Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Vault Toilet Pumping
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
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AI summaryThe USDA Forest Service wants a contractor for vault toilet pumping, portable toilets, septic pumping and on-call plumbing at Klamath National Forest sites around Happy Camp, California (solicitation 127EAY27Q0008). It is a total small business set-aside for one firm-fixed-price (FFP) award: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing. The period of performance is November 20, 2026 to November 19, 2027, and the response due date is November 20, 2026, 5:00 PM ET. More in the summary
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The USDA Forest Service wants a contractor for vault toilet pumping, portable toilets, septic pumping and on-call plumbing at Klamath National Forest sites around Happy Camp, California (solicitation 127EAY27Q0008). It is a total small business set-aside for one firm-fixed-price (FFP) award: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing. The period of performance is November 20, 2026 to November 19, 2027, and the response due date is November 20, 2026, 5:00 PM ET.
Who can bid
- Total small business set-aside: only small businesses under NAICS 562991 (Septic Tank and Related Services) can bid.
- A California license for this work, and disposal sites approved by the Contracting Officer and Contracting Officer Representative before pumping begins.
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM).
Things to watch (7)
From the version posted Nov 10, 2026.
- Serious: Small business set-aside. Only firms that are small under NAICS 562991 can send offers.
- Serious: California license required. A firm without a California license for septic and waste hauling work can't perform.
- Worth checking: Documents name a local septic company. The work statement and price sheet are written around Happy Camp Septic, which owns two of the portable toilets and is the firm district staff call.
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- Worth checking: 12-hour emergency response over remote forest sites. Sites are spread across a large, remote forest, so a firm needs crews and trucks close by to answer within 12 hours.
- Worth checking: Evaluation method stated two ways. The terms say award goes to the best value, then say quotes are judged lowest price technically acceptable; ask the contracting officer which applies.
- Minor: Line items differ between documents. The Schedule of Items and the terms say there are 4 items, while SF 1449 lists only items 0001 and 0002; price all 4.
- Minor: Service Contract Act wages. A Service Contract Act wage determination (2015-5677, Revision 32) is attached, setting minimum pay such as Truckdriver, Heavy at $28.66 an hour.
Read from the notice and 5 attachments. Show which files.
- Attachemnt 3 - Statement of Work.pdf (read)
- Attachment 1 - Terms and Conditions.pdf (read)
- Attachment 4 - Maps.pdf (read)
- Attachment 2 - Schedule of Items.pdf (read)
- Attachment 5 - Wage Determination.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Pump vault toilets at about 40 recreation sites (campgrounds, river access sites, trailheads), mostly once a year or every 2 years
- Supply, deliver, service weekly and pick up 5 portable toilets at Klamath River access sites (2 contractor-owned, 3 Forest Service-owned), 20 weeks each
- Pump septic tanks at Forest Service housing and administrative sites as needed
- On-call plumbing repairs at Happy Camp Ranger District residential and administrative sites
- Emergency or extra service within 12 hours of notice; holiday-weekend service before 11:00 AM
- Haul and dispose of all waste at approved disposal sites, paying all fees
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP), single award
- Period of performance
- November 20, 2026 to November 19, 2027 (Standard Form 1449)
- Place of performance
- Klamath National Forest, Happy Camp Ranger District and nearby sites, Happy Camp, CA
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA): only the lowest-priced quote is checked first, then the next, until one is acceptable with acceptable or neutral past performance
- Offers due
- November 20, 2026, 5:00 PM ET
What they'll judge offers on
- Price: all items on the Schedule of Items, for the base period and any options
- Technical acceptability: ability to meet the Statement of Work schedule, any requirement you can't meet, and location
- Past performance: acceptable, neutral (no record) or unacceptable
What to include when you submit
- Fill in all 4 items on Attachment 2, the Schedule of Items, with a price for each and the total.
- Show your ability to meet the schedule in the Statement of Work and explain any requirement you can't meet.
- State your location.
- Sign and return Standard Form 1449 (SF 1449: the form you sign as your offer), blocks 12, 17, 23, 24 and 30.
- Hold prices firm for 90 calendar days after the response due date.
Current contractor
No incumbent is named as such; the Statement of Work and Schedule of Items refer to Happy Camp Septic (HC Septic) as the firm district staff call for pumping and as owner of two portable toilets.
Not in the notice text
- How and where to send quotes is not stated; only questions are to go to jasmine.williams@usda.gov.
- Option periods are mentioned in the price evaluation, but no option years are listed.
- The number of septic tanks and expected plumbing hours for items 3 and 4 are not given.
- Whether a site visit is offered is 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 562991
- 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 10, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- USDA-FS, CSA Southwest 1, Albuquerque, NM
- Product/service code
- S222 · Housekeeping – Waste Treatment/Storage
- Business type
- Environmental & natural resources (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 562991)
- 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
Please see all attached documents. The schedule of items needs to be sent in with all pricing.
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