Solicitation
Coos Bay Pier Utilities
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe Army Corps of Engineers Portland District plans a small business set-aside Invitation for Bids to replace utilities (water, electrical, lighting, railings) on the pier at Coos Bay, Oregon. This is a pre-solicitation notice, so no bids are accepted yet. The final solicitation is expected around October 28, 2026, and work is planned for January to April 2027. More in the summary
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Summary of the version posted Oct 6, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 21, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov.
The Army Corps of Engineers Portland District plans a small business set-aside Invitation for Bids to replace utilities (water, electrical, lighting, railings) on the pier at Coos Bay, Oregon. This is a pre-solicitation notice, so no bids are accepted yet. The final solicitation is expected around October 28, 2026, and work is planned for January to April 2027.
Who can bid
- Small business set-aside; NAICS 237990 with a $45 million size standard
How to submit: due Bids due 30 days after the solicitation is advertised (expected on or about 28 October 2026); no response deadline is given in this notice. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
- Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wages likely apply. Federal construction over $2,000 in the U.S. pays at least the Davis-Bacon wage rates in the wage determination attached to the solicitation. This summary doesn't name one: find it on SAM.gov and price your labor from it.
- Minor: Not open for bids yet. Nothing can be submitted until the final solicitation is posted, and the government can cancel it.
- Minor: Fixed work window. Work is planned for January to April 2027, so you need crew and materials ready for that window.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Remove, replace and test about 300 feet of potable water piping, fittings, valves and a backflow preventer on shore and along the pier
- Replace two lines of about 300 feet of electrical conduit, wire, switches, junction boxes and transformers (120V, 240V, 480V)
- Replace a 600V 225A circuit breaker on shore with a 600V/400A breaker, with cabling and testing
- Remove and replace three light posts
- Replace wooden railing with plastic lumber
- Replace the life ring and the wooden steps to a floating dock
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP) construction, Invitation for Bids (IFB) W9127N27BA004
- Period of performance
- 01 January 2027 to 30 April 2027 (anticipated)
- Place of performance
- Coos Bay, OR
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction between $500,000 and $1,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Invitation for Bids (sealed bid), so award normally goes on price; the notice does not state evaluation factors
- Offers due
- Bids due 30 days after the solicitation is advertised (expected on or about 28 October 2026); no response deadline is given in this notice (from the version posted Oct 6, 2026; amended since)
What to include when you submit
- Do not send bids now; any bids received under this pre-solicitation notice will not be accepted
- Download the final solicitation when it is posted
Not in the notice text
- Final bid due date and submission method (in the final solicitation)
- Bonding and insurance requirements
- Date and details of the optional pre-bid site visit
- Required electrical or other trade licenses
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 237990
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- 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 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W071 ENDIST Portland, OR
- Product/service code
- Z2JZ · Repair or Alteration of Miscellaneous Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237990)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due Nov 23, 2026
- Oct 6, 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