Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Combined Synopsis/ Solicitation for Ellsworth AFB Grounds Maintenance -FA469027Q0004
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
AI summaryOnly HUBZone-certified small businesses can bid on this 100% HUBZone set-aside for grounds maintenance at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota (the Historically Underutilized Business Zone program). The 28th Contracting Squadron wants a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) contract with one base year, four option years and a six month extension. The response due date is November 25, 2026, 1:00 AM Mountain (3:00 AM Eastern). More in the summary
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Only HUBZone-certified small businesses can bid on this 100% HUBZone set-aside for grounds maintenance at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota (the Historically Underutilized Business Zone program). The 28th Contracting Squadron wants a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) contract with one base year, four option years and a six month extension. The response due date is November 25, 2026, 1:00 AM Mountain (3:00 AM Eastern).
Who can bid
- Be a HUBZone small business: this is a 100% HUBZone set-aside under NAICS 561730
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 26, 2026.
- Serious: HUBZone set-aside: only HUBZone businesses can bid. SAM.gov and the text both say 100% HUBZone set-aside, so firms without HUBZone status cannot compete.
- Worth checking: Solicitation number differs between SAM.gov and the text. SAM.gov and the title give FA469027Q0004, but the text calls the solicitation FA469027Q0042; ask the contracting office which is correct.
- Minor: Contract runs about five and a half years. One base year, four option years and a six month extension is a long commitment to price in advance.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Non-personal grounds maintenance services at Ellsworth AFB (EAFB), including all personnel, equipment, tools and supervision
- Work that promotes the growth of healthy grass, trees, shrubs and plants and presents a clean, neat, professional appearance
- All work done in accordance with the attached performance work statement (PWS) and related documents
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP), under FAR Part 12 (commercial products and services)
- Period of performance
- 1 base year + 4 option years + a six month extension of services; projected to begin 1 February 2027
- Place of performance
- Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 25, 2026, 1:00 AM Mountain (3:00 AM Eastern)
Not in the notice text
- The performance work statement and related documents are attached and were not read; they hold the scope details, grounds acreage and frequency of work
- How to submit an offer, and how offers are evaluated
- Whether there is a site visit
- Which solicitation number is correct: FA469027Q0004 or FA469027Q0042
Eligibility and how to respond
- Only HUBZone-certified small businesses can bid as the prime contractor. Not certified yet? Check whether your address is in a HUBZone. More open hubzone 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
- Oct 26, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- FA4690 28 CONS PKC, Ellsworth AFB, SD
- Product/service code
- S208 · Housekeeping – Landscaping/Groundskeeping
- Business type
- Facilities, janitorial & grounds (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 561730)
- 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
- Open HUBZone set-aside contracts
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, HUBZone, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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