Solicitation
Turnout Buildings
Department of the Interior · Bureau of Reclamation · Sol. 140R4026B0002
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The Bureau of Reclamation's Four Corners Construction Office wants a contractor to build seven potable water turnout buildings and site improvements for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project in northwest New Mexico. It is a sealed-bid, fixed-price construction job with a stated size of $18 million to $23 million, to be performed from 12/16/2026 to 04/16/2029. Award goes to the lowest-priced responsible bidder that submits a proper bid guarantee.
Watch out for
- Large project with bid guarantee and bonding. At roughly $18 to $23 million, a small business needs surety capacity for a bid guarantee of up to $3 million and likely performance and payment bonds.
The amount of the bid guarantee shall be 20 percent of the bid price or $3 million, whichever is less.
- Conflicting due date and bid opening date. The notice and SF-1442 show offers due 11/10/2026 but Section M says bids open 11/12/2026, so confirm the deadline with the contracting office and bid early.
the opening of bids (Bid opening) will be held on November 12, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
- Price-only award. The lowest priced compliant bid wins, so there is no way to win on past performance or technical approach, and pricing is checked for balance.
of the appropriate bid guarantee, and is the lowest priced bid opened.
- Contractor must design the buildings and foundations. This is not build-to-print only; you need engineering support for the precast building, foundation design and geotechnical investigation.
Precast concrete building and foundation, including geotechnical investigation, foundation
- Heavy survey, submittal and payment paperwork. Payment depends on approved survey plans, quantity surveys and as-built drawings submitted with each monthly invoice, and Reclamation says many contractors have had payment disputes over this.
The Contractor is expected to provide fulltime survey support
- Strict environmental and cultural resource rules. Stormwater (SWPPP) violations must be fixed at your cost, and archaeological finds can trigger stop-work orders that delay the job.
Environmental Compliance is a very strictly enforced item.
- Tight milestones and limited outage window. Work on the lateral must finish early (by 1/1/2028), the pipeline outage is limited to 28 days, and most turnouts must be ready by 4/1/2029.
- New Mexico and Navajo Nation taxes. You must estimate New Mexico gross receipts tax and Navajo Nation tax separately, and are reimbursed only with proof of payment, so tax rates and paperwork add risk.
Navajo Nation (NN) tax may apply to the work.
- Subcontracting plan with set goals. The apparent low bidder may have to file a subcontracting plan with minimum goals such as 45.87% to small businesses, which mostly affects larger bidders.
the apparent low bidder shall submit a subcontracting plan that separately addresses subcontracting with small
Read from the notice and 9 attachments. 2 not read in full.
- Sol_140R4026B0002_Amd_0001.pdf
- Sol_140R4026B0002.pdf
- IFB_140R4026B0002_NGWSP_Turnout_Buildings.pdf
- _1_Attachment_00_00_01_NGWSP_TURNOUT_BLDGS_Specifications_20260707.pdf
- NGWSP_-_FCWR_Turnout_Buildings_Prebid__Site_Visit_-26_AUG_2026_0001.pdf
- _4_Attachment_Small_Business_Subcontracting_Plan.docx
- _3_Attachment_00_00_02A_-_Geology_Drawings_04032026.pdf
- _5_Attachment_WD_NM20260040_Heavy_-_San_Juan_County__NM.pdf
- _6_Attachment_WD_NM20260046_Building_-_San_Juan_County__NM.pdf
- Turnout_Site_Tour_Sign-in_Sheet_26_AUG_2026_0001.pdf: scanned PDF: no text to read
- _2_Attachment_00_00_02_Drawings_Combined_34x22_20260707.pdf: too large
Full brief
What they want
- Build a precast concrete turnout building and foundation at each of 7 sites, including the geotechnical investigation, foundation design and building design
- Do the sitework at each site: buried piping, valves and accessories, thrust blocks, steel fencing with a gate, gravel surfacing and drainage
- Build access roads at Coyote Canyon and Window Rock, and a low water crossing at BBN9
- Connect to the existing steel lateral (supply) pipe and the steel distribution (delivery) pipe at each site
- Install interior exposed piping and valves plus building mechanical, electrical, controls, instrumentation and security, and tie controls into the existing San Juan Lateral SCADA system
- Install fiberoptic cable from the lateral alignment to each building
- Flush, test and disinfect the installed piping, including supplying and disposing of the water
- Provide quantity surveys, as-built and final drawings, detailed submittals, quality control and environmental (SWPPP) compliance
- Contract type
- Sealed bid (IFB); firm fixed price, with lump-sum and unit-price line items in 7 price schedules (one per site)
- Period of performance
- 12/16/2026 to 04/16/2029. A pre-bid slide shows one turnout ready for service by September 1, 2028 and the others by April 1, 2029.
- Place of performance
- 7 sites in northwest New Mexico between Gallup and Shiprock (Sanostee, Newcomb, Naschitti, BBN9, Coyote Canyon, Rock Springs, Window Rock), in San Juan and McKinley counties; field office in Farmington, NM
- Estimated value
- Between $18,000,000 and $23,000,000 (the solicitation's stated project magnitude)
- How they'll choose
- Sealed bidding: award to the responsible bidder that complies with the solicitation, provides the required bid guarantee, and has the lowest price. Pricing is also checked for balance and reasonableness.
- Offers due
- 2026-11-10 at 10:00 AM Mountain Time per the notice and SF-1442. The bid opening notice in Section M says November 12, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. MST.
- How to submit
- Email to Brittney Nielson (brittney_nielson@ios.doi.gov) and Amy Loveless (amy_loveless@ios.doi.gov), or mail or hand deliver to Bureau of Reclamation, Four Corners Construction Office, Attn: Philoma Singer, 1235 La Plata Highway, Farmington, NM 87401. Bidder must confirm receipt.
What they'll judge offers on
- Lowest total bid price (price schedules 1 through 7, excluding New Mexico and Navajo Nation tax amounts)
- Valid bid guarantee
- Balanced, fair and reasonable pricing
- Responsible bidder that complies with the solicitation terms
What to include when you submit
- Complete the entire price schedule (all 7 schedules); partial bids are not considered
- Fill in the Total Bid Price (TBP) on the schedule page; it excludes New Mexico gross receipts tax and Navajo Nation tax, which are estimated separately
- Include a bid guarantee: bid bond, certified check, cashier's check, postal money order or irrevocable letter of credit
- Sign and return the SF-1442 offer section, and acknowledge Amendment 0001
- Complete the Section K representations and certifications, including the security prohibitions and exclusions representations
- If the Contracting Officer asks, the apparent low bidder must submit a small business subcontracting plan using the provided template
- Subcontractors must send quotes to prime contractors, not to the Government
- Questions were due 09/09/2026 and the site visit was held 08/26/2026; the sign-in sheet and slides are in Amendment 0001
You must have
- Bid guarantee of 20 percent of the bid price or $3 million, whichever is less, submitted by the bid deadline
The amount of the bid guarantee shall be 20 percent of the bid price or $3 million, whichever is less.
- Performance and payment bonds if required (SF-1442 item 12a); the bond amount and days after award are not visible in the text provided
The offeror agrees to furnish any required performance and payment bonds.
- Active SAM registration
52.204-7 System for Award Management – Registration (RFO Deviation) March 2026
- Full-time survey support under a registered professional land surveyor licensed in New Mexico, plus a full-time safety representative and a quality control representative
The Contractor is expected to provide fulltime survey support
- Ability to design the precast building, foundation and geotechnical work (contractor-furnished design)
Precast concrete building and foundation, including geotechnical investigation, foundation
- Pay Davis-Bacon prevailing wages for San Juan County, NM (heavy and building wage decisions are attached)
General Decision Number: NM20260040 05/18/2026
- Compliance with Clean Water Act permitting (SWPPP) and cultural resource protection during construction
Environmental Compliance is a very strictly enforced item.
- Indian Preference requirements apply (details are in clauses H.2 and H.3, which were not in the text provided)
Current contractor
None identified; this is new construction. Clause 52.236-8 warns the work may overlap with other Reclamation contracts on the project.
Not in the notice text
- Whether performance and payment bonds are required and for how many days after award (SF-1442 item 12a was blank in the text)
- Liquidated damages rate (clause F.2 is only listed in the contents)
- Indian Preference requirements and how they are applied (clauses H.2 and H.3 not in the text provided)
- Full technical specifications and drawings; most of the specifications and the combined drawings were not provided
- Remaining pages of the solicitation (Sections B to K) in the middle of the main document
- How many bid copies or what bid acceptance period is required (SF-1442 item 13)
- Which turnout must be ready by September 1, 2028 (the slide does not say)
- Correct due date: the notice and SF-1442 say 11/10/2026 but Section M says bids open 11/12/2026
- Site visit attendees (the sign-in sheet is a scanned image with no text)
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 10, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Aug 31, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- 140R4026B0002
- Agency
- Department of the Interior · Bureau of Reclamation
- Office
- Upper Colorado Regional Office
- NAICS
- 237110
- Product/service code
- Y1NE
- Business type
- Energy, fuel & utilities
- Contracting contact
- Loveless, Amyaloveless@usbr.gov8015243790
What similar contracts paid
28 contracts at this agency for the same NAICS and product/service codes had activity in the last 5 years, according to USAspending.gov. Small businesses won 16% of the dollars in this market over the last 3 fiscal years.
Typical contract$30MMiddle half: $2.2M to $69M
Typical per year$13.3MValue divided by years of performance
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
NGWSP Turnout Buildings
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