Solicitation
Design Renovation, System Support Center (SSC), 3551 Combine St., Paso Robles, CA
Department of Transportation · Federal Aviation Administration
AI summaryThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants an engineering firm to prepare permit-ready mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and life safety drawings to renovate a leased building at 3551 Combine St., Paso Robles, California. Only small businesses can bid, because this is a total small business set-aside. The response due date is November 12, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern, by email, for a Screening Information Request (SIR, the FAA's term for a solicitation). More in the summary
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants an engineering firm to prepare permit-ready mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and life safety drawings to renovate a leased building at 3551 Combine St., Paso Robles, California. Only small businesses can bid, because this is a total small business set-aside. The response due date is November 12, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern, by email, for a Screening Information Request (SIR, the FAA's term for a solicitation).
Who can bid
- Be a small business under NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services); the receipts-based size standard is shown as $25.5 in the solicitation
- Be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) before award, and stay registered through final payment
- Show at least three similar projects completed within the last 5 years on the past performance form
How to submit: Email to Linda.Hennequant@faa.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Oct 26, 2026.
- Serious: Total small business set-aside. Only small businesses under NAICS 541330 can bid; larger firms are not eligible.
- Worth checking: Award basis differs between notice and SIR. The notice text says award goes to the lowest priced, responsible offer, but Section M says best value considering price and other SIR criteria; the other criteria are not listed. Ask the contracting officer which applies.
- Worth checking: Three past projects within 5 years required. The offer must include the past performance form listing at least three similar projects; an offer without it may be declined as missing required information.
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- Worth checking: City of Paso Robles approval required. The contractor must submit drawings to the city, fix its comments and get city approval, and city review time is outside the bidder's control while the final deadline is fixed.
- Worth checking: Email submission rules. The SIR number must be in the subject line or body of each email, files cannot be zipped, and each email is limited to 10MB.
- Minor: Final drawings due within 10 weeks of Notice to Proceed. The schedule has a site survey within 7 days, 50% drawings within 4 weeks and 90% drawings within 3 weeks of the FAA review submission.
Read from the notice and 4 attachments. Show which files.
- 06 SIR 697DCK-27-R-00022A.pdf (read)
- 06a A01 SOW Design_Paso Robles SSC.pdf (read)
- 06a A02 SOWa A01 DID-Paso Robles SSC DID 60226.pdf (read)
- 06a A03 Form Past Performance_Experience Info.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Use the attached Design Intent Drawings (DIDs) to complete mechanical (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) drawings, including load calculations, equipment selection and ductwork
- Prepare electrical drawings: power distribution, lighting, emergency and exit lighting, and data and communications pathways
- Prepare plumbing drawings: fixtures, water and waste lines, water heater sizing and back-of-house drainage
- Prepare a life safety sheet showing egress paths, occupancy load, exit signs and fire-rated walls
- Prepare fire protection (sprinkler) drawings with hydraulic calculations
- Deliver three full-size ANSI D (22 by 34 inch) sets of stamped drawings approved for construction permit
- Send final drawings to the City of Paso Robles, revise for city comments and obtain final city approval
- Meet the schedule after Notice to Proceed: site survey, 50% drawings, 90% drawings and final permit-ready drawings
- Contract type
- One lump-sum (1 LS) line item for engineering services; the contract type is not named
- Period of performance
- Final permit-ready drawings due within 10 weeks of Notice to Proceed; the clauses also allow extending services up to 6 months
- Place of performance
- Paso Robles, CA, USA (3551 Combine St., Paso Robles, California 93446)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Documents differ: the notice text says lowest priced, responsible offer, while Section M of the SIR says best value considering price and other SIR criteria
- Offers due
- November 12, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to Linda.Hennequant@faa.gov
What they'll judge offers on
- Price: evaluated for fairness and reasonableness
- Past performance and experience information is required with the offer; Section M does not list its weight
What to include when you submit
- Put the SIR number 697DCK-27-R-00022 in the email subject line; emails with attachments that do not reference it are disregarded
- Send attachments in Microsoft Word or PDF format, not zipped; each email is limited to 10MB, so split large offers across several emails
- Complete Blocks 16a, 22, 23 and 28 of the Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items form, and include any signed amendment forms (SF 30)
- Complete Section K, Representations, Certifications and Other Statements of Offerors, including your Unique Entity ID (UEI)
- Return the Past Performance/Experience Information form, or the same information in another format: list at least three projects of similar size and scope completed within the last 5 years, with a reference's name, phone and email for each
- Past projects may mix prime and subcontractor experience
- State how far you agree with all of the FAA's terms, conditions and provisions
Not in the notice text
- The deadline for questions is not stated in the documents read.
- No site visit before offers is mentioned; the SOW only has the contractor's site survey after Notice to Proceed.
- The other SIR criteria beyond price, and how past performance is weighed, are not listed in Section M.
- Whether a licensed engineer's stamp is required and who must stamp the drawings is not stated beyond the word stamped.
- The Design Intent Drawings are drawing sheets (A000, A200, A201, A401, A501, A801); review them on SAM.gov for the room layout and fence details.
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 541330
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to Linda.Hennequant@faa.gov. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Architect-engineer services tied to buildings or construction are usually bought under the Brooks Act: the agency ranks firms on qualifications from an SF 330 first, then negotiates a price with the top firm. How A/E contracts work.
- 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
- Solicitation
- Office
- 697DCK Regional Acquisitions SVCS, Fort Worth, TX
- Product/service code
- C215 · Architect and Engineering – General: Production Engineering
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541330)
- 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
Full notice text from SAM.gov
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing Screening Information Request (SIR) Number 697DCK-27-R-00022, Design Renovation, System Support Center (SSC), 3551 Combine St., Paso Robles, CA, 93446 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. OFFER SUBMISSION Send your offer to Linda.Hennequant@faa.gov. Reference provision L02 REQUIRED DOCUMENTS for specific submission requirements. Please reference the Solicitation number in all correspondences to ensure prompt and proper processing. Emails with attachments that do not reference a SIR number in the subject line or the body of the message, will be disregarded to prevent the spread of computer viruses. BASIS OF AWARD The Government intends to make award based on successful negotiation of price and conformance with solicitation terms and conditions to the offeror that is considered to be the lowest priced, responsible offer. The Government will evaluate the Offeror’s proposed prices for fairness and reasonableness. Thank you for your interest in our procurement opportunity. ***ATTACHMENTS*** 1. RFP 697DCK-27-R-00022A, 48 pages 2. SOW - Paso Robles CA SSC Design, 3 pages 3. Paso Robles SSC DID 60226, 6 pages 4. Form Past Performance/Experience Info, 1 page