Presolicitation
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Department of the Interior · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
AI summaryThis presolicitation is for a two-phase design-build contract (one contractor designs and builds); the notice gives no Phase 1 or Phase 2 dates. The Interior Department's Fish and Wildlife Service plans one firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) award to replace a cold storage building. The site is the Alaska Peninsula/Becharof National Wildlife Refuge in King Salmon, Alaska, and the work is a total small business set-aside. 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 notice looks incomplete: The solicitation itself has not been issued; the notice says the final solicitation package will follow, with the detailed requirements, specifications, phase dates and submission instructions. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
This presolicitation is for a two-phase design-build contract (one contractor designs and builds); the notice gives no Phase 1 or Phase 2 dates. The Interior Department's Fish and Wildlife Service plans one firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) award to replace a cold storage building. The site is the Alaska Peninsula/Becharof National Wildlife Refuge in King Salmon, Alaska, and the work is a total small business set-aside.
Who can bid
- Total small business set-aside under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.502-2; the NAICS 236220 size standard is $45 Million
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), the federal contractor registry, to be eligible for award
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 14, 2026.
- Serious: Total small business set-aside. Only small businesses under the $45 Million size standard for NAICS 236220 can compete; SAM.gov's own fields list no set-aside, so confirm in the solicitation.
- Serious: Two-phase selection: dates and who advances not stated. The buy uses two-phase design-build selection, but this notice gives no date for either phase and doesn't say who may take part in Phase 2; the solicitation will set them.
- Worth checking: Remote Alaska site with contractor-run logistics. The contractor must get all materials and equipment to a remote site in King Salmon, so shipping and logistics can drive cost and schedule.
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- Worth checking: Contractor must do the design as well as the build. Design-build means one firm is responsible for design and construction, so a bidder needs design capability or a design partner.
- Minor: Notice numbers differ. The attached presolicitation is numbered 140FGA26Q0016, while SAM.gov lists solicitation number 140FGA26Q0056; confirm which one the solicitation will use.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- Pre-Solicitation_2.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Demolish the existing cold storage building at the Alaska Peninsula/Becharof National Wildlife Refuge
- Design and build a new detached cold storage facility of approximately 5,500 to 5,800 square feet
- Furnish all labor, materials, equipment, tools, supplies, transportation, shipping, handling, logistics support and incidentals
- Handle all transportation and delivery of materials and equipment to the remote project site
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price, single design-build construction contract
- Place of performance
- King Salmon, Alaska (Alaska Peninsula/Becharof National Wildlife Refuge)
- Estimated value
- Estimated magnitude of construction between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 (per the notice, under FAR 36.204(f))
- How they'll choose
- Best-value tradeoff (FAR Part 15) within two-phase design-build selection (FAR 36.3); one award to the responsible offeror with the best value
- Offers due
- November 4, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern
What they'll judge offers on
- Experience and Technical Capability
- Past Performance
- Price
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation itself has not been issued; the notice says the final solicitation package will follow, with the detailed requirements, specifications, phase dates and submission instructions.
- How many firms advance to Phase 2, who may take part, and the due date for each phase are not stated.
- The relative importance of the evaluation factors will be set in the solicitation.
- Whether there is a site visit, and whether a Davis-Bacon wage determination (the federal construction wage rule) applies, is not stated.
- Period of performance and any bonding requirement are not stated.
- How to submit is not stated.
Eligibility and how to respond
- SAM.gov lists no set-aside, but the notice text limits who can bid:
- The notice text says this is set aside for small businesses, but SAM.gov lists no set-aside. Ask the contracting officer which one applies before you bid.
- 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 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- FWS Contracting Activity, Falls Church, VA
- Product/service code
- Y1JZ · Construction of Miscellaneous Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This is a Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation Notice. The final solicitation package will follow. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) anticipates soliciting proposals for the demolition of an existing cold storage building and the design and construction of a new detached cold storage facility at the Alaska Peninsula/Becharof National Wildlife Refuge in King Salmon, Alaska. This project is supported by the Great American Outdoor Act (GAOA) Summary: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service anticipates awarding a single firm-fixed-price design-build construction contract for the demolition of the existing cold storage building and the design and construction of a new detached cold storage facility of approximately 5,500 to 5,800 square feet. The project is located in a remote area of King Salmon, Alaska. The contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, tools, supplies, transportation, shipping, handling, logistics support, and incidentals necessary to complete the work. The contractor shall be responsible for all transportation and delivery requirements associated with furnishing materials and equipment to the project site. Acquisition Information NAICS Code: 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction Small Business Size Standard: $45 Million Set-Aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside pursuant to FAR 19.502-2 Contract Type: Firm-Fixed-Price This acquisition will be conducted in accordance with: FAR Part 36, Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts; and FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. In accordance with FAR 36.204(f), the estimated magnitude of construction for this project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Detailed project requirements and specifications will be provided in the solicitation upon issuance. Source Selection Method The procurement will utilize: FAR Part 36.3, Two-Phase Design-Build Selection Procedures; and FAR Part 15, Best-Value Tradeoff Process. The Government intends to award one contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the Government using the tradeoff process described in FAR 15.101-1. The evaluation factors are anticipated to be: Experience and Technical Capability Past Performance Price The relative importance of the evaluation factors will be identified in the solicitation System for Award Management (SAM) Offerors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award. Information regarding SAM registration is available at http://www.sam.gov. Payments will be made via Electronic Funds Transfer using information contained within the contractor's SAM registration.