Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Fernan Ranger Station lift station electrical repair
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
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AI summaryOnly small businesses can bid on this total small business set-aside request for quotes (RFQ: a request for priced offers) from the Forest Service, Idaho Panhandle National Forest. It buys electrical repairs at the sewage lift station of the Fernan Ranger Station in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: new disconnect switch and breakers, protected cables and a new light fixture. The notice puts the project magnitude under $25,000, and the response due date is November 12, 2026, 3:00 PM Mountain. More in the summary
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Only small businesses can bid on this total small business set-aside request for quotes (RFQ: a request for priced offers) from the Forest Service, Idaho Panhandle National Forest. It buys electrical repairs at the sewage lift station of the Fernan Ranger Station in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: new disconnect switch and breakers, protected cables and a new light fixture. The notice puts the project magnitude under $25,000, and the response due date is November 12, 2026, 3:00 PM Mountain.
Who can bid
- Small business: this is a total small business set-aside under NAICS 238210 with a $19 million size standard
- All personnel working on this project must hold the licensing required for their tasks
How to submit: Email to john.curry@usda.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Oct 20, 2026.
- Serious: Total small business set-aside. Only small businesses can bid; the size standard for NAICS 238210 is $19 million.
- Serious: Statement of work is being revised. The posted statement of work may change, so scope and price could shift; watch SAM.gov for the next amendment.
- Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wage rates apply. This is construction, so you must pay at least the Davis-Bacon wage determination (ID20260107, Kootenai County); the electrician rate listed is $48.55 plus $19.09 fringe.
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- Worth checking: Completion time is described different ways. The statement of work says thirty business days after notice to proceed, the order form says 30 days after notice to proceed, and the period of performance runs to December 31, 2026; ask the contracting officer which governs.
- Minor: No site visit scheduled. No site visit is set and none is required, but you can ask to schedule one with Tyson Steigers; seeing the cramped, wet vault first may help your price.
- Minor: Hazardous work area. The vault is cramped and often has standing water on the floor, raising the chance of electrocution, so safe work practices matter.
Read from the notice and 7 attachments. Show which files.
- 1240LU26Q0125 Amendment 2.pdf (read)
- 1240LU26Q0125 Amendment 1.pdf (read)
- 1240LU26Q0125 Fernan lift station repairs.pdf (read)
- Attachment 3- SOW Amendment 1.pdf (read)
- Attachment 2 - Schedule of items Fernan lift station.pdf (read)
- Attachment 5 -Experience Questionnaire.pdf (read)
- Attachment 4 - Wage Determinations id107.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- CLIN 001 (contract line item number: one priced line of the order), Mobilization: 1 lump sum
- CLIN 002, Replace Disconnect Switch and Breakers: 1 lump sum; replace the control box housing with new moisture-proof housing, and remove corroded parts including the disconnect switch, circuit breaker and distribution block, and install corrosion-resistant replacements
- CLIN 003, Protect Exposed Cables: 1 lump sum; replace worn cables, install a waterproof covering where cables enter, and put all exposed cable in waterproof conduit
- CLIN 004, Replace Light Fixture: 1 lump sum; install a low-profile, hard-wired LED fixture with a switch easy to reach from the vault entry
- Work is in a cramped underground vault that often has standing water on the floor
- Travel costs must be included in the quote; the government furnishes nothing
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) commercial construction, request for quotation
- Period of performance
- October 23, 2026 to December 31, 2026 (Amendment 2, extended from December 18, 2026). Statement of work: items due no later than thirty business days after notice to proceed.
- Place of performance
- Fernan Ranger Station, 2502 E. Sherman Ave, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 (Kootenai County)
- Estimated value
- Notice states the magnitude of the project is under $25,000
- How they'll choose
- Best value without tradeoffs: the highest technically rated quote wins if its price is fair and reasonable and its past performance is acceptable or neutral.
- Offers due
- November 12, 2026, 3:00 PM Mountain
- How to submit
- Email to john.curry@usda.gov
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Approach: a sound, compliant approach that meets all requirements and shows a thorough understanding
- Price: pricing for every line item; evaluated for fairness and reasonableness
- Past Performance: recency, relevancy and quality of relevant contracts in the last five years; no history gets a neutral rating
What to include when you submit
- Send Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442: the solicitation, offer and award form for construction) with blocks 14 through 20c completed.
- Send the Price Schedule (Attachment 2) with a price on every line item; lines left unpriced may exclude the quote.
- Send the Past Performance/Experience Questionnaire (Attachment 5), listing relevant projects from the last five years; if you have none, say so in writing.
- Send a written technical approach with equipment data sheets, product literature and other technical documents for review.
- Acknowledge each amendment, including Amendment 2, before the response due date.
- Hold your prices firm for 30 calendar days after the response due date.
- Submit prices for all items, since the government intends one award.
Current contractor
No incumbent is named in the documents.
Not in the notice text
- The statement of work is being revised and the revised version is not yet posted; the posted version is Amendment 1.
- Whether a site visit will be held is not stated; none is scheduled.
- The Government's exact estimate is not given beyond the under $25,000 magnitude.
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 238210
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to john.curry@usda.gov. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- 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 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Coeur D Alene, ID
- Product/service code
- Z2NZ · Repair or Alteration of Other Utilities
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238210)
- Versions
5 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026 · Amendment 0004Due Nov 12, 2026
- Oct 20, 2026 · Amendment 0003 (this version)Due Nov 12, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 16, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Jan 12, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 9, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 22, 2026
- Oct 6, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Oct 22, 2026
- 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
Forest Service Fernan Ranger Station lift station electrical repairs in accordance with the statement of work. Solicitation number 1240LU26Q0125 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The magnitude of the project is under $25,000.
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