Solicitation
Canonsburg-Houston, Pennsylvania, Local Protection Project (LPP) PL84-99 Rehabilitation
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Pittsburgh District, wants repair and re-armoring of a damaged stretch of channel embankment on Chartiers Creek at the Canonsburg-Houston Local Protection Project in Pennsylvania. It is a total small business set-aside, to be completed within 365 calendar days after the Notice to Proceed. The response due date is November 23, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Pittsburgh District, wants repair and re-armoring of a damaged stretch of channel embankment on Chartiers Creek at the Canonsburg-Houston Local Protection Project in Pennsylvania. It is a total small business set-aside, to be completed within 365 calendar days after the Notice to Proceed. The response due date is November 23, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern.
Who can bid
- Small business: this is a total small business set-aside (size standard $45,000,000.00 for NAICS 237990)
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Serious: Small business set-aside. Only small businesses can win this order; the size standard given is $45,000,000.00.
- Worth checking: Past performance is an evaluation factor. Quotes are judged on past performance as well as price, so a business needs relevant past work to show.
- Minor: Quotes can be rejected for low price or high price. The Government may reject quotes that are unrealistically low or above available funds.
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- Minor: Work must finish within 365 calendar days of Notice to Proceed. The schedule runs from the written Notice to Proceed; the Notice to Proceed date is not given.
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Full summary
What they want
- Repair and re-armoring of the degraded channel reach along the right bank of Chartiers Creek
- Restore the federal project's integrity and design conveyance capacity
- Finish the work within 365 calendar days after written Notice to Proceed (NTP)
- Contract type
- One (1) firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) purchase order
- Period of performance
- 365 calendar days after written Notice to Proceed (NTP)
- Place of performance
- PA on SAM.gov; the project is the Canonsburg-Houston Local Protection Project along Chartiers Creek
- Estimated value
- Anticipated construction cost: between $150,000.00 and $350,000.00
- How they'll choose
- Best value to the Government, evaluated on price and past performance under Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Parts 13 and 36
- Offers due
- November 23, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern
What they'll judge offers on
- Price
- Past performance
Not in the notice text
- Whether there is a site visit, and whether it is required, is not stated
- Which wage rule applies (a Davis-Bacon wage determination) is not stated
- How to submit a quote is not stated
- Bonding and insurance requirements are not stated
- The detailed scope, drawings and specifications are not in the notice text
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 237990
- 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 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W072 ENDIST Pittsburgh, PA
- Product/service code
- Y1KZ · Construction of Other Conservation and Development Facilities
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237990)
- 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
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Pittsburgh District, has a project as the Canonsburg-Houston Local Protection Project (LPP) is an authorized federal flood damage reduction project spanning over 20,500 linear feet of channel improvements along Chartiers Creek. Originally constructed by USACE in two phases (Houston unit completed in 1970; Canonsburg unit completed in 1976), operation and maintenance responsibilities were subsequently transferred to Washington County. Severe storm events resulted in substantial damage to the channel embankment along the right bank of Chartiers Creek, including displacement of stone protection and loss of subgrade stabilization. This rehabilitation contract encompasses repair and re-armoring of the degraded channel reach to restore federal project integrity and design conveyance capacity. The work is to be completed within 365 calendar days after written Notice to Proceed (NTP). The Anticipated Construction Cost is between $150,000.00 and $350,000.00. The North American Industrial Classification Code (NAICS) is 237990 - Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The Small Business Size Standard is $45,000,000.00. Any resultant award will be for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Purchase Order. The anticipated award date is 11 December 2026. The basis of award will be of best value to the Government. Quotes will be evaluated in accordance with (IAW) RFO Part 13 and 36, price and past performance. The Government reserves the right to reject any quotes that are unrealistically low or exceed available funds for this requirement. Information regarding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers process for settling requests for equitable adjustments and duration goals to achieve definitization of equitable adjustments for change orders under construction contracts can be found by going to https://www.usace.army.mil/Strategic-Partnerships/Partnering/mod/129895/details/443/ then scrolling down on right hand side of page by clicking on View FFP Contract Changes Playbook Here.
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