Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Geotechnical Engineering Services
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force · Sol. FA812626Q0062
Due in 14 daysSmall business
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The Air Force (AFSC at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, for the 76th MXSG) wants a one-time geotechnical engineering job: drill three soil borings inside Building 3001 at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, test the soil, and deliver a Professional Engineer-stamped report. It is a firm-fixed-price commercial services RFQ set aside 100% for small businesses. Quotes are due 23 October 2026.
Watch out for
- Industry day is tomorrow and the RSVP deadline has passed. The industry day is 08 October 2026 at 10:00 AM CDT at Tinker AFB and the RSVP cutoff was 3:00 PM CDT on 06 October, so you may have missed the chance to attend.
An industry day will be held and open to interested vendors on 08 October 2026 beginning at 10:00 AM CDT
- Pre-award walkthrough and tight indoor drill-rig access. The rig must get through a 12 ft by 13 ft overhead door and a fire lane with a 90-degree turn (or a 9 ft alternate entrance) to drill through a slab inside an active facility, so equipment choice affects price.
• Conducting a pre-award walkthrough to confirm drill-rig boring access, including door
- Oklahoma-specific licenses and lab required. You need an Oklahoma-licensed Professional Engineer, an Oklahoma-licensed driller and an Oklahoma certified lab, so out-of-state firms need local partners.
a Professional Engineer (P.E.) licensed in the State of Oklahoma who will review and sign
- Military installation requirements add cost and lead time. Workers need a base visitor pass arranged 7 business days ahead, safety, FOD, OPSEC and environmental training, and tool control, and work is limited to weekdays 0600-1400.
1.31 Visitors Pass: The Contractor shall contact the GPOC seven (7) business days before
- Safety and Health Plan refers to an Appendix C that is missing. A Safety and Health Plan and site safety checklist are required but Appendix C was not in the files, so exact format and content are unknown.
to the CO and the GPOC (see Appendix C).
- Generic maintenance language does not match a one-time drilling job. The PWS includes equipment malfunction, repair authorization and parts requirements that do not obviously apply to soil borings, so ask the contracting officer what applies before pricing.
- Service Contract Act wage determination attached. An Oklahoma wage determination is attached, but the files do not say whether it applies to this engineering work.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments.
- Solicitation - FA812626Q0062.pdf
- Performance Work Statement (PWS).pdf
- Wage Determination_rev 31 2016-5315.pdf
Full brief
What they want
- Mobilize to the site, coordinate with 811 and scan the boring locations for underground utilities
- Do a pre-award walkthrough to confirm the drill rig can get into the building
- Drill three soil borings (to 25 feet, 10 feet into bedrock, or auger refusal, whichever comes first) through a 6-inch concrete slab
- Take 2-inch split-barrel samples, classify them, and record groundwater levels per ASTM D1586
- Run lab tests: moisture content, particle-size distribution, Atterberg limits, soil classification, and Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (TPH) testing
- Backfill the borings per Oklahoma Water Resources Board rules, cap with concrete to match the floor, and restore any damage
- Deliver a PE-stamped geotechnical report with boring logs, bearing capacity, lateral load parameters, recommended drilled pier depth and diameter, and TPH handling recommendations (email plus a mailed hard copy)
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price, one lot (CLIN 0001), commercial services RFQ under FAR Part 12
- Period of performance
- One-time contract; no performance period is stated, and the vendor writes a proposed delivery date on the quote form
- Place of performance
- Building 3001 near Post W35, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, Tinker AFB, OK
- Offers due
- 23 October 2026, 3:00 PM Central Daylight Time (SAM.gov: 2026-10-23 15:00 Central)
- How to submit
- Emailed quotations are preferred, to Shanita Manuel (Contract Specialist, shanita.manuel@us.af.mil) and Anthony Dollard (Contracting Officer, Anthony.dollard@us.af.mil)
What to include when you submit
- Wet-sign and date page 2 of the solicitation, and fill in the total price and proposed delivery date there
- Complete the Unit Pricing on page 3
- Return 1 completed and signed copy to the issuing office
- Include a company quotation sheet that documents how you meet the specifications in the SOW
- Complete the required provisions if necessary
- Be registered in SAM
You must have
- Must be a small business; the acquisition is a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS 541330 with a $25.5M size standard
- Must be registered in SAM.gov or the offer is ineligible for award
Lack of registration in SAM will qualify the contractor as ineligible for award.
- A registered geotechnical service firm that can do geotechnical soil testing
• A registered geotechnical service firm capable of performing geotechnical soil testing and
- A Professional Engineer licensed in Oklahoma who reviews and signs the geotechnical report
a Professional Engineer (P.E.) licensed in the State of Oklahoma who will review and sign
- A rig driller or field technician with a valid Oklahoma geotechnical drilling license and required safety credentials
• A rig driller/field technician holding a valid Oklahoma geotechnical drilling license and all
- An Oklahoma certified laboratory able to do soil hazardous-waste analysis and provide signed results
• An Oklahoma certified laboratory capable of performing soil hazardous-waste analysis and
Not in the notice text
- How quotes will be compared; the only evaluation text points to FAR 12.201-1 and no factors or weights are given
- The page 3 Unit Pricing sheet and any FAR/DFARS provisions and clauses were not in the files provided
- Appendix C (Safety and Health Plan) is referenced but not included
- The delivery or completion deadline; the vendor proposes a date
- Estimated contract value; none is stated
- Exact locations of the three borings; the Engineering Office will mark them in the field
- Whether the attached Service Contract Act wage determination (Oklahoma, 2015-5315 Rev 31) applies to this work
- How the wet-signed copy should be returned if quotes are emailed
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 23, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 23, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Solicitation
- FA812626Q0062
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force
- Office
- FA8126 Afsc Pzimb
- Set-aside
- Small Business Set Aside - Total
- NAICS
- 541330
- Product/service code
- R425
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research
- Place of performance
- Tinker AFB, OK, 73145
- Contracting contact
- Shanita Manuelshanita.manuel@us.af.mil
Full notice text from SAM.gov
The 76th MXSG unit is requesting a one-time contract for Geotechnical Engineering Services. Three boring locations will be identified and marked in the field by the MXSG Engineering Office. *** An industry day will be held and open to interested vendors on 08 October 2026 beginning at 10:00 AM CDT at Tinker AFB, OK. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to the contacts below before 3:00 PM CDT; Tuesday, October 06, 2026. ***
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