Presolicitation
Snow Removal and Sanding Services, Franklin Falls Dam, Franklin, NH
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThis is a presolicitation from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District for snow plowing, shoveling, sanding and snowbank clearing at the Franklin Falls Dam in Franklin, NH. The notice gives no response date; the solicitation and its response date are to be available on or about November 3, 2026. More in the summary
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This is a presolicitation from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District for snow plowing, shoveling, sanding and snowbank clearing at the Franklin Falls Dam in Franklin, NH. The notice gives no response date; the solicitation and its response date are to be available on or about November 3, 2026.
Who can bid
- Small business (set aside for small business vendors; the size standard for NAICS 561730 is $9.5 Million)
- Active System for Award Management (SAM) registration at the time of submission
How to submit: Solicitation is online only at SAM.gov; submission instructions will be in the solicitation. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Serious: Small business set-aside. Only small businesses can bid; the size standard for the NAICS code is $9.5 Million.
- Serious: Active SAM registration required. A vendor without an active SAM.gov registration at submission is rejected as non responsive. Check a SAM.gov registration.
- Worth checking: Response date not yet set. The response date will come with the solicitation, expected on or about November 3, 2026.
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- Minor: No questions during presolicitation. Questions are answered only after the solicitation is posted.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Plow and shovel snow at the Franklin Falls Project Area
- Provide sanding services
- Clear snowbanks from the dam crest
- Supply all equipment, materials, labor and transportation, following the Performance Work Statement (PWS: the document that lists the tasks)
- Place of performance
- Franklin, NH, USA (Franklin Falls Dam)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How to submit
- Solicitation is online only at SAM.gov; submission instructions will be in the solicitation
What to include when you submit
- Questions go to the contract specialist after the solicitation is posted, not during the presolicitation phase
Not in the notice text
- The Performance Work Statement, contract type, performance period and evaluation factors are not posted yet; they come with the solicitation
- The response date and submission instructions
- Equipment, response time and storm-frequency requirements for the snow work
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 561730
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Solicitation is online only at SAM.gov; submission instructions will be in the solicitation. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- W2SD ENDIST New England, Concord, MA
- Product/service code
- S218 · Housekeeping – Snow Removal/Salt
- 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 read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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