Presolicitation
GRCA 318719 North Rim & Roaring Springs Rehabilitation Program
Department of the Interior · National Park Service
AI summaryPresolicitation: the National Park Service (Denver Service Center) plans to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for water, wastewater and power system construction at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The RFP is expected on or after Nov 6, 2026, and SAM.gov lists November 6, 2026, 12:00 PM Mountain as the response date. Work is firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing), over $10,000,000, with bonds required. More in the summary
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The notice looks incomplete: The RFP itself (requirements, drawings, specifications, proposal due date and submission method) has not been issued; it is expected on or after Nov 6, 2026. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Presolicitation: the National Park Service (Denver Service Center) plans to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for water, wastewater and power system construction at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The RFP is expected on or after Nov 6, 2026, and SAM.gov lists November 6, 2026, 12:00 PM Mountain as the response date. Work is firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing), over $10,000,000, with bonds required.
Who can bid
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) with a unique entity ID (UEI)
- Bid, performance and payment bonds will be required
- Capacity for work over $10,000,000 under a $45 million size standard (NAICS 237110)
How to submit: The RFP will be issued electronically on SAM.gov; submission instructions will be in the solicitation documents. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Serious: Bid, performance and payment bonds required. A small business needs a surety able to bond a project over $10,000,000 before it can bid.
- Serious: Large project over $10,000,000. The work is large and spans water, wastewater, power and fiber, and may need subcontractors or teaming.
- Worth checking: Pre-proposal conference and site visit on October 28 and 29, 2026. The Park Service holds a pre-proposal conference and site visit before the RFP is issued; the notice does not say whether attendance is required.
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- Worth checking: Long remote job: 1,460 calendar days. About four years of work at Grand Canyon National Park ties up crews and bonding capacity for a long time.
- Minor: Solicitation number and product service code differ. SAM.gov shows solicitation number 140PP027R0005 and PSC Y1NE; the attached synopsis shows 140P2027R0005 and PSC Y1NZ. Ask the contracting officer which is right.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- B01_Synopsis_PreSolitNotice__2.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Rehabilitate the Roaring Springs Pumphouse and the raw water pipeline from Roaring Springs Cave
- Build raw and finished water pipelines between the North Rim tank farm and the pumphouse
- Build a North Rim Water Treatment Plant at the Tank Farm site
- Supply treated water to inner canyon potable service locations by back feed from the plant
- Replace the North Rim sewer collection system
- Power: add diesel fuel storage and a fourth standby generator at the Power Distribution Center, and replace transformers, junction boxes and shunt reactors
- Replace overhead power to the pumphouse, underground power and fiber communications from the pumphouse to Manzanita
- Replace the defunct solar power system at Cottonwood Campground
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP)
- Period of performance
- 1,460 calendar-days from Notice to Proceed (NTP), anticipated
- Place of performance
- Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (North Rim and related inner canyon locations)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best value trade-off (the Government may pay more for a stronger offer)
- Offers due
- November 6, 2026, 12:00 PM Mountain (SAM.gov response date for this presolicitation)
- How to submit
- The RFP will be issued electronically on SAM.gov; submission instructions will be in the solicitation documents
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical
- Past Performance
- Price
What to include when you submit
- Submission instructions are not in this notice; they will be in the RFP, expected on or after Nov 6, 2026
- Be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) with a unique entity ID (UEI) to do business with the NPS
- Check SAM.gov for amendments to the synopsis or solicitation
Not in the notice text
- The RFP itself (requirements, drawings, specifications, proposal due date and submission method) has not been issued; it is expected on or after Nov 6, 2026
- Whether attending the October 28 and 29, 2026 pre-proposal conference and site visit is required, and where and when each meets
- Which wage rule applies (a Davis-Bacon wage determination: government-set minimum pay for construction workers); the notice does not say
- The proposal due date and how proposals are submitted
- Estimated contract value: only the range 'more than $10,000,000' is given
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: The RFP will be issued electronically on SAM.gov; submission instructions will be in the solicitation documents. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- SAM.gov has no description for this notice beyond its title. The work is described in its attachments, listed under Notice details.
- 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 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- National Park Service Contracting Activity, Denver, CO
- Product/service code
- Y1NE · Construction of Water Supply Facilities
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237110)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · Presolicitation (this version)Due Nov 6, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 6, 2026 · Special NoticeDate Oct 13, 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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