Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
GAOA Pine Creek Vault Toilet HTNF
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
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AI summaryThe U.S. Forest Service (Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest) wants quotes only from small businesses to haul and install a government-furnished concrete vault toilet at Pine Creek Campground near Round Mountain, Nevada. An option adds removing the old toilet. The response due date is November 5, 2026, 5:00 PM Pacific; work is estimated to start July 15, 2027 and finish within 30 calendar days after notice to proceed. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 5 attachments weren't read (C04 Attachment 1 Schedule of Items.xlsx). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The U.S. Forest Service (Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest) wants quotes only from small businesses to haul and install a government-furnished concrete vault toilet at Pine Creek Campground near Round Mountain, Nevada. An option adds removing the old toilet. The response due date is November 5, 2026, 5:00 PM Pacific; work is estimated to start July 15, 2027 and finish within 30 calendar days after notice to proceed.
Who can bid (4)
- Small business: this is a total small business set-aside (North American Industry Classification System code 237990, size standard $45.0 million)
- Current contractor's license from any state or municipality, with proof sent with the technical proposal
- An on-site superintendent, named in the quote with a brief description of experience
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- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM)
How to submit: Email to PPS.Proposals@usda.gov, with the solicitation number and Mary Bosch in the subject line. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 21, 2026.
- Serious: Small businesses only. The notice is a total small business set-aside, so only firms that qualify as small under the $45.0 million size standard can win.
- Serious: Must price every item, base and option. Only one award will be made, and a quote that leaves out any line item, including the option, may be thrown out.
- Worth checking: Contractor's license and named superintendent needed with the quote. Without proof of a current license and a named superintendent with experience, the quote is not considered responsive.
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- Worth checking: Campground stays open during work. Campers will be present, so the contractor must provide signs, barricades and a traffic plan approved by the COR before any work that could interfere with access.
- Worth checking: Remote site with rough road and no utilities. The campground is reached by a dirt road, and no water, electricity or other utilities are provided, which raises cost and logistics.
- Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wage rates apply. The solicitation includes the construction wage rate clause and a wage determination for Nye County, Nevada (heavy construction), so workers must be paid at least those rates.
- Minor: No scheduled site visit. No site visit is scheduled; visiting on your own is encouraged, not required, and the contractor is responsible for pricing the site conditions.
- Minor: Gravel base depth differs within the specifications. One section calls for a 2-inch gravel leveling course under the vault and another for a 6-inch layer of gravel. Ask the contracting officer which governs.
- Minor: Explosives allowed in one section, banned in another. The vault installation section allows excavation using explosives, but the earthwork section says not to use them. Ask the contracting officer which governs.
Read from the notice and 4 attachments. 1 of 5 not read. Show which files.
- C04 127EAX27Q0009 1442 with Clauses and Provisions Revised.pdf (read)
- C04 Attachment 2 Statement of Work and Specification.docx (read)
- C04 Attachment 3 Combined Maps Revised.pdf (read)
- C04 Attachment 4 Wage Determination NV2026-0074 07-30-2026 Heavy Nye County NV.txt (read)
- C04 Attachment 1 Schedule of Items.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Base item: transport the government-furnished single CXT concrete vault toilet from the Forest Service warehouse in Austin, NV, then excavate, install, backfill and grade at Pine Creek Campground
- Option 1: demolish and dispose of the existing toilet, fill the remaining hole and recontour to match the surroundings
- Coordinate delivery dates and times of the toilet with the Government and the manufacturer, and be on site at delivery to backfill right after it is set
- Place a leveled gravel base under the vault and finish-grade, then clean up the site and dispose of waste at an approved landfill
- Keep the campground open to campers during construction, with signs, barricades and a traffic plan approved by the contracting officer's representative (COR)
- Pressure-wash equipment before it enters National Forest System lands and protect streams during work
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) purchase order for the base item, plus Option 1 if funds are available. Request for quotation (RFQ) under FAR Part 12.
- Period of performance
- Estimated start date July 15, 2027; all work completed within 30 calendar days after notice to proceed; work must start within 10 calendar days after notice to proceed
- Place of performance
- Pine Creek Campground near Round Mountain, Nevada (Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest); SAM.gov lists Sparks, NV
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA): the lowest-priced quote is checked first for technical acceptability and past performance.
- Offers due
- November 5, 2026, 5:00 PM Pacific (8:00 PM Eastern)
- How to submit
- Email to PPS.Proposals@usda.gov, with the solicitation number and Mary Bosch in the subject line
What they'll judge offers on
- Price: base item and option item priced on the Schedule of Items, evaluated together
- Technical acceptability (acceptable or unacceptable): technical approach, schedule of work, current contractor's license, and on-site superintendent's name and experience
- Past performance (acceptable or neutral needed): at least two references for similar work
What to include when you submit
- Send four separate Adobe PDF documents: the signed offer, the price proposal, the technical proposal and the past performance references.
- Complete and sign the Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442, the construction solicitation and offer form): blocks 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20a, 20b and 20c. Acknowledge any amendments in block 19.
- Price proposal: price every item on Attachment 1 Schedule of Items, base and option, on individual line items.
- Technical proposal: technical approach and schedule of work, with the date you propose to begin and the date you propose to finish.
- Include proof of a current contractor's license (from any state or municipality) with the technical proposal.
- Include the name and brief experience of the on-site superintendent.
- Past performance: give at least two references for similar-scope and similar-scale contract work.
- Hold your prices firm for 90 calendar days from the date offers are due.
- Send questions by email to Mary.Bosch@usda.gov with the solicitation name and number in the subject line.
After award, you must have
- Get any permits required by county, state or federal law From C04 Attachment 2 Statement of Work and Specification.docx:
Permits required by County, State, or Federal laws or regulations shall be obtained by the Contractor…
Not in the notice text
- Attachment 1 Schedule of Items (C04 Attachment 1 Schedule of Items.xlsx) is attached but not read. It holds the priced line items, quantities and units that quotes must follow.
- Whether performance and payment bonds are required is not clear from the text; the form's bond boxes could not be read, so check the solicitation form on SAM.gov.
- The earthwork quantities and the exact size of the vault are not given in the documents read.
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 to submit, from the AI summary: Email to PPS.Proposals@usda.gov, with the solicitation number and Mary Bosch in the subject line. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- 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 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Sparks, NV
- Product/service code
- Z1PA · Maintenance of Recreation Facilities (Non-Building)
- 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
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 127EAX27Q0009 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for GAOA Pine Creek Vault Toilet This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns. The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 237990. The small business size standard is $45.0 million This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency.
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