Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Arkabutla Lake Water Plant Rehab and Pre-fabricated Metal Building Installation
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Vicksburg District, for the Arkabutla Lake Project) wants a contractor to abandon an old well, install new plumbing and electrical, repaint a tank, and supply and install one 30 by 50 foot prefabricated metal building in Hernando, Mississippi. It is a request for quote (RFQ) set aside 100% for small businesses, with one firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) contract planned. The response due date is November 4, 2026, 3:00 PM Central (an amendment moved it to Nov 6, 2026, 3:00 PM CST · 4:00 PM Eastern), by email. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 26, 2026. It moves the due date from Nov 4, 2026 to Nov 6, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 21, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 26, 2026. The due date moved from Nov 4, 2026 to Nov 6, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. The notice looks incomplete: The evaluation factors and basis for award are in RFO 52.212-2, and the quote content the notice says to follow is not spelled out in the text read here. Check the full solicitation files on SAM.gov for both. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Vicksburg District, for the Arkabutla Lake Project) wants a contractor to abandon an old well, install new plumbing and electrical, repaint a tank, and supply and install one 30 by 50 foot prefabricated metal building in Hernando, Mississippi. It is a request for quote (RFQ) set aside 100% for small businesses, with one firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) contract planned. The response due date is November 4, 2026, 3:00 PM Central, by email.
Who can bid
- Small business concern: the SAM.gov set-aside is Small Business Set Aside - Total. NAICS 332311 has a size standard of 750 employees.
How to submit: Email to afton.riles@usace.army.mil. Technical questions go through Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet (projnet.org) using the inquiry key in the notice., due November 4, 2026, 3:00 PM Central. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (8)
- Worth checking: Bidding schedule must be sent with the quote. The notice requires a bidding schedule, but no schedule form or line items appear in the text read here, so check the SAM.gov files for it.
- Worth checking: Mixed trades in one fixed price. One price must cover well abandonment, plumbing, tank sandblasting and painting, electrical work and a building; the listed NAICS code is for building manufacturing, so most small firms will need subcontractors.
- Worth checking: Everything must be done within 120 days of award. Delivery and installation of the building, plumbing, painting and electrical work all fall inside one 120-day window.
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- Worth checking: Delivery only Monday through Thursday with 48 hours notice. Deliveries are limited to set hours and need verbal notice to the Government contact before each delivery.
- Minor: Email-only quote; bidder owns on-time arrival. Quotes go by email, and the notice says vendors are responsible for making sure they arrive on time.
- Minor: Late questions may go unanswered. Questions sent within 72 hours of the response due date are not guaranteed an answer, so ask early in ProjNet.
- Minor: Two different delivery addresses. The scope gives a delivery address in Hernando, MS and also lists a field office address in Coldwater, MS for delivery and invoices; ask the contracting officer which applies.
- Minor: E-Verify and security rules apply after award. Security awareness training is due within 30 days of award, and the E-Verify candidate list within three business days after award.
Read from the notice and 2 attachments. Show which files.
- Solicitation W912EE27QA002.pdf (read)
- Scope of Work Arkabutla Lake Water Plant Rehab and Pre-fabricated Building Installation.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Abandon the old well
- Install new plumbing: valves meeting AWWA C-509 (American Water Works Association standard), flange fittings, a 2-inch pressure reducer, a 2-inch flange master meter, a Stenner model 45MHP10 chemical pump, a 3 phase air compressor and fittings to make a working system
- Purchase, deliver and install one (1) 30'x50' prefabricated Red Iron open span metal building with 12' tall eaves, 26-gauge roof and walls, one (1) roll up door, one (1) 3'x7' walk through door, insulation, gutters, engineer's stamped drawings and a set of anchor bolt plans
- Sand blast and paint the tank with a multi-coat Tnemec system inside and out
- Install new electrical: 200-amp enclosed circuit breaker outside, 200-amp main breaker panel inside, pump control panel with motor starter, disconnect at well, six (6) LED strip lights, two (2) 55 watt outside lights with photocell, ten (10) 120V outlets and a 3 phase circuit for the air compressor
- Reconnect the existing pressure controls on the tank and remove demolished materials
- Finish delivery and installation within 120 days of award, with a one-year limited warranty from delivery
- After award: security awareness training within 30 days and an E-Verify candidate list within three business days
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP), one award; request for quote (RFQ) issued under RFO Part 12 (commercial products and services)
- Period of performance
- Delivery and installation within 120 days of award; no option periods are stated
- Place of performance
- Hernando, MS, USA (Arkabutla Lake Project)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 4, 2026, 3:00 PM Central (from the version posted Oct 21, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Email to afton.riles@usace.army.mil. Technical questions go through Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet (projnet.org) using the inquiry key in the notice.
What to include when you submit
- Send a bidding schedule with your quote
- Include the quote content the solicitation specifies; quotes without it may be removed from consideration
- Offer the full delivery: offers for less than the required delivery will not be accepted
- Give your best pricing in the first offer; the Government intends to award without discussions
- Make sure the quote arrives on time; vendors are responsible for timely arrival
- Sign and return the Standard Form 1449 (SF 1449), the commercial solicitation form, filling in blocks 12, 17, 23, 24 and 30
After award, you must have
- Use the E-Verify Program to check employee eligibility, and give the contracting officer's representative an initial list of verified candidates within three business days after award From Scope of Work Arkabutla Lake Water Plant Rehab and Pre-fabricated Building Installation.pdf:
Pre-screen candidates using E-Verify Program…
- Government approval is needed before any non-U.S. citizen works on the contract From Scope of Work Arkabutla Lake Water Plant Rehab and Pre-fabricated Building Installation.pdf:
Government Approval MUST be obtained PRIOR to…
Not in the notice text
- The evaluation factors and basis for award are in RFO 52.212-2, and the quote content the notice says to follow is not spelled out in the text read here. Check the full solicitation files on SAM.gov for both.
- The bidding schedule and any price line items are not in the text read here; check the SAM.gov files.
- Whether there is a site visit is not stated, and no wage rule (such as a Davis-Bacon wage determination) is named; ask the contracting officer.
- The date for questions is not given; the notice says only that questions within 72 hours of the response due date may not be answered.
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 332311
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to afton.riles@usace.army.mil. Technical questions go through Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet (projnet.org) using the inquiry key in the notice. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- W07V ENDIST Vicksburg, MS
- Product/service code
- 5410 · Prefabricated and Portable Buildings
- Business type
- Manufactured parts & equipment (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 332311)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 6, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 21, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (this version)Due Nov 4, 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
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