Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
4 GAOA Flaming Gorge Water System Buckboard in Ashley NF, Wyoming
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service · Sol. 1240LT26Q0109
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The USDA Forest Service (Ashley National Forest) wants a contractor to rebuild the Buckboard Marina water system at Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area near McKinnon, Wyoming. It is a 100% small business set-aside for a single firm-fixed-price purchase order, with work to be finished within 240 calendar days after notice to proceed. The stated size is between $1 million and $5 million, and bid, performance and payment bonds are required.
Watch out for
- Large bid guarantee and full bonding. You need a 20% bid guarantee up front plus performance and payment bonds, which can be hard for a small firm to line up on a job up to $5 million.
BID GAURANTEE, PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT
- Design-build work inside a construction job. You must hire Wyoming-licensed engineers to design the electrical and SCADA system, the cofferdam and the water treatment plant, which adds cost, risk and review time.
by an electrical engineer licensed in the State of Wyoming.
- In-lake work and complex scope. A cofferdam holding back 20 feet of lake water, sinking pipe from a boat and coordination with the power utility make this a specialized marine and utility job.
The cofferdam must be capable of holding back lake water to 20
- Tight schedule. All work must be ready for use within 240 calendar days of notice to proceed, in a remote lakeside location where weather can limit work.
240 calendar days after NTP.
- Davis-Bacon prevailing wages. You must pay federal construction wage rates and keep certified payroll records.
DAVIS BACON WAGES APPLY - WAGE DETERMINATION ATTACHED
- Buy American rules for materials. Construction materials such as pipe and iron or steel items must be made in the United States unless an exception is approved.
The Contractor shall use only domestic
- Key pricing and drawings were not readable. The Schedule of Items, the plans and the wage determination were not in the text provided, so quantities and drawings must be reviewed on SAM.gov before bidding.
- Site visit and question deadlines have passed. The pre-bid site visit was 09/24/2026 and questions were due October 1, 2026, so you cannot ask more questions.
No questions will be accepted after this date and time.
Read from the notice and 5 attachments. 3 not read in full.
- C04 SF1442 1240LT26Q0109.pdf
- C05 SF30 1240LT26Q0109-0001.pdf
- C04b Attachment 2 Specifications 1240LT26Q0109.pdf
- C04f Attachment 6 Site Visit 1240LT26Q0109.docx
- C04e Attachment 5 RFI Form 1240LT26Q0109.docx
- C04c Attachment 3 Plans 1240LT26Q0109.pdf: too large
- C04d Attachment 4 General Decision WY20260044 07302026.pdf: scanned PDF: no text to read
- C04a Attachment 1 SOI 1240LT26Q0109.xlsx: spreadsheet: not read yet
Full brief
What they want
- Build a new raw water intake in the lake: cofferdam (holds back 20 feet of lake water), 8-inch HDPE casing pipe, concrete bulkhead, and 3-inch and 2-inch non-potable HDPE pipe
- Install a precast pump house with booster and submersible pumps, variable frequency drives, backup pumps, valves and piping
- Provide electrical work including a transformer with phase converter, power poles, overhead service and communication lines, and a design-build electrical and SCADA system stamped by a Wyoming-licensed engineer
- Install a 6,000-gallon underground concrete water tank
- Build a looped culinary water distribution system: HDPE pipe, valves, fire hydrant, water services, drain pipes and manholes, and 12 tie-ins (A through L) to existing lines
- Install water meters, and a waterline to a future dock location
- Design-build replacement of the water treatment system (40 gallons per minute) using a Wyoming-licensed engineer
- Repair asphalt and roads, restore the site, flush, pressure test and disinfect the new lines
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price; one purchase order (unit-priced items)
- Period of performance
- Start work within 10 calendar days after notice to proceed and finish within 240 calendar days after notice to proceed
- Place of performance
- Buckboard Marina, FR 009, McKinnon (Sweetwater County), Wyoming, in the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
- Estimated value
- Magnitude stated as between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price technically acceptable: only the lowest-priced quote is checked first for technical acceptability and past performance, then the next lowest if it fails
- Offers due
- October 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM Mountain Time (extended from October 8 by amendment 0001)
- How to submit
- Email to PPS.proposals@usda.gov (shared mailbox); put "1240LT26Q0109 1171974 GAOA Flaming Gorge Water System Buckboard in Ashley NF, Wyoming" in the subject line
What they'll judge offers on
- Non-price Factor 1: Technical Approach (rated Acceptable or Unacceptable)
- Non-price Factor 2: Past Performance (rated Acceptable, Neutral or Unacceptable)
- Price (checked for fair and reasonable under FAR 12.204)
What to include when you submit
- Send four items as separate files: signed SF 1442 offer, price schedule (Schedule of Items), technical proposal, and bid guarantee; the schedule can be Excel or PDF and the rest Adobe PDF
- SF 1442: complete blocks 14, 15, 16, 17, 20a, 20b and 20c, and acknowledge amendment 0001 in block 19 or separately; the amendment must be acknowledged and submitted with your quote
- Price schedule: fill in offeror name, UEI, date, point of contact name and email, and price every line item or the quote may be excluded
- Technical proposal: explain how you will do the work, what you will subcontract (with subcontractor experience), planned sequencing with major tasks and timelines, and personnel and equipment with availability
- Past performance: list three similar projects finished in the last three years with project name and location, point of contact, total cost and a short narrative
- Bid guarantee: scanned, fully executed Standard Form 24 with Power of Attorney
- Hold prices firm for 90 calendar days after the quote due date
- Offeror must have an active SAM.gov registration
You must have
- Small business set-aside: only small businesses under NAICS 237110 (size standard $45 million) may be awarded
THIS IS A 100% SMALL BUSINESS SETASIDE UNDER NAICS 237110
- Bid guarantee of 20 percent of the bid price is due with the quote, and performance and payment bonds are needed if you win
The amount of the bid guarantee shall be 20 percent of the bid price.
- Active SAM.gov entity registration
Offeror must have an active entity registration at https://www.sam.gov/ to submit a quote.
- Wyoming-licensed engineers are needed to stamp the electrical plan set, the cofferdam drawings (geotechnical engineer) and the water treatment plans (professional engineer)
by an electrical engineer licensed in the State of Wyoming.
- Minimum insurance: employer's liability at least $100,000, general liability at least $500,000 per occurrence, property damage $1,000,000 per occurrence, and automobile liability
The Contractor must have bodily injury liability insurance coverage written on
- Limitations on subcontracting clause applies to a small business set-aside (the prime must perform a required share of the work itself)
52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (Nov 2025)
Not in the notice text
- Quantities and line item breakdown: the Schedule of Items (Attachment 1, spreadsheet) was not read
- Drawings and layout: the Plans (Attachment 3) were too large to read
- Davis-Bacon wage rates: the General Decision WY20260044 (Attachment 4) is a scanned PDF with no readable text
- Most of the technical specifications (about 610,000 characters of the 665,000 in Attachment 2) were left out
- Performance and payment bond percentages are not stated in the text provided
- Whether the site visit on 09/24/2026 was mandatory is not stated
- Expected notice-to-proceed date and award date
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 27, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 30, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Solicitation
- 1240LT26Q0109
- Agency
- Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
- Office
- USDA Forest Service
- Set-aside
- Small Business Set Aside - Total
- NAICS
- 237110
- Product/service code
- Y1NE
- Business type
- Energy, fuel & utilities
- Place of performance
- MC Kinnon, WY, 82935
- Contracting contact
- James Edingtonjames.edington@usda.gov
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
On September 30, 2026, amendment 0001 to solicitation 1240LT26Q0109 - GAOA Flaming Gorge Water System Buckboard, Ashley National Forest has been posted to SAM.gov and accomplished the following: 1. Extends the due date for quotes from 10/08/2026 to 10/27/2026. This amendment must be acknowledged and submitted with your quote. ************************************************************************************************************************* Buckboard Marina Water System Improvements
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