quotes from larger firms are rejected as nonresponsive.
- Serious: Bonds required on larger awards. A payment bond is required above $35,000 and both payment and performance bonds above $150,000, due 10 calendar days after award, so a small firm needs a bonding company lined up.
- Worth checking: Start dates conflict. The continuation sheet gives a period of performance starting November 23, 2026, while Section F gives a construction window starting December 1, 2026; ask the contracting officer which governs.
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- Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wages and certified payrolls. Davis-Bacon Act wage rates (federal minimum pay for construction workers) apply, and invoices must include certified payrolls; the wage determination is Attachment 7.
- Worth checking: Winter work stoppages without extra pay. The government may suspend work for weather, fire danger or winter conditions, and the contractor gets no added money for those suspensions.
- Worth checking: Site visit not mandatory, but skipping it costs you. Firms that skip the site visit accept responsibility for site conditions that could reasonably be seen there, with no contract change for them.
- Worth checking: Asbestos may be present. The solicitation warns asbestos-containing material may be found in project areas; unexpected material must be reported to the contracting officer.
- Minor: Optional cultural resource item. Option item 0002 is called Cultural Resource Compliance in Section B and Cultural Resource Monitoring on the continuation sheet; it is priced separately.
- Minor: Heavy closeout paperwork. After the work, the contractor must deliver record drawings and operations and maintenance (O&M) manuals, including bound hard copies, which adds time and cost on a small job.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- Sol_140FF027Q0019.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Inspect, evaluate and repair the existing main electrical service line to the mechanical building at Kooskia National Fish Hatchery
- Price item 0001, New Electrical Service, QTY 1 LS (lump sum), with item 0002, Cultural Resource Compliance, as an option, QTY 1 LS
- Give the government a written work progress plan with workforce and schedule at the prework conference
- Work only from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset, with no weekend or federal holiday work unless authorized
- Furnish a payment bond (and a performance bond on larger awards) within 10 calendar days of award
- Pay Davis-Bacon wages, send certified payrolls with invoices, and invoice through the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP)
- Keep an on-site superintendent, send daily reports with photos, and hand over record drawings and operations and maintenance (O&M) manuals, including 2 bound hard copies
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP) construction contract: "one (1) Firm Fixed Price Construction contract"
- Period of performance
- Continuation sheet: November 23, 2026 to January 31, 2027, delivery January 31, 2027. Section F: construction window December 1, 2026 to January 31, 2027
- Place of performance
- Kooskia National Fish Hatchery, 318 Toll Road, Kooskia, Idaho 83539 (the delivery location and the site visit address)
- Estimated value
- Project magnitude under $100,000, as stated in the solicitation
- Offers due
- November 17, 2026, 10:00 AM Pacific
What to include when you submit
- Complete the Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442: the construction solicitation, offer and award form); its offer section must be fully completed by the bidder, including acknowledgment of amendments
- Fill in Section B (Prices) with firm name, address, Unique Entity ID, CAGE code and point of contact, and price item 0001 and option item 0002 as lump sums
- Show a total for the base item, a total for the option, and a grand total of base plus option
- Send questions in writing to jessica_tines@fws.gov only; other methods will not be answered
- If you cannot invoice through the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP), include a written waiver request to the Contracting Officer with your quotation
After award, you must have
- A payment bond if the award is over $35,000, and both payment and performance bonds if over $150,000, due within 10 calendar days after award From Sol_140FF027Q0019.pdf:
…awarded over $35,000 requires submission of a…
Not in the notice text
- Most of Sol_140FF027Q0019.pdf was not read: 440,516 of its 590,516 characters in the middle were left out. The table of contents lists Section L (instructions to bidders) and Section M (evaluation factors), and the form lists Attachments 1 to 7, including the Statement of Work and the wage determination. Read the full file on SAM.gov.
- How the award is decided, the evaluation factors, and how and where to send the quote.
- The detailed scope in Attachment 1 (Statement of Work), including any electrical license, experience or insurance requirements.
- The Davis-Bacon wage rates in Attachment 7.
- Which start date applies: November 23, 2026 (continuation sheet) or December 1, 2026 (Section F).
- The number of days to begin and finish work in the Standard Form 1442's blocks, which couldn't be read; check the form on SAM.gov.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 236220
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Construction contracts over $2,000 pay at least the local Davis-Bacon wage rates, from the wage determination in the solicitation. Price your labor from it: How to price a government contract, and how Davis-Bacon differs from the Service Contract Act.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- FWS Contracting Activity, Falls Church, VA
- Product/service code
- Z2MZ · Repair or Alteration of EPG Facilities – Other, Including Transmission
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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