Solicitation
GRTE 237343 - Rehab 4 Lazy F Ranch
Department of the Interior · National Park Service
AI summaryThe National Park Service (Denver Service Center) wants a contractor to rehabilitate historic buildings at the former 4 Lazy F Ranch in Grand Teton National Park, near Moose, Wyoming, so they can be used as seasonal employee housing, along with new water, sewer, buried power and fiber sitework. It is a total small business set-aside, and the solicitation puts the size of the construction at greater than $10 million, with a 540 calendar day performance period shown on the subcontracting form. Proposals are due November 20, 2026 (an amendment moved it to Nov 20, 2026, 5:00 PM MST · 7:00 PM Eastern), and the solicitation says funds are not yet available. More in the summary
AI summary Beta
Summary of the version posted Oct 5, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 29, 2026. The due date moved from Nov 20, 2026 to Nov 20, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 13 attachments weren't read (B08_Attachment_01_GRTE_4_Lazy_F_Rehab_Final_CD_Drawings_-_REDUCED_SIZE.pdf). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The National Park Service (Denver Service Center) wants a contractor to rehabilitate historic buildings at the former 4 Lazy F Ranch in Grand Teton National Park, near Moose, Wyoming, so they can be used as seasonal employee housing, along with new water, sewer, buried power and fiber sitework. It is a total small business set-aside, and the solicitation puts the size of the construction at greater than $10 million, with a 540 calendar day performance period shown on the subcontracting form. Proposals are due November 20, 2026, and the solicitation says funds are not yet available.
Who can bid (7)
- Must qualify as a small business under NAICS 237110 (total small business set-aside). The size standard is in a clause in Section K that was not in the text provided.
- Active SAM.gov registration at the time the offer is submitted
- Bid guarantee with the proposal (SF 24 bid bond or other suitable guarantee)
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- Performance and payment bonds after award; notice to proceed is issued after the bonds are received
- Limitations on subcontracting clause applies: the prime must perform a minimum share of the work with its own or similarly situated small business forces, and a worksheet is submitted with the proposal
- A log expert is required for the log replacement and repair work
- Named key personnel are required under the contract (Special Requirement 6)
Things to watch (10)
- Serious: Funds not yet available. No award will be made until money is available, and the Government can cancel before or after the closing date, with no reimbursement of your proposal costs.
- Serious: Large project, over $10 million. The bonding, financing and project-management capacity needed for a project this size is a stretch for many small businesses, and past projects of similar scope and size are scored.
- Serious: Bid bond, then performance and payment bonds. You need a bid guarantee with the proposal and full bonds before notice to proceed, so you need a surety lined up before you bid.
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- Serious: Asbestos, lead paint and bat droppings in the buildings. The surveys found asbestos-containing materials (for example chrysotile in beam caulk and transite panels), lead-based paint has its own spec section, and large amounts of bat guano were found in the Main Lodge, so you need abatement-qualified crews or subs and a safety plan.
- Worth checking: Historic preservation work. Logs, wood, masonry, doors and windows must be treated to historic standards, with hand tooling and matching of original materials, which needs specialized skills.
- Worth checking: Remote, floodplain site in a national park. The site is in a FEMA flood zone and a test pit hit a buried septic line, and national park rules add logistics, environmental and work-window constraints.
- Worth checking: The site visit was Oct 29, 2026. Check the notice and its amendments for whether attendance was required, and whether another visit is offered.
- Worth checking: Limit on how much you can subcontract. A small business prime on a set-aside has to keep a share of the work in-house or with similarly situated firms, which limits how much you can hand to subs.
- Minor: Many priced options evaluated together. Prices for all 15 options are added to the base price for evaluation, and the Government will check for unbalanced pricing across line items.
- Minor: Key personnel and liquidated damages clauses. The contract names key personnel and includes a liquidated damages clause for late completion, which add schedule and staffing risk.
Read from the notice and 12 attachments. 1 of 13 not read. Show which files.
- Sol_140P2026R0098_Amd_0001.pdf (read)
- Sol_140P2026R0098.pdf (read)
- B08_140P2026R0098_GRTE_4LazyF.pdf (read)
- B08_Attachment_02_GRTE_237343_Specifications.pdf (read)
- B08_Attachment_10_Proposal_Submission_Package_GRTE.docx (read)
- B08_Attachment_08_GRTE_237343_-_WY_DEQ_Permit_Application_4-Lazy_F_NPS_signed_07_29_2026.pdf (read)
- B08_Attachment_09_DOL_Wage_Determination_WY20260041.pdf (read)
- B08_Attachment_04_GRTE_237343_-_Combined_Histoplasma_Report_999-5237.pdf (read)
- B08_Attachment_05_GRTE_237343_-_Combined_Lead_Based_Paint_Report_999-5237.pdf (read)
- B08_Attachment_06_GRTE_237343_-_Geotechnical_Engineering_Report_09_19_25.pdf (read)
- B08_Attachment_07_GRTE_237343_-_Water_Sewer_Design_Report.pdf (read)
- B08_Attachment_03_GRTE_237343_-_Combined_Asbestos_Report_999-5237.pdf (read)
- B08_Attachment_01_GRTE_4_Lazy_F_Rehab_Final_CD_Drawings_-_REDUCED_SIZE.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Base work: new sitework for the sewer system (the design report describes a lift station and force main), water system, buried power and fiber optic communications (CLINs 001A to 001D)
- Priced options: rehabilitate the Main Lodge and eight cabins (Options 1 to 9), plus the Ice House, Mouse House, 3-Bay Garage and Well House (Options 12 to 15)
- Priced options for sitework: parking lot (Option 10) and roadway and staging area restoration (Option 11)
- Historic preservation treatment of logs, wood, masonry, doors and windows, with a log expert required for log replacement and repair
- Abatement or control of asbestos-containing materials, lead-based paint and bat, bird and rodent droppings
- Building systems work listed in the specifications: fire sprinklers, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, communications and fire alarm
- Connect the buildings to park water and sewer mains and abandon the existing on-site well and septic
- Closeout items: operation and maintenance data and training
- Contract type
- Construction contract solicited by negotiated request for proposals, priced as lump-sum line items: 4 base items plus 15 priced options
- Period of performance
- 540 calendar days (as shown on the limitations on subcontracting form in the proposal package)
- Place of performance
- 4 Lazy F Ranch, Grand Teton National Park, near Moose, Teton County, Wyoming
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction stated as greater than $10 million
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff (FAR Part 15.1). The Government may pay more than the lowest price when the benefits justify it, and intends to award without discussions.
- Offers due
- November 20, 2026, 1700 ET (extended by Amendment 0001; NPS says it does not intend to extend further) (from the version posted Oct 5, 2026; amended since)
What they'll judge offers on
- Factor 1: Technical Approach
- Factor 2: Project Experience
- Factor 3: Schedule
- Factor 4: Past Performance
- Price (all non-price factors combined are equally important to price)
What to include when you submit
- Volume I is the non-price proposal (technical approach, project experience, schedule, past performance); Volume II is the business and price proposal, one electronic copy only
- Volume II contents: SF 1442 (blocks 14 through 20C), amendment acknowledgments, Section B price schedule with every option priced, SF 24 bid bond or other suitable bid guarantee, Section K representations and certifications, General References form, Subcontracting Percentage Worksheet, and any proposed substitutions or equals
- Complete the Project Experience Questionnaire in the Proposal Submission Package for each referenced project
- Disclose in a narrative any past performance that may be less than fully satisfactory
- Acknowledge Amendment 0001 and any later amendments before the deadline
- Send questions only to the Contracting Officer
- To attend the pre-solicitation meeting, email the Contracting Officer (anthony_jasper@ios.doi.gov) with your firm name and the number of people attending
Not in the notice text
- Where and how to submit the proposal, and any page limits (Section L, instructions to offerors, was mostly not in the text provided)
- The NAICS size standard and the Section K representations (not in the text provided)
- The bid guarantee amount, liquidated damages amount and bond amounts
- Exactly how the SF 1442 performance period items are filled in (the form text is garbled); the 540 calendar days comes from the subcontracting form
- Which options the Government will actually exercise, and when funds will be available
- The drawings (too large to read) and most of the specifications, which are only partly included
- The Davis-Bacon wage determination (WY20260041) could not be read because the text was garbled
- Full text of the lead-based paint, asbestos, geotechnical and design reports (only parts included)
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 29, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- DSC Contracting Services Division, Denver, CO
- Product/service code
- Y1NZ · Construction of Other Utilities
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237110)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 29, 2026 · Amendment 0002 (this version)Due Nov 20, 2026
- Oct 5, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 20, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 21, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 13, 2026
- 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
GRTE 237343 - "Rehabilitate 4 Lazy F Ranch Cabins for Employee Housing" UPDATE: See AM 002 for information regarding the prebid meeting held on 10/29. This solicitation is being issued as a Total Small Business Set Aside. Please see the attached solicitation package for details regarding this construction project at Grand Teton National Park. Please contact only the Contracting Officer at anthony_jasper@ios.doi.gov if you have questions pertaining to this project. Thank you for your interest in working with the National Park Service.