Solicitation
Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) Horizontal Facility Construction Road Maintenance
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryOnly 8(a) firms (small businesses in the SBA's 8(a) development program) tied to the Utah SBA district can bid on solicitation W911S6-27-B-A001, a paving contract at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. The Army wants miscellaneous paving and road work through task orders under an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs). It runs a 12-month base period plus four one-year options. This is a sealed bid (invitation for bid, IFB) with a response due date of November 18, 2026, 1:00 PM MT. More in the summary
AI summary Beta
This summary may miss requirements: 22 of 34 attachments weren't read (TE-01 Contract Line Items Proposal Template Base plus 4 Year.xlsx, TE-11 Existing Asphalt Core Sampling FY27 -FY31 Paving 12 March 2026.pdf and 20 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only 8(a) firms (small businesses in the SBA's 8(a) development program) tied to the Utah SBA district can bid on solicitation W911S6-27-B-A001, a paving contract at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. The Army wants miscellaneous paving and road work through task orders under an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs). It runs a 12-month base period plus four one-year options. This is a sealed bid (invitation for bid, IFB) with a response due date of November 18, 2026, 1:00 PM MT.
Who can bid (4)
- 8(a) firm authorized by the SBA's Utah District Office to perform within that district's geographic region. Per the posted answers, a firm served by another SBA district office may qualify if it has a bona fide place of business in Utah that meets SBA rules.
- Low bidder must be certified by the SBA as eligible for award under the 8(a) program and registered in SAM.gov before the contract is signed
- Surety letter showing the ability to provide bonding at an estimated annual contract value of $6,000,000.00 and a total contract value of $30,000,000.00
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- Bid guarantee (bid bond or other accepted form) of 20 percent of the bid price or $1,000,000.00, whichever is less, submitted by the time bids are opened
How to submit: Email to the contract specialist (nicholas.j.rowton.civ@army.mil) with "Bid Submission" and solicitation number W911S6-27-B-A001 in the subject line. Bid opening is at Dugway Proving Ground Building 5330 Valdez Circle, conference room 1201.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (10)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Serious: Restricted to 8(a) firms in the Utah SBA district. Only 8(a) firms authorized by the Utah SBA district office can bid; firms served by other districts must have a bona fide place of business in Utah.
- Serious: Out-of-district 8(a) firms need an SBA site review of their Utah office. The firm's own SBA district office must ask the SBA Utah District to check the Utah location before the firm qualifies. The Government declined to open the bid to 8(a) firms nationwide or extend the response due date.
- Serious: Bid guarantee and surety bondability letter required. A bid without an adequate bid guarantee or the surety letter is rejected, so a small business needs bonding capacity of $30,000,000.00 total before bidding.
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- Serious: Bid is thrown out for missing signature, amendment acknowledgement or any unit price. Sealed bids are checked for responsiveness; small paperwork misses make a bid non-responsive with no chance to fix them.
- Worth checking: Contract value stated two ways. The notice says up to $5,000,000.00 annually; the bidding instructions say $6,000,000.00 a year and $30,000,000.00 in total. Ask the contracting officer which figure to use for bonding.
- Worth checking: Bids go by email but are opened in person on the response due date. The notice asks for emailed bids and also sets a public bid opening at Dugway Proving Ground. Confirm the exact delivery method with the contracting officer.
- Worth checking: The site visit was Oct 22, 2026. Check the notice and its amendments for whether attendance was required, and whether another visit is offered.
- Minor: Questions due November 4, 2026. Written questions must be submitted by email by this time; answers go to all bidders by amendment.
- Minor: Work only Monday through Thursday. Contractor hours are Monday through Thursday, which limits crew scheduling; changes need contracting officer approval 7 days ahead.
- Minor: Excavation permit takes at least 30 days. No digging can start until the permit is issued, so build that wait into each task order schedule.
Read from the notice and 12 attachments. 22 of 34 not read. Show which files.
- Question and Answers IFB W911S6-27-B-A001-102226.pdf (read)
- Solicitation Amendment W911S627BA0010001 SF 30.pdf (read)
- 1442-Solicitation W911S627BA001 DPG Horizontal Construction 101426.pdf (read)
- TE-02 Standard Specification Book Rev 9 June 2025.pdf (read)
- TE-03 Paving IDIQ Airfield Specifications.pdf (read)
- Attachment 1 Scope of Work W911S6 Construction Horizontal FY27 - FY 31.pdf (read)
- DPG_Paved_Roads_2026.pdf (read)
- TE-05 Materials Manual of Instruction.pdf (read)
- TE-06 Min Sampling an Testing.pdf (read)
- TE-07 Quality Management Plans 5 June 2025.pdf (read)
- TE-08 Work Zones.pdf (read)
- TE-10 Asphalt Slurry Seal.pdf (read)
- TE-01 Contract Line Items Proposal Template Base plus 4 Year.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- TE-11 Existing Asphalt Core Sampling FY27 -FY31 Paving 12 March 2026.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 2 Dugway Proving Ground Paving IDIQ Virtual Site Visit.pptx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- TE-04 Standard Drawings.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09 Dust Control Forms 5 June 2025.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09a Fugitive Dust Control Form 01-Crushing.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09b Fugitive Dust Control Form 02-Screening.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09c Fugitive Dust Control Form 03-Stockpiles.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09d Fugitive Dust Control Form 04-Hauling.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09e Fugitive Dust Control Form 05-Staging Areas.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09f Fugitive Dust Control Form 06-Backfilling.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09g Fugitive Dust Control Form 07-Site Preparation.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09i Fugitive Dust Control Form 09-Site Grading.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09j Fugitive Dust Control Form 10-Demolition.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09k Fugitive Dust Control Form 11-Disturbed Soil.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09l Fugitive Dust Control Form 12-Disturbed Land.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09m Fugitive Dust Control Form 13-Sawing-Cutting.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09n Fugitive Dust Control Form 14-Trenching.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09o Fugitive Dust Control Form 15-Loading.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09p Fugitive Dust Control Form 16-Paving.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09q Fugitive Dust Control Form 17-Trackout.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-09r Fugitive Dust Control Form 18-Traffic.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Miscellaneous paving and road construction at Dugway Proving Ground, ordered through task orders issued by the contracting officer
- Price each period as one line: an aggregate bid from the Technical Exhibit 01 (TE-01) price template, plus a bond cost line priced against $150,000
- Follow the Utah Department of Transportation-based standard specifications (Technical Exhibit 02) and airfield paving specifications (Technical Exhibit 03)
- Meet quality management, sampling and testing, and work zone rules in Technical Exhibits 05 to 08 and the asphalt slurry seal rules in Technical Exhibit 10
- Get an excavation permit before digging and hand-dig near utilities; the statement of work says to allow at least 30 days for the permit
- Control dust, protect existing property, restore landscape damage, and keep the work site clean at the end of each work day
- Work Monday through Thursday only, with hours set in the statement of work
- Follow the base's safety, security, anti-terrorism and access rules in the statement of work
- Contract type
- Indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ), firm-fixed-price, awarded as a sealed bid (IFB)
- Period of performance
- 12-month base period plus four one-year option periods
- Place of performance
- U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Utah
- Estimated value
- Government's estimate: up to $5,000,000.00 annually in the notice text; the bidding instructions say estimated annual contract value $6,000,000.00 and total contract value $30,000,000.00. Maximum contract value (ceiling) $30,000,000.00 per period line; guaranteed minimum $50,000.00 per period.
- How they'll choose
- Sealed bidding: award to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder on total aggregate price for all contract line item numbers (CLINs: priced lines of the order); the low bidder must also be certified by the SBA for the 8(a) program
- Offers due
- November 18, 2026, 1:00 PM MT
- How to submit
- Email to the contract specialist (nicholas.j.rowton.civ@army.mil) with "Bid Submission" and solicitation number W911S6-27-B-A001 in the subject line. Bid opening is at Dugway Proving Ground Building 5330 Valdez Circle, conference room 1201.
What they'll judge offers on
- Price: total aggregate price for all CLINs in Section B
- Responsiveness: signed SF 1442, acknowledged amendments, bonding capability letter, every unit price filled in, bid guarantee
- Responsibility check by the contracting officer, plus SBA 8(a) eligibility and SAM.gov registration for the low bidder
What to include when you submit
- Complete and sign Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442), the bid form: name and title of the person authorized to sign in Block 20a, an original signature in Block 20b, and the bid date in Block 20c
- Acknowledge every amendment in Block 19 of the SF 1442
- Enter the final total bid prices from Technical Exhibit 01 on the matching CLINs in Section B
- Do not price CLINs 0003, 1003, 2003, 3003 and 4003 (the Government's guaranteed minimums); enter "No Bid" or leave them as formatted
- Include a bondability letter from a qualifying surety that gives aggregate and single project limits, remaining bond capacity, and the impact expected from this contract
- Include a bid guarantee (such as a bid bond) with the bid; Section L's clause sets it at 20 percent of the bid price or $1,000,000.00, whichever is less
- Bids are good for 120 days from the close of the IFB
- Send written questions by email to the contract specialist; answers are posted on SAM.gov by amendment
After award, you must have
- Performance and payment bonds for each period (priced as separate CLINs against $150,000)
Current contractor
No incumbent is named in the text read.
Not in the notice text
- Much of the solicitation (Sections B through L in the middle of the bid package), the statement of work's middle sections, and most of the technical exhibits were left out of the text read here. Check SAM.gov for the full documents.
- The TE-01 price template spreadsheet, the Technical Exhibit 04 standard drawings, Technical Exhibit 11 core sampling data and the virtual site visit slides (Attachment 2) are attached but not read.
- Which wage rule applies: the statement of work mentions a "Utah State Wage Determination" for paid holidays, but the parts read do not say if a Davis-Bacon wage determination (federal minimum pay rates for construction workers) applies.
- Individual task order sizes, locations and when orders will be issued are not stated; work is ordered only by task orders from the contracting officer.
- The performance period and completion days on the SF 1442 and the liquidated damages terms are in parts not read.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Only firms in SBA's 8(a) program can bid as the prime contractor. Not in the 8(a) program? How the 8(a) program works. More open 8(a) set-asides under NAICS 237310
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to the contract specialist (nicholas.j.rowton.civ@army.mil) with "Bid Submission" and solicitation number W911S6-27-B-A001 in the subject line. Bid opening is at Dugway Proving Ground Building 5330 Valdez Circle, conference room 1201. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Construction contracts over $2,000 pay at least the local Davis-Bacon wage rates, from the wage determination in the solicitation. Price your labor from it: How to price a government contract, and how Davis-Bacon differs from the Service Contract Act.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W6QM MICC-Dugway Prov GRD, UT
- Product/service code
- Y1LB · Construction of Highways, Roads, Streets, Bridges, and Railways
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237310)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 18, 2026
- Oct 14, 2026 · 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
- Open 8(a) set-aside contracts
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, 8(a) program, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Amendment 0001 Q&A has been added PROJECT TITLE: MISCELLANEOUS PAVING REQUIREMENTS PROJECT LOCATION: U.S. ARMY DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, UTAH DESCRIPTION: THIS IS AN INDEFINITE-DELIVERY, INDEFINITE-QUANTITY (IDIQ), FIRM-FIXED PRICE REQUIREMENT FOR MISCELLANEOUS PAVING CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. ANY WORK REQUIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE ISSUANCE OF TASK ORDERS BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER AGAINST THE PROPOSED CONTRACT. THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (POP) FOR THIS REQUIREMENT IS A TWELVE (12) MONTH BASE PERIOD AND FOUR (4) ONE (1) YEAR OPTION PERIODS OF ONE YEAR EACH. THE ESTIMATED MAGNITUDE IS UP TO $5,000,000.00 ANNUALLY. THE NAICS FOR THIS ACQUISITION IS 237310, HIGHWAY, STREET, AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION (SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD $45 MILLION). PER FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) 19.108, THIS REQUIREMENT IS RESTRICTED TO 8(A) FIRMS AUTHORIZED BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION'S UTAH DISTRICT OFFICE TO PERFORM WITHIN THE DISTRICT'S GEOGRAPHICAL REGION. Offers shall be received prior to the closing date and time identified on SF 1442 (18 November 2026 by 1300 MDT) to the following address: Contract Specialist: Nicholas J. Rowton; Email Address: nicholas.j.rowton.civ@army.mil Contracting Officer: Jim Keetch; Email Address: Alfred.j.keetch.civ@army.mil Note: Please include Bid Submission and solicitation number W911S6-27-B-A001 in the subject line of the email. Example Subject Reference: Bid Submission W911S6-27-B-A001 DPG Horizontal Construction Paving Bid Opening will be Wednesday 18 November 2026 promptly at 1300 MDT at Dugway Proving Ground Building 5330 Valdez Circle conference room 1201, no bids will be accepted or considered after that time. Site Visit: The Government will hold a virtual site visit only. Bidders are required to submit a completed SF 1442, including the acknowledgement of all amendments in Block 19. SF 1442 cannot be accepted without being signed. The SF 1442 must be completed in full by the bidder, to include the Name and Title of the Person Authorized to sign in Block 20a, an original signature in Block 20b, and the Bid Date in Block 20c. Bids cannot be accepted and will be declared non-responsive without a valid signature in Block 20b. The final total bid price(s) from Technical Exhibit 01 must be annotated on the appropriate CLINs of Section B of the solicitation. Refer to Section L for additional details
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