Solicitation
HAVO 326181 Rehabilitate Rainshed&Water Treatment
Department of the Interior · National Park Service
AI summaryThe National Park Service (NPS) Denver Service Center wants a construction contractor to rehabilitate the rainwater catchment and water treatment system at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Volcano, Hawaii, and to replace Buildings 43 and 241. Amendment 0002 extended the response due date to November 6, 2026, 4:00 PM Hawaii time, from October 23, 2026 (passed). No set-aside is used, the work is over $25 million, and a Standard Form 24 (SF 24) bid bond, a guarantee from a bonding company, comes with the proposal. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 6 of 18 attachments weren't read (B08_Att_(13)_HAVO_326181_Final_CD_Basis_of_Design_Product_Files.pdf, B08_Att_(7)_HAVO_326181_Construction_Phasing_Calcs.xlsx and 4 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The National Park Service (NPS) Denver Service Center wants a construction contractor to rehabilitate the rainwater catchment and water treatment system at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Volcano, Hawaii, and to replace Buildings 43 and 241. Amendment 0002 extended the response due date to November 6, 2026, 4:00 PM Hawaii time, from October 23, 2026 (passed). No set-aside is used, the work is over $25 million, and a Standard Form 24 (SF 24) bid bond, a guarantee from a bonding company, comes with the proposal.
Who can bid
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) when the offer is submitted and through award
- Bid guarantee with the proposal: SF 24 bid bond or another suitable guarantee under FAR 52.228-1
- Propose Key Trades and Key Personnel with the experience to carry out the main technical parts of the project
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 13, 2026.
- Serious: Bid bond due with the proposal. A bonding company must issue an SF 24 bid bond before you submit, which can stop a small business without surety credit on a job this size.
- Serious: Large job: over $25 million. The solicitation form puts the construction size over $25 million, with a 20-month schedule, bonding and multiple buildings, so capacity and financing matter.
- Worth checking: The site visit was Sep 30, 2026. Check the notice and its amendments for whether attendance was required, and whether another visit is offered.
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- Worth checking: Park water supply must keep running. The design memo says all three structures cannot be offline together, so your schedule and phasing must show how water production is kept up.
- Worth checking: Remote national park setting with resource protection. Past experience is scored on remote or constrained work and protecting sensitive resources; the specifications also cover endangered birds and archeological protection.
- Worth checking: Asbestos and lead work in the specifications. The specifications include asbestos abatement and lead remediation sections; a hazardous material survey is attached but was not read.
- Worth checking: Optional line items count toward the evaluated price. You must price all optional line items, and the Government adds them to the base price when comparing offers, even if it later funds none.
- Worth checking: Award may be made without discussions. There may be no chance to revise your proposal, so the first submission should hold your best technical and price terms.
- Minor: Unbalanced pricing is checked. Line item prices are reviewed for unbalancing, so spread costs across the line items fairly.
Read from the notice and 12 attachments. 6 of 18 not read. Show which files.
- Sol_140P2026R0091_Amd_0002.pdf (read)
- Sol_140P2026R0091_Amd_0001.pdf (read)
- Sol_140P2026R0091.pdf (read)
- B08_Att_(1)_HAVO_326181_26-0908_Project_Specifications.pdf (read)
- B09_Att_(15)_HAVO_326181_-_Site_Walk_Requirements_30JUL2026_0001.pdf (read)
- B08_Att_(8)_HAVO_326181_Construction_Phasing_Memo.pdf (read)
- B08_Att_(9)_Redwood_Water_Tanks_Trip_Rpt_and_Prelim_Treat_Recs__2018.pdf (read)
- B08_Att_(11)_Solit_PSP_Vol_II_SubKPlan.docx (read)
- B08_Att_(12)_GenRefs.docx (read)
- B08_Att_(3)_2024_08_26_-_Geotechnical_Data_Report_-_HAVO_Rainsheds_Shear_Wave_Velocity_Survey.pdf (read)
- B08_Att_(5)_HAER_Drawings_HAVO_Rainshed.pdf (read)
- B08_Att_(4)_2025_01_02_-_Geotechnical_Report_HAVO_Rehabilitate_Water_Treatment_System.pdf (read)
- B08_Att_(13)_HAVO_326181_Final_CD_Basis_of_Design_Product_Files.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
- B08_Att_(7)_HAVO_326181_Construction_Phasing_Calcs.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- B08_Att_(2)_HAVO_326181_26_0908_Final_CD_Drawing_Set.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
- B08_Att_(6)_HAER_HAVO_Water_Collection_System_HI-76__Final_report.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- B08_Att_(14)_Hazardous_Material_Survey_HAVO_Rainshed_Enviroquest_May2025.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- B08_Att_(10)_Davis-Bacon_Act_WD__HI20260001.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Rehabilitate the park's rainwater catchment system: ground catchment, collection pipes, filtration, storage tanks and equipment, and replace site pavement affected by the work (base line item 00010, 1 lump sum)
- Replace the perimeter security fence
- Demolish and replace Building 43 (line item 00020, 1 lump sum) and Building 241 (line item 00030, 1 lump sum)
- Buildings 43 and 241 Section 106 Mitigation (line item 00040, 1 lump sum); Section 106 is the historic-preservation review rule, and the mitigation details were not read
- Four optional line items, each 1 lump sum: A, Replace 241 SAR Building; B, Repair and Improve Water Treatment System; C, Replace Perimeter Fence; D, Replace Ground Catchment Pavement
- Keep the park's water production running during the work; a design memo predicts up to two of the three structures (Ground Catchment 1, Building 241, Building 43) can be offline at once
- Work the memo says can happen in any phase: slow sand filter interiors one at a time, an alternate raw water pump, a replacement finish water recirculation pump, and painting exterior tanks
- Specifications also cover asbestos abatement, lead remediation, archeological protection, historic preservation treatment and protection of endangered birds
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP): one set price, whatever the work ends up costing; lump-sum base line items plus optional line items, bought through a negotiated request for proposals
- Period of performance
- Each base line item lists November 1, 2026 to July 3, 2028; the four optional line items are priced separately
- Place of performance
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Rainshed in Kīlauea Headquarters Area, Volcano, Hawaii
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction is over $25 Million (a size range on the solicitation form, not a Government estimate)
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff: the Government may pick a higher-priced proposal if its benefits merit the difference. Non-price factors combined are about equal in importance to price. The Government intends to award without discussions.
- Offers due
- November 6, 2026, 4:00 PM Hawaii time (9:00 PM Eastern)
What they'll judge offers on
- Factor 1, Technical and Management (subfactors in descending order of importance): (1) Project Experience, (2) Technical Approach, (3) Management Approach, (4) Construction Schedule
- Factor 2, Past Performance (a neutral rating if you have no relevant past performance)
- Price: checked for fairness and reasonableness and for unbalanced line items; total includes all optional line items
What to include when you submit
- Send two volumes: Volume I, the non-price proposal (technical and management, and past performance), and Volume II, the business and price proposal, which is not rated
- Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442), the offer form: complete blocks 14 through 20C only, signed by an official with authority to bind the company
- Acknowledge Amendment 0001 and Amendment 0002 and any later amendment by one of the methods in block 11 of Standard Form 30 (SF 30)
- Section B price schedule: enter a price for every line item, including the optional items, and give a separate Schedule of Values for each line item, broken down by major work components
- Bid guarantee: Standard Form 24 (SF 24) bid bond, or another bid guarantee allowed under FAR 52.228-1
- Complete the fill-ins in Section K, the representations and certifications, and include them
- Complete and submit the General References form (surety, banks, insurance company, subcontractors, material suppliers)
- Large businesses must also submit a small business subcontracting plan; small businesses do not need one
After award, you must have
- Performance and payment bonds clause (FAR 52.228-15) is part of the contract; the bond yes/no box and number of days on the SF 1442 could not be read, so check the form on SAM.gov From Sol_140P2026R0091.pdf:
52.228-15 PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS-CONSTRUCTION (DEVIATION MAY 2023)
Not in the notice text
- Much of the solicitation was attached but not read: the rest of Section C, Sections F to I, most of Section L (submission method, question deadline, site visit instruction) and the drawings, basis of design files and hazardous material survey
- Whether the September 30, 2026 site visit was required, and the deadline for written questions, are not in the text read
- How and where proposals are delivered is in Section L, which was not read
- The Davis-Bacon Act wage determination (HI20260001) is attached but was not read; check the required wage rates
- Liquidated damages rates, key personnel and key trades requirements (Section H) and the bond amounts were not read
- Whether the SF 1442 requires performance and payment bonds, and the days to furnish them, could not be read from the form
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- 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 13, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- DSC Contracting Services Division, Denver, CO
- Product/service code
- Y1NE · Construction of Water Supply Facilities
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237110)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 13, 2026 · Amendment 0002 (this version)Due Nov 6, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 28, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 23, 2026
- Sep 18, 2026 · SolicitationDue Oct 23, 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
Latest amendment note (Amendment 2) from SAM.gov
Amendment 2. HAVO 326181 Rehabilitate Rainshed & Water Treatment System located at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Volcano, Hawaii
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