Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Ballfield Maintenance
Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Coast Guard
AI summaryThe U.S. Coast Guard Academy wants quotes for ballfield maintenance at the Nitchman Field Complex in New London, Connecticut (solicitation 70ZH1526QCGA00003). The work covers the baseball, softball and track-and-field/practice soccer fields to NCAA specifications. It runs one base year, January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2027, with four one-year options, and is set aside for small businesses. More in the summary
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The U.S. Coast Guard Academy wants quotes for ballfield maintenance at the Nitchman Field Complex in New London, Connecticut (solicitation 70ZH1526QCGA00003). The work covers the baseball, softball and track-and-field/practice soccer fields to NCAA specifications. It runs one base year, January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2027, with four one-year options, and is set aside for small businesses.
Who can bid
- Small business set-aside: only small businesses under NAICS 561730 (Landscaping Services) can bid.
Things to watch
- Serious: Small business set-aside. Only businesses that are small under NAICS 561730 (Landscaping Services) can send quotes.
- Worth checking: Fields must meet NCAA specifications. The work must follow NCAA field specifications, so bidders should know those standards before pricing.
- Worth checking: No submission instructions in the notice text. The notice text doesn't say how to submit a quote or how quotes are judged, so check the posting's attachments on SAM.gov.
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Full summary
What they want
- Late-winter/early-spring maintenance of the baseball and softball infields and turf areas
- Scarifying, regrading, infield and warning-track material placement, lip removal, edging and rolling
- Turf repair
- Replace and verify home plates and pitching rubbers; adjust baselines and mounds
- Repair bullpens and pitching mounds
- June deep-tine hollow-core aeration and topdressing of all three fields
- Provide all labor, supervision, materials, equipment and transportation
- Period of performance
- 1 base year (January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2027) + 4 one-year option periods
- Place of performance
- Nitchman Field Complex, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 18, 2026, 8:00 AM Eastern (from the version posted Oct 30, 2026; amended since)
Not in the notice text
- The notice text gives no submission method, evaluation method, pricing schedule or wage determination; check the attachments on SAM.gov.
- Contract type is not stated.
- Whether there is a site visit is not stated.
- No estimated value is given.
- Quantities and specific dates for each seasonal task, other than June aeration, are not stated.
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 561730
- 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
- Nov 3, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- USCG Academy, New London, CT
- Product/service code
- S208 · Housekeeping – Landscaping/Groundskeeping
- Business type
- Facilities, janitorial & grounds (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 561730)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 4, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 18, 2026
- Nov 3, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 18, 2026
- Oct 30, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Nov 18, 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