Presolicitation
Navajo Area - Abandoned Mines Response and Construction Services
Environmental Protection Agency
AI summaryThe EPA Region 9 is asking industry to comment on a draft request for proposal (RFP) for cleanup, response and construction services at abandoned uranium mine sites on the Navajo Nation in Arizona and New Mexico. This is market research only, not a solicitation; the real RFP is expected in Fall 2026 as a single-award IDIQ contract. More in the summary
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A newer version of this notice was posted Nov 10, 2026. It moves the due date from Nov 2, 2026 to Jan 5, 2027, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Sep 14, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 10, 2026. The due date moved from Nov 2, 2026 to Jan 5, 2027. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. Some details are in the notice's attachments, which this summary didn't read. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The EPA Region 9 is asking industry to comment on a draft request for proposal (RFP) for cleanup, response and construction services at abandoned uranium mine sites on the Navajo Nation in Arizona and New Mexico. This is market research only, not a solicitation; the real RFP is expected in Fall 2026 as a single-award IDIQ contract.
Who can bid
- The future RFP is expected to be a total small business set-aside under NAICS 562910 (size standard 750 employees)
How to submit: due Nov 2, 2026, 4:30 PM EST (response deadline listed on the notice). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
- Serious: Radiological hazard work. The main hazardous substance is radiological mine waste, so a bidder needs significant radiological material handling and data experience.
- Worth checking: Not a solicitation. No proposals are being accepted now; this is only a request for comments, so there is nothing to bid on yet.
- Worth checking: Remote, rough field conditions. Sites need 4-wheel drive or long hikes, roads can become impassable, and flash floods and extreme weather are risks, which raises cost and safety demands.
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- Minor: Details are in the draft RFP attachment. The scope, evaluation criteria and contract terms are in the attached draft RFP, which is not part of the notice text.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Comments from industry on the attached draft RFP, including potential evaluation criteria
- Cleanup, response and construction services, mainly at former uranium mining sites on or within the Navajo Nation
- Radiological mine and mine-waste handling, environmental data interpretation and data collection at remote sites
- Contract type
- Anticipated single award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract
- Place of performance
- Primarily on or within the Navajo Nation (EPA Region 9, Arizona and New Mexico)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- Nov 2, 2026, 4:30 PM EST (response deadline listed on the notice) (from the version posted Sep 14, 2026; amended since)
What to include when you submit
- A cover page and executive summary may be included but are not required
- Include business name, SAM Unique Entity ID, business address, size and type of business (e.g., Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, Woman Owned) for the NAICS code
- Include name, phone, mailing address and email of a point of contact with authority to discuss the response
Not in the notice text
- Contract length, base and option periods
- Estimated contract value or ceiling
- Evaluation factors and award method (only in the draft RFP attachment)
- Submission method or email address for comments
- Exact RFP release date (stated only as Fall 2026)
- Bonding, insurance, licensing or certifications required for the work
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 562910
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Sep 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- Region 9 Contracting Office, San Francisco, CA
- Product/service code
- F108 · Environmental Systems Protection – Environmental Remediation
- Business type
- Environmental & natural resources (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 562910)
- Versions
8 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 10, 2026 · Amendment 0003Due Jan 5, 2027
- Nov 10, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Jan 5, 2027
- Nov 8, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Jan 5, 2027 (changed)
- Sep 14, 2026 · Presolicitation (this version)Date Nov 2, 2026 (changed)
- Jul 20, 2026 · Sources SoughtDue Sep 30, 2026
- May 18, 2026 · Special NoticeNo date on SAM.gov
- Apr 24, 2026 · PresolicitationDate May 1, 2026
- Feb 9, 2026 · Special NoticeNo date on SAM.gov
- 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 read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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