Presolicitation
Flooring IDR Pre-Solicitation Notice
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
AI summaryThe Air Force's 319 CONS (contracting squadron) plans a flooring requirements contract at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, set aside for small businesses. It would be one firm-fixed-price (FFP) indefinite-delivery requirements contract with a single contractor and a 5-year ordering period. This is a presolicitation: SAM.gov's response date of October 31, 2026, 12:00 PM Central is when the solicitation is expected, and questions are due October 23, 2026 (passed). More in the summary
Advance notice of a coming solicitation, not a bid yet. If it asks for capability statements, sending one is free and puts you on Department of the Air Force's list before the solicitation is posted. See the contact
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 23, 2026. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 16, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 23, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov.
The Air Force's 319 CONS (contracting squadron) plans a flooring requirements contract at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, set aside for small businesses. It would be one firm-fixed-price (FFP) indefinite-delivery requirements contract with a single contractor and a 5-year ordering period. This is a presolicitation: SAM.gov's response date of October 31, 2026, 12:00 PM Central is when the solicitation is expected, and questions are due October 23, 2026 (passed).
Who can bid
- Small business (total small business set-aside; size standard $19 million for NAICS 238330)
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM)
How to submit: The solicitation is not yet issued; the notice gives no offer submission method. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
- Serious: Total small business set-aside. Only small businesses can bid.
- Worth checking: No guaranteed minimum. A requirements contract does not guarantee work, and the quantities in the price schedule are only the Government's best estimate.
- Minor: Questions were due Oct 23, 2026. Check the amendments for the agency's answers.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Flooring work at Grand Forks Air Force Base, ordered through task orders over a 5-year ordering period
- Task orders range from a $2,000.00 minimum to a $300,000.00 maximum per order
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price), indefinite-delivery requirements contract awarded to a single contractor
- Period of performance
- 5-year ordering period
- Place of performance
- Grand Forks AFB, ND, USA
- Estimated value
- Per task order: minimum $2,000.00, maximum $300,000.00; no total contract value is given
- Offers due
- October 31, 2026, 12:00 PM Central (from the version posted Oct 16, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- The solicitation is not yet issued; the notice gives no offer submission method
Not in the notice text
- Whether there is a site visit, and whether it is required
- Which wage rule applies, such as a Davis-Bacon wage determination (the notice does not say)
- When the solicitation will be issued, and how offers will be evaluated
- Bonding and insurance requirements
- The types of flooring work and the price schedule quantities
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 238330
- How to submit, from the AI summary: The solicitation is not yet issued; the notice gives no offer submission method. 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 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- FA4659 319 CONS PK, Grand Forks AFB, ND
- Product/service code
- 7220 · Floor Coverings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238330)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 31, 2026
- Oct 16, 2026 · Presolicitation (this version)Due Oct 31, 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 read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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