Solicitation
Facility Enhancement and Maintenance IDIQ
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
AI summarySmall businesses only: the Air Force's 628th Contracting Squadron seeks a target of two firms for a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price per item) indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ: work arrives as task orders) contract for floor covering, painting and coatings, and building repairs at Joint Base Lindsey Graham, South Carolina. Proposals are due by the response due date of November 5, 2026, 4:30 PM Eastern, with a bid bond. Past performance counts significantly more than price. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 9 of 21 attachments weren't read (Attachment 2 - Schedule B Price List.xlsx, Attachment 9 - Contract Security Handbook.pdf and 7 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Small businesses only: the Air Force's 628th Contracting Squadron seeks a target of two firms for a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price per item) indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ: work arrives as task orders) contract for floor covering, painting and coatings, and building repairs at Joint Base Lindsey Graham, South Carolina. Proposals are due by the response due date of November 5, 2026, 4:30 PM Eastern, with a bid bond. Past performance counts significantly more than price.
Who can bid (4)
- Small business under NAICS 236220 (size standard $45,000,000 in annual receipts); this is a total small business set-aside, so only small businesses can bid
- Bid guarantee with the proposal: a bid bond (SF 24) for 20% of the bid price or $3,000,000, whichever is less
- Active System for Award Management (SAM) registration
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- Past performance references: up to five relevant contracts completed within the last three years
How to submit: Electronically through DoD SAFE (https://safe.apps.mil) only. Request a drop-off link by email to both Brandon Rawlings (brandon.rawlings@us.af.mil) and Bryan Coppage (bryan.coppage.1@us.af.mil).. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (13)
From the version posted Oct 14, 2026.
- Serious: Small business set-aside only. Only small businesses can win; larger firms cannot bid.
- Serious: Bid bond due with the proposal. A bid guarantee of 20% of the bid price, up to $3,000,000, must come with the proposal; Section L asks for SF 24. The form's offer guarantee checkboxes couldn't be read; check the form on SAM.gov.
- Serious: Performance and payment bonds after award. The performance and payment bonds clause is included and item 12b shows 30 calendar days after award. The form's YES/NO box for required bonds couldn't be read; check the form on SAM.gov.
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- Serious: Only a target of two awards. The Government plans two contracts plus an on-ramp pool of up to three, so most bidders will not get a contract; the lowest-priced offers are reviewed for past performance first.
- Worth checking: Past performance counts more than price. A business with no relevant history gets a Neutral Confidence rating, and recent work (completed within 3 years) in floor covering, coatings and repairs is rated higher.
- Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wage rates apply. Construction wage rate clauses are included, with wage determinations for Orangeburg, Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester and Sumter counties; pay at least those rates and keep payroll records.
- Worth checking: Only $2,000 is guaranteed. Work comes only through task orders, and unit prices are not-to-exceed prices, so revenue is not assured.
- Worth checking: Proposal must go through DoD SAFE only. Bidders must email both contacts for a drop-off link first, links last fourteen days, and zip files are not allowed.
- Worth checking: Price schedule and sample project worksheet attached but not read. The Schedule B price list and the sample project proposal price worksheet are spreadsheets that were attached but not read, so the line items to price are not shown here.
- Minor: Site visit with every task order. After each task order the contractor visits the site with the COR and has seven days to send a cost proposal. No site visit before proposals is mentioned in the text read.
- Minor: Liquidated damages of $331 per day. If work is not finished on time, the contractor pays $331.00 for each calendar day of delay.
- Minor: Order size limits. The contractor need not honor a single-item order over $500,000 or a combination order over $1,500,000.
- Minor: Hazardous materials and asbestos rules. Hazardous materials must be registered before coming on base, flammables cannot be stored on base, and asbestos work needs accredited professionals and a written work plan.
Read from the notice and 12 attachments. 9 of 21 not read. Show which files.
- Solicitation - FA441827R0001.pdf (read)
- Attachment 1 - Statement of Work.pdf (read)
- Attachment 14 - Sample Project SOW (Floorcovering).pdf (read)
- Attachment 15 - Sample Project SOW (Protective Coating).pdf (read)
- Attachment 16 - Sample Project SOW (Misc Repairs).pdf (read)
- Attachment 19 - Instructions to Offerors (Section L).pdf (read)
- Attachment 20 - Evaluation Factors (Section M).pdf (read)
- Attachment 3 - SC20260016 Orangeburg.pdf (read)
- Attachment 4 - SC20260022 Berkeley.pdf (read)
- Attachment 5 - SC20260023 Charleston.pdf (read)
- Attachment 6 - SC20260024 Dorchester.pdf (read)
- Attachment 7 - SC20260030 Sumter.pdf (read)
- Attachment 2 - Schedule B Price List.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 9 - Contract Security Handbook.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 10 - JB CHS Approved Paint Colors.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 11 - Technical Exhibit for Base Signage.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 12 - UFC Protective Coatings and Paints.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 13 - USAF Carpet Ordering Guide.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 17 - Sample Project - AB B325 Floorplans.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 18 - Sample Project Proposal Price Worksheet.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 8 - PPQ.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Floor covering: remove and replace carpet, vinyl and luxury vinyl tile, rubber flooring and ceramic tile, including moving furniture (estimated yearly 7000 SY of carpet installed)
- Protective coatings: surface preparation, painting, sealing, signs and water blasting (estimated yearly 350000 SF of gypsum board and 200000 SF of water blasting)
- Maintenance and repairs: troubleshoot and replace "like-in-kind" heating and cooling, boilers, water heaters, electrical and plumbing; no yearly quantities are given
- Work through task orders: for each, visit the site with the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), then send a cost proposal within seven days using RSMeans pricing with the Charleston city cost factor
- Task order default times: urgent work in 5 workdays, routine work in 30 calendar days, emergencies as soon as possible
- Follow base rules: register hazardous materials in EESOH-MIS before bringing them on base, use accredited asbestos professionals, and get base passes
- Price a sample project at Building 325, Air Base Commons: about 8,028 square feet of floor covering, about 37,830 SF of water blasting plus painting, and one air handler replacement
- Contract type
- Multiple-award, firm-fixed-price IDIQ construction contract with task orders; each line is listed as 999 Each Estimated
- Period of performance
- Ordering period December 15, 2026 to December 14, 2027, plus four one-year options (through December 14, 2031) and a 6-month extension option (to June 14, 2032); total not to exceed 66 months. Task order performance periods are negotiated for each order.
- Place of performance
- Joint Base Lindsey Graham, SC and associated sites: Air Base (North Charleston), Weapons Station (Goose Creek), North Auxiliary Airfield (North) and Short Stay Recreational Facility (Moncks Corner)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Competitive best value. Past performance is significantly more important than price. Offers are first ranked by total price; past performance is then reviewed starting with the lowest-priced offers until five earn Substantial Confidence. The two lowest-priced of those get contracts and the next three form an on-ramp pool.
- Offers due
- November 5, 2026, 4:30 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Electronically through DoD SAFE (https://safe.apps.mil) only. Request a drop-off link by email to both Brandon Rawlings (brandon.rawlings@us.af.mil) and Bryan Coppage (bryan.coppage.1@us.af.mil).
- Page limits
- Past performance: no more than 3 pages per contract listed; pages over the limit are not read. Pages are 8 1/2 x 11 inches, with type no smaller than 10-point.
What they'll judge offers on
- Factor II, Past Performance (significantly more important than price): recency (completed no more than 3 years before the response date) and relevancy (Very Relevant, Relevant, Somewhat Relevant, Not Relevant), giving a confidence rating from Substantial Confidence to No Confidence; no relevant history rates Neutral Confidence
- Factor I, Price: total evaluated price from the quantities in Schedule B times the proposed unit prices; the sample project price is checked for reasonableness but is not in the total; prices are not-to-exceed
What to include when you submit
- Send two separate parts: Part I, Price Proposal, and Part II, Past Performance Information.
- Part I: complete blocks 14 through 20 of Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442, the construction solicitation and offer form) and enter unit and extended prices for every contract line item number (CLIN) in Section B.
- Part I: include a detailed sample project price proposal using Schedule B line items.
- Part I: complete the fill-ins and certifications in Sections I through K, returning Section K in full and only the fill-in pages of Sections C through I.
- Part I: include Standard Form 24 (SF 24), the bid bond.
- Part II: list no more than five of the most relevant federal or commercial contracts from the last three years, with contract number, type, customer, contract value, period of performance and contracting officer contact.
- Part II: include satisfaction information such as letters, metrics or surveys, and explain any corrective action for past substandard performance.
- Past performance that covers all three areas (floor covering, protective coating, miscellaneous repairs) is rated more favorably than work covering only one or two.
- Drop-off links are valid for fourteen (14) days; request a new link if it expires. Do not send zip or other compressed files.
- Proposals stay valid for 210 days after submission.
- A joint venture must put its signed joint venture agreement at the front of the proposal.
- Send questions by email to brandon.rawlings@us.af.mil and bryan.coppage.1@us.af.mil.
After award, you must have
- Performance and payment bonds if required, due within the calendar days after award shown in item 12b (30) From Solicitation - FA441827R0001.pdf:
52.228-15 Performance and Payment Bonds-Construction. Jun 2020…
- Base identification and vehicle passes for contractor personnel who work on the installation From Solicitation - FA441827R0001.pdf:
(a) The contractor shall obtain base identification and vehicle passes, if required, for all contractor personnel who make…
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The contracting officer expects adequate price competition. The Government targets two awards and up to three firms in an on-ramp pool.
Not in the notice text
- Part of the main solicitation and of the Statement of Work were not read (the middle of each was left out). These attachments were also not read: Attachment 2 - Schedule B Price List.xlsx, Attachment 18 - Sample Project Proposal Price Worksheet.xlsx, Attachment 8 - PPQ.pdf, Attachment 9 - Contract Security Handbook.pdf, Attachment 10 - JB CHS Approved Paint Colors.pdf, Attachment 11 - Technical Exhibit for Base Signage.pdf, Attachment 12 - UFC Protective Coatings and Paints.pdf, Attachment 13 - USAF Carpet Ordering Guide.pdf and Attachment 17 - Sample Project - AB B325 Floorplans.pdf.
- Whether a site visit is held before proposals is not stated in the text read.
- No total contract value or ceiling is stated; only a $2,000 minimum and per-order limits are given.
- Whether performance and payment bonds and an offer guarantee are required on the form: its checkboxes couldn't be read; check the SF 1442 on SAM.gov.
- The Section I through K fill-ins and certifications to return are in the solicitation pages that were not read.
- The meaning of SF 1442 item 11 (start within 30 calendar days and finish within 365 calendar days) as mandatory or negotiable couldn't be 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 236220
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Electronically through DoD SAFE (https://safe.apps.mil) only. Request a drop-off link by email to both Brandon Rawlings (brandon.rawlings@us.af.mil) and Bryan Coppage (bryan.coppage.1@us.af.mil). 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 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- FA4418 628 CONS PK, JB Lindsey Graham, SC
- Product/service code
- Z1AA · Maintenance of Office Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- 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 requirement is for a non-personal services, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide all management, labor, materials, equipment, tools, transportation, and supervision necessary for facility enhancement and maintenance at Joint Base Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, and its associated locations. The requirement includes three primary areas: 1) Floor Covering, which involves the removal and replacement of materials such as carpet, tile, and rubber flooring; 2) Protective Coatings, which includes surface preparation, painting, sealing, and water blasting; and 3) Maintenance and Repairs, covering miscellaneous "like-in-kind" replacement of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. All work will be performed via individual task orders issued in accordance with the Statement of Work. Submit all questions via email to brandon.rawlings@us.af.mil and bryan.coppage.1@us.af.mil no later than 28 October 2026.
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