Solicitation
Quality Assurance Services - Civil Works, Interagency and International Services (IIS), and Military Construction Projects in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Caribbean District, seeks a small business for quality assurance services on civil works, interagency and international services, and military construction projects in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is a single-award task order contract (SATOC), an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with one winner, with a maximum program capacity of $35 million over up to five years and six months. Proposals are due November 13, 2026, 2:30 PM Atlantic Standard Time (1:30 PM Eastern). More in the summary
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Caribbean District, seeks a small business for quality assurance services on civil works, interagency and international services, and military construction projects in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is a single-award task order contract (SATOC), an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with one winner, with a maximum program capacity of $35 million over up to five years and six months. Proposals are due November 13, 2026, 2:30 PM Atlantic Standard Time (1:30 PM Eastern).
Who can bid
- Small business under NAICS 541990 (size standard $19.5 million); this is a total small business set-aside
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 14, 2026.
- Serious: Total small business set-aside. Only businesses that meet the $19.5 million size standard for NAICS 541990 can bid.
- Worth checking: Certified testing capability. The work includes certified sampling and laboratory testing of soil, concrete and water, so a bidder needs qualified labs or staff; the notice does not list the certifications.
- Minor: Work in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Staff and field inspectors must be available across both territories for daily on-site monitoring.
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What they want
- Monitor contractor compliance with plans and specifications on Corps projects
- Review engineering submittals and technical reports
- Inspect dams, levees, berms, cutoff walls, pump stations, flood control gates and electrical systems on site
- Do certified sampling and laboratory testing of soil, concrete and water
- Perform daily safety monitoring and write daily quality assurance inspection reports
- Contract type
- Single-award task order contract (SATOC), an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract
- Period of performance
- 1 base year, four 12-month option periods and one 6-month option period, not to exceed 5 years and 6 months
- Place of performance
- Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (SAM.gov lists PR)
- Estimated value
- Maximum program capacity of $35 million across the contract life
- Offers due
- November 13, 2026, 2:30 PM AST (1:30 PM Eastern)
Not in the notice text
- The request for proposals document is not in the notice text; the evaluation method and factors, submission method, page limits and required forms are not stated
- Required lab or inspector certifications, insurance and bonding are not stated
- Order sizes and the guaranteed minimum are 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 541990
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W2SR ENDIST Caribbean(PROVIS), San Juan, PR
- Product/service code
- R499 · Support – Professional: Other
- Business type
- Consulting & professional services (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541990)
- 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
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