Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Johnston Ridge Observatory Backup Generator Repairs Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
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AI summaryThe Forest Service is asking small businesses for quotes to inspect, maintain and repair the backup diesel generator at Johnston Ridge Observatory in Toutle, Washington. It is a total small business set-aside with a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) contract. The response due date is November 3, 2026, 2:00 PM Pacific, by email only. More in the summary
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The Forest Service is asking small businesses for quotes to inspect, maintain and repair the backup diesel generator at Johnston Ridge Observatory in Toutle, Washington. It is a total small business set-aside with a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) contract. The response due date is November 3, 2026, 2:00 PM Pacific, by email only.
Who can bid
- Small business under NAICS 238290, whose size standard the notice gives as 22 Million
How to submit: Email to jorge.somoza@usda.gov only. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 20, 2026.
- Worth checking: Late quotes are not accepted. A quote that arrives after 2:00 PM on November 3, 2026 is rejected.
- Minor: Quote goes to one email address only. Sending it anywhere else could mean it isn't counted.
- Minor: Specific equipment brand and model. The work is on a Simpower generator with a Mitsubishi engine, so the technicians need to be able to service that equipment.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Inspect the backup diesel generator system at Johnston Ridge Observatory.
- Do scheduled maintenance on the generator system.
- Repair the generator system.
- The unit is a Simpower Generator Systems 1000KW, 1250KVA system, model SP1000D3PS12N-PTA2, serial number 8855, with a Mitsubishi engine and a MagnaMax Synchronous AC Generator.
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price
- Place of performance
- Johnston Ridge Observatory, 21000 Spirit Lake Highway, Toutle, WA 98649
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 3, 2026, 2:00 PM Pacific
- How to submit
- Email to jorge.somoza@usda.gov only
What to include when you submit
- Send your quote by email to jorge.somoza@usda.gov only; do not send it to anyone else.
- Contracting questions go to Jorge Somoza at 509-423-2224 or jorge.somoza@usda.gov.
- Technical questions go to Heath Cameron at (360) 449-7813 or heath.cameron@usda.gov.
Not in the notice text
- How often the inspection and maintenance happen, the contract length and the repair scope are not stated.
- Whether there is a site visit is not stated.
- Which wage rule applies (a Davis-Bacon wage determination, the pay rates required on federal construction, or Service Contract Act rates) is not stated.
- How the award will be decided is not stated.
- Whether a bond or insurance is required 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 238290
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to jorge.somoza@usda.gov only. 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.
- 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 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Vancouver, WA
- Product/service code
- J061 · Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment – Electric Wire and Power Distribution Equipment
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238290)
- 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
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested, and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Offeror shall provide inspection, scheduled maintenance, and system repair to the backup diesel generator system for Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO) located in Toutle, WA. The backup diesel generator is a “Simpower Generator Systems” 1000KW, 1250KVA system that has a Mitsubishi engine and a MagnaMax Synchronous AC Generator. Unit Model: SP1000D3PS12N-PTA2 Serial Number: 8855 Mitsubishi Model: S12N-PTA2 Serial Number: 20919 MagnaMax Synchronous AC Generator Model: 741RSL20648B Serial Number: XL 3835609 3 Phase 60Hz Continuous 975KW, 277/480V, 1219kVA, 1466Amp JRO address for this work is: 21000 Spirit Lake Highway, Toutle, WA 98649. Solicitation number 1240BD27Q0009 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 238290 Other Building Equipment Contractors. The small business size standard 22 Million. The Service code is J061Maint/repair/rebuild of equipment- electric wire and power distribution equipment. This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency. The contract will be a Firm-Fixed Price contract. Address contracting questions to Jorge Somoza at 509-423-2224 or email jorge.somoza@usda.gov Address technical questions about this solicitation to Heath Cameron at (360) 449-7813 or email heath.cameron@usda.gov Sent your quote by email to jorge.somoza@usda.gov only. do not send your quote to anyone else. Submit your quote no later than 03 November 2026 before 2:00 PM PST. Any quote received after 2:00 PM on that day is late and it won’t be accepted it.
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