Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Granite Surface Plate Calibration and lapping
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe Army (Army Contracting Command - Rock Island) wants an ISO 17025 accredited vendor (ISO 17025 is the international standard for calibration labs) to inspect, calibrate and, where needed, lap (grind flat) granite surface plates at Rock Island Arsenal's Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center (JMTC) in Illinois. The work is priced as a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) lot for a base year starting February 2, 2027, plus four option years. The response due date is November 9, 2026, 10:00 AM Central. More in the summary
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The Army (Army Contracting Command - Rock Island) wants an ISO 17025 accredited vendor (ISO 17025 is the international standard for calibration labs) to inspect, calibrate and, where needed, lap (grind flat) granite surface plates at Rock Island Arsenal's Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center (JMTC) in Illinois. The work is priced as a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) lot for a base year starting February 2, 2027, plus four option years. The response due date is November 9, 2026, 10:00 AM Central.
Who can bid
- ISO 17025 accredited vendor (the work must be done by an ISO 17025 accredited firm)
- A document showing your capability to inspect, calibrate, and lap/repair the plates, sent with the offer
- Signed concurrence on the Scope of Work and the signed solicitation sent with the offer
How to submit: Send to the Government point of contact named in the solicitation (Contract Specialist Heather Petersen, heather.j.petersen.civ@army.mil, or Contracting Officer Daniel Sinnott, daniel.s.sinnott.civ@army.mil). The notice does not name a portal.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (8)
- Serious: ISO 17025 accreditation required. The Scope of Work says the calibration must be done by an ISO 17025 accredited vendor, so a firm without that accreditation cannot do the work.
- Serious: Required items must come with the offer. Vendors that do not send all requirements and the signed solicitation by the closing time are not considered.
- Worth checking: Price needed for every option year. A missing price for the base year or any option year may get the offer rejected.
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- Worth checking: Evaluation factors not stated. The text read gives no evaluation factors or award method, only that a Total Evaluated Price is calculated, so it is unclear how offers are ranked.
- Worth checking: Work on a secured Army installation. All visitors need Rock Island Arsenal passes issued to individuals, background checks are run, and badges are required for contractor staff.
- Minor: Option-year dates differ between sections. Sections B and F give each option year its own dates, such as Option Year 1 from February 2, 2028 to February 1, 2029, but Section G lists every option year as February 2, 2027 through February 1, 2028 (marked estimated).
- Minor: Training after award. AT Level I and iWATCH training are due within 60 calendar days after contract start or award, with certificates or results sent to the JMTC Representative.
- Minor: Work limited to set hours. Work is allowed 0600-1430 hours, Monday-Friday, and deliveries are accepted only 6:30 am to 2:00 pm CST on weekdays.
Read from the notice and 2 attachments. Show which files.
- Solicitation - W519TC27QA007.pdf (read)
- Attachment 0001 - Scope of Work (SOW).pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Inspect each granite surface plate listed in the Scope of Work (SOW) and determine its overall and local flatness, following ASME B89.3.7
- Lap (grind flat) the working surface of any plate that is not within specification
- Calibrate, and lap where needed, on an annual basis
- Put a calibration sticker on each plate and give the JMTC Representative a Service Acceptance Report (SAR) within three (3) business days of finishing the calibration
- Work 0600-1430 hours, Monday-Friday, Government holidays excluded, unless otherwise authorized
- Send invoices with a breakout of all costs to the JMTC Representative for review; payment is through Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF, the Defense Department's electronic invoicing system)
- After award: complete Anti-Terrorism (AT) Level I training and iWATCH (See Something, Say Something) training within 60 calendar days
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price, 1 Lot for the base year and 1 Lot for each option year
- Period of performance
- Base year February 2, 2027 through February 1, 2028, plus four one-year options running to February 1, 2032. A clause allows extending services up to 6 months, and total duration may not exceed 5 years and 6 months.
- Place of performance
- Rock Island, IL, USA (Rock Island Arsenal)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Not stated. The Government calculates a Total Evaluated Price from the proposed prices for the base year and every option year.
- Offers due
- November 9, 2026, 10:00 AM Central (from the version posted Oct 15, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Send to the Government point of contact named in the solicitation (Contract Specialist Heather Petersen, heather.j.petersen.civ@army.mil, or Contracting Officer Daniel Sinnott, daniel.s.sinnott.civ@army.mil). The notice does not name a portal.
What to include when you submit
- Send all required items plus the signed solicitation to the point of contact before the response due date and time
- Give fixed prices for the base year and all four option years under each contract line item number (CLIN: one priced line of the order); prices are in U.S. dollars, limited to two decimal places
- Leaving out a price for the base year or any option year may get the offer rejected
- Sign the concurrence at the bottom of the Scope of Work to show you understand the requirements
- Include a document showing you can do the inspection, calibration, and lapping/repair of the tabletops
- Travel is paid under the Joint Travel Regulation (JTR)
After award, you must have
- A designated electronic business point of contact in SAM.gov and registration in WAWF, needed to be paid From Solicitation - W519TC27QA007.pdf:
Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award…
- Staff who can pass installation background checks and get a Rock Island Arsenal visitor badge; every person on the arsenal needs a badge From Solicitation - W519TC27QA007.pdf:
ALL contractors who are performing services within the confines of Rock Island…
Not in the notice text
- The notice text does not say how to submit (email or portal) beyond sending to the 'POC'; confirm with the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer
- No evaluation factors or award method are stated in the documents read
- The total number of plates is not stated; the Scope of Work lists them by lab grade, ID and size
- No question deadline or site visit is stated
- Whether the work is done on site at Rock Island Arsenal or at the vendor's lab is not stated; travel is paid under the Joint Travel Regulation
- Set-aside: SAM.gov says not stated; the form's set-aside field has no readable choice marked
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Send to the Government point of contact named in the solicitation (Contract Specialist Heather Petersen, heather.j.petersen.civ@army.mil, or Contracting Officer Daniel Sinnott, daniel.s.sinnott.civ@army.mil). The notice does not name a portal. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- W6QK ACC-Ri, Rock Island, IL
- Product/service code
- J049 · Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment – Maintenance and Repair Shop Equipment
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541380)
- Versions
4 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2026 · Amendment 0003Due Nov 9, 2026
- Oct 20, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 9, 2026
- Oct 20, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 9, 2026
- Oct 15, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Nov 9, 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
All Vendors MUST submit all requirements plus the signed Soliciation to the POC before the closing date and time or they will not be considered for this action.
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