Presolicitation
White Horse Hill National Game Preserve Water Main Extension
Department of the Interior · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
AI summaryThe U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has posted a presolicitation (an advance notice) for a water main extension at the White Horse Hill National Game Preserve in St. Michael, ND, open to small businesses only. The full solicitation is expected on or about November 3, 2026. SAM.gov lists a response date of December 3, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern, and bonding is required. More in the summary
Advance notice of a coming solicitation, not a bid yet. If it asks for capability statements, sending one is free and puts you on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's list before the solicitation is posted. See the contact
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The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has posted a presolicitation (an advance notice) for a water main extension at the White Horse Hill National Game Preserve in St. Michael, ND, open to small businesses only. The full solicitation is expected on or about November 3, 2026. SAM.gov lists a response date of December 3, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern, and bonding is required.
Who can bid
- Small business; the set-aside is total small business
- Registered in SAM with Online Representations and Certifications complete
- Bonding: a bid bond (a surety's promise you will sign the contract if chosen), a payment bond (protects subcontractors and suppliers) and a performance bond (covers finishing the work)
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Serious: Bonding required: 20% bid bond, 100% payment and performance bonds. A small business needs a surety (a bonding company) to back it before bidding, which can be hard for a firm without bonding history.
- Worth checking: Small businesses only. The set-aside is total small business, so larger companies cannot bid.
- Worth checking: Site visit to be announced. A pre-proposal site visit is planned, and the notice does not say whether it is required or when it is held.
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- Worth checking: Response date and solicitation date differ. The full solicitation is expected on or about November 3, 2026, while SAM.gov shows December 3, 2026 as the response date; the notice does not say what that date is for.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Install a new water main extension connected to an existing water distribution system
- Work includes pipe, water main connection, water meter and vault, air/vacuum release valves, gate valve and box, horizontal drilling, and underground utility crossing
- Start work within 10 days of Notice to Proceed and finish by the date agreed at award
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing), negotiated under FAR Part 15
- Period of performance
- Work starts within 10 days of Notice to Proceed and is completed by the agreed upon date at the time of award
- Place of performance
- White Horse Hill National Game Preserve in St. Michael, ND in Benson County
- Estimated value
- Project magnitude between $250,000 and $500,000, as the notice states it
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA: the lowest-priced offer that meets the minimum requirements wins)
- Offers due
- December 3, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical acceptability (meets the minimum requirements)
- Price (lowest among the acceptable offers)
What to include when you submit
- Be registered in SAM (System for Award Management) and complete Online Representations and Certifications
- Bid with a 20% bid bond, then provide 100% payment and 100% performance bonds
- Send questions in writing by email only to Samantha LaGue at Samantha_LaGue@ios.doi.gov
Not in the notice text
- The full solicitation package, drawings and specifications have not been posted
- Whether the site visit is required, and its date and time
- Which wage rule applies; the notice does not mention a Davis-Bacon wage determination (the federal minimum wage rates for construction)
- What the December 3, 2026 SAM.gov response date is for
- How offers are to be submitted
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 237110
- 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 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- FWS Contracting Activity, Falls Church, VA
- Product/service code
- Y1NE · Construction of Water Supply Facilities
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237110)
- 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
. EO 14398 - White Horse Hill National Game Preserve Water Main Extension This is a Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation notice. The final solicitation package will follow. This opportunity is only available to Small Businesses. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) Construction Team has a requirement for the following: Construction services are needed to install a new water main extension that will be connected to an existing water distribution system. The work will include pipe, water main connection, water meter and vault, air/vacuum release valves, gate valve and box, horizontal drilling, and underground utility crossing at the White Horse Hill National Game Preserve in St. Michael, ND in Benson County. This requirement is being procured in accordance with FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. This will be a Firm Fixed Priced Contract and Award will be based on Lowest Price Technically Acceptable. The complete Solicitation will be posted to https://sam.gov/ under Contract Opportunities on or about November 3, 2026. Interested contractors must be registered in SAM (System for Award Management, www.sam.gov) and complete Online Representations and Certifications. A pre-proposal site visit and instructions will also be announced with the solicitation. The NAICS code is 237110 – Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction and the size standard is $45 million. The project magnitude is between $250,000 and $500,000. The work will commence within 10 days of Notice to Proceed and be completed by the agreed upon date at the time of award. Bonding Requirements: 20% Bid Bond, 100% Payment Bond, 100% Performance Bond Direct questions in writing via email ONLY to Samantha LaGue at Samantha_LaGue@ios.doi.gov
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