Solicitation
Solicitation - BWT Operation and Maintenance
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe Army Corps of Engineers (Mobile District, listed by SAM.gov as W074 ENDIST MOBILE) wants a contractor to run and maintain locks, dams, offices, boathouses and a floating plant (towboat and barges) on Alabama's Black Warrior-Tombigbee and Alabama River waterways. It plans one firm-fixed-price (one set price) single-award task order contract with a five-year ordering period, set aside 100% for small business. The solicitation is posted only on the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE), the Defense Department's online portal; the response due date is November 9, 2026, 9:00 AM Central. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 21, 2026. It moves the due date from Oct 16, 2026 to Nov 9, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
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The Army Corps of Engineers (Mobile District, listed by SAM.gov as W074 ENDIST MOBILE) wants a contractor to run and maintain locks, dams, offices, boathouses and a floating plant (towboat and barges) on Alabama's Black Warrior-Tombigbee and Alabama River waterways. It plans one firm-fixed-price (one set price) single-award task order contract with a five-year ordering period, set aside 100% for small business. The solicitation is posted only on the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE), the Defense Department's online portal; the response due date is November 9, 2026, 9:00 AM Central.
Who can bid
- Small business under NAICS 561210; the set-aside is 100% for small business, with average annual gross revenue (with affiliates) not over $47,000,000.00 for the past three years
- Registration in PIEE before you can download the solicitation
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 21, 2026.
- Serious: Small business set-aside only. Only small businesses under the $47,000,000.00 three-year average revenue standard for NAICS 561210 can bid.
- Serious: Solicitation is only on PIEE. You cannot read the requirements or send an offer without a PIEE account, and the solicitation will not be sent on paper.
- Worth checking: Floating plant maintenance. The contractor must maintain a towboat, crane barge and workboats, which needs marine equipment skills not found in typical facility contracts.
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- Worth checking: Work spread across 13 counties. Sites run from near Birmingham to the Mobile River, so crews, travel and equipment must cover a wide area.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Operate and maintain government-owned facilities and equipment: nine locks and dams, two resource offices, a project management office, boat houses, storage buildings and two hydroelectric generating plants
- General maintenance, custodial work, garbage removal, grass mowing, debris removal, and repair of riprap (rock) and earthen slopes
- Trades work such as carpentry, masonry, electrical, plumbing, welding and mechanical repair
- Maintain a specialized floating plant: a primary towboat, crane barge, and auxiliary workboats and barges
- Maintain roads, parking lots, trails, fences, gates, signs, campsites, picnic sites, boat ramps and navigation aids
- Store and dispose of hazardous or toxic materials such as herbicides and vehicle waste fluids
- Clerical duties at a resource office
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP) indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ: orders placed as needed) single-award task order contract (SATOC)
- Period of performance
- Five-year ordering period
- Place of performance
- Alabama, across 13 counties on the Black Warrior-Tombigbee and Alabama River systems
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 9, 2026, 9:00 AM Central (10:00 AM Eastern)
What to include when you submit
- Register in PIEE (https://piee.eb.mil) to download the solicitation
- Check the PIEE website for the solicitation posting and any changes to it
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation, including the performance work statement (PWS: the document describing the work), is on PIEE and was not read; the text shown here is only the SAM.gov summary.
- Evaluation factors, price schedule, bonding, site visit details and which wage rule applies (such as a Service Contract Act wage determination) are not stated.
- Amendment 0004 is named at the end of the text, but what it changed is not described.
- No estimated contract value is given.
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 561210
- 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
- Aug 26, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W074 ENDIST Mobile, AL
- Product/service code
- M1PA · Operation of Recreation Facilities (Non-Building)
- Business type
- Facilities, janitorial & grounds (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 561210)
- Versions
6 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2026 · Amendment 0004Due Nov 9, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 7, 2026 · Amendment 0003Due Oct 16, 2026
- Sep 17, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Oct 16, 2026
- Sep 10, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 16, 2026
- Aug 26, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due Oct 16, 2026
- Jul 9, 2026 · PresolicitationNo date on SAM.gov
- 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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