Presolicitation
Snow Removal - NWS Grand Forks, ND WFO and Mayville, ND NEXRAD Office
Department of Commerce · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
AI summaryNOAA's National Weather Service wants a small business for on-call snow removal and de-icing at the Grand Forks, ND Weather Forecast Office and its NEXRAD radar office (notice 142030-27-0035). The request for quote (RFQ) won't be posted on SAM.gov: to get it, email both the contract specialist and contracting officer by November 12, 2026, 3:00 PM PT. Award is one firm-fixed-price purchase order, all-or-none, to the lowest-priced technically acceptable quote. More in the summary
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NOAA's National Weather Service wants a small business for on-call snow removal and de-icing at the Grand Forks, ND Weather Forecast Office and its NEXRAD radar office (notice 142030-27-0035). The request for quote (RFQ) won't be posted on SAM.gov: to get it, email both the contract specialist and contracting officer by November 12, 2026, 3:00 PM PT. Award is one firm-fixed-price purchase order, all-or-none, to the lowest-priced technically acceptable quote.
Who can bid
- Small business: SAM.gov lists a total small business set-aside (NAICS 561730, Landscaping Services)
How to submit: Email a written request to both the Contract Specialist and the Contracting Officer. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 28, 2026.
- Serious: Must ask to get the RFQ by November 12, 2026. The RFQ won't be posted publicly; a business that doesn't email both contacts by November 12, 2026, 3:00 PM PT may never receive it.
- Serious: Small business set-aside. SAM.gov lists a total small business set-aside, so only small businesses can be awarded.
- Worth checking: Two-hour response time. Crews and equipment must reach the sites within two hours of a call, so the business needs to be close to Grand Forks.
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- Minor: All-or-none award. You must quote both locations; one firm gets the whole order.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- On-call snow removal, clearing and de-icing, responding within two hours of a call from the Meteorologist in Charge
- Grand Forks office: plow the paved parking lot, entrance drive and dumpster access at two inches of snow (not to exceed four inches) or heavy drifting
- Grand Forks office: clear sidewalks and walkways to entries, instruments and generator and storage structures
- Grand Forks office: supply and apply landscape- and surface-safe ice melt
- NEXRAD office: plow the gravel drive and parking area at four inches (not to exceed six inches) and clear sidewalks to equipment shelters and the tower
- Contract type
- Single firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) purchase order, all-or-none, Net 30 payment
- Place of performance
- Grand Forks, ND Weather Forecast Office and the NEXRAD Office (title: Mayville, ND)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA: the cheapest quote that passes the technical check wins), pass/fail
- Offers due
- November 12, 2026, 3:00 PM PT (written request to be on the solicitation list)
- How to submit
- Email a written request to both the Contract Specialist and the Contracting Officer
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical acceptability / capability
- Past performance
- Price
What to include when you submit
- Email both the Contract Specialist and the Contracting Officer to be added to the direct solicitation list or get a copy of the RFQ
- The RFQ will be sent directly to suppliers, not posted on SAM.gov
Not in the notice text
- The contract specialist's and contracting officer's email addresses aren't in the notice text; check the contacts on SAM.gov.
- The period of performance (which winter seasons) isn't stated.
- The due date for quotes will be in the RFQ, which isn't posted.
- The NEXRAD office's address isn't given in the text.
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 561730
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email a written request to both the Contract Specialist and the Contracting Officer. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 28, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- Dept of Commerce NOAA, Seattle, WA
- Product/service code
- S218 · Housekeeping – Snow Removal/Salt
- Business type
- Facilities, janitorial & grounds (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 561730)
- 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