Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Janitorial Services, DeQueen Project Office
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District (Department of the Army) wants a small business to clean the DeQueen Project Office at 706 DeQueen Lake Rd, DeQueen, Arkansas. This is a 100% small business set-aside, awarded on price only to one bidder for all lines, and quotes go by email by the response due date of November 4, 2026, 10:00 AM Central. It is a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) order with a base period through October 31, 2027 and two 12-month option years. More in the summary
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District (Department of the Army) wants a small business to clean the DeQueen Project Office at 706 DeQueen Lake Rd, DeQueen, Arkansas. This is a 100% small business set-aside, awarded on price only to one bidder for all lines, and quotes go by email by the response due date of November 4, 2026, 10:00 AM Central. It is a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) order with a base period through October 31, 2027 and two 12-month option years.
Who can bid (4)
- Small business: the solicitation is a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS 561720 Janitorial Services, with a size standard of $22M.
- An active System for Award Management (SAM) registration set to All Awards when you submit your quote; without it the firm is ineligible for award.
- General liability insurance of at least $500,000 per occurrence for bodily injury; no property damage liability insurance is required.
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- Vehicle liability insurance for all vehicles used on the contract: $200,000 per person and $500,000 per occurrence for bodily injury, and $20,000 per occurrence for property damage.
How to submit: Email only, as a PDF, to brandee.m.wright@usace.army.mil. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (10)
From the version posted Oct 23, 2026.
- Serious: Small businesses only. The solicitation is a 100% small business set-aside, so firms above the $22M size standard for janitorial services should not bid.
- Serious: Active SAM registration set to All Awards required. A firm without an active SAM account set to All Awards when it submits the quote is ineligible for award. Check a SAM.gov registration.
- Worth checking: Quotes accepted by email only, as PDF. Quotes sent any other way are not accepted, so the email must carry the solicitation number and every required document.
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- Worth checking: Award on lowest total price. Award goes to one bidder for all lines on price only, and Section M lists evaluation of options, so price all base and option lines.
- Worth checking: Background checks for all workers. Each worker must be vetted before working on Government property, and the PWS asks for background investigation packages at least 15 days before contract start.
- Worth checking: Re-performance and pay deductions. Work that fails inspection must be redone, and pay can be reduced for defects, so quality control matters for a small cleaning crew.
- Worth checking: Amendment 0001 adds floor plans. Floor plans can change the cleaning scope and your price, and none appear in the documents read here; check the posted amendment.
- Minor: The site visit was Oct 22, 2026. Check the notice and its amendments for whether attendance was required, and whether another visit is offered.
- Minor: Service days and line item labels differ. Pricing lines are labeled Daily (104 Each) while the PWS says services are provided every Tuesday and Thursday; confirm the schedule with the contracting officer.
- Minor: Option 1 text names a different office. The Option 1 description says Millwood Lake Project Office area, while the other periods say DeQueen Lake Project Office; ask which governs.
Read from the notice and 2 attachments. Show which files.
- Combined Synopsis Solicitation.pdf (read)
- W9127S27QA004 Amend 0001.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Clean the office on scheduled days (the PWS says Tuesdays and Thursdays; 104 services in the base period): trash, restrooms and showers, kitchen, floors, high-touch disinfecting, dusting, and grounds policing
- Two deep cleanings a year (April and October, as scheduled by the contracting officer's representative, or COR): kitchen deep clean, windows inside and out, and power washing the building and fleet parking area
- Supply all labor, equipment, vehicles and supplies, including toilet tissue, hand towels, soap and trash liners
- Write a quality control plan and send daily quality control inspection reports to the COR each week, by 2:00 PM on Monday
- Send a monthly work schedule at least five working days before each month starts
- Send an accident prevention plan, a chemical list with safety data sheets, and proof of insurance within 2 weeks of award
- Invoice monthly by the 5th day after the end of each month
- Get workers through background checks, and control all keys and key cards issued by the Government
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP): one set price, whatever the work ends up costing. Non-personal services for commercial services, requested by request for quotation (RFQ).
- Period of performance
- Base period: date of contract award through October 31, 2027. Option Period 1: November 1, 2027 to October 31, 2028. Option Period 2: November 1, 2028 to October 31, 2029.
- Place of performance
- DeQueen Project Office, 706 DeQueen Lake Rd, DeQueen, AR 71832 (Sevier County, Arkansas)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Price only. The Government awards all lines to one bidder based on the lowest total bid.
- Offers due
- November 4, 2026, 10:00 AM Central
- How to submit
- Email only, as a PDF, to brandee.m.wright@usace.army.mil
What they'll judge offers on
- Price
What to include when you submit
- Put solicitation number W9127S27QA004 in the subject line of the email.
- Send the signed Request for Quotation cover page, which asks for your name, address, phone, email, contact person, tax identification number, UEI, CAGE code, signature and date.
- Fill in the provisions that need your answers: inverted domestic corporation representation (52.209-2), delinquent tax and felony representation (52.209-11), and small business program representations (52.219-1).
- Send the pricing schedule with unit prices and total prices: base lines 0001 (Daily, 104 Each) and 0002 (Semi Annual, 2 Each), Option 1 lines 1001 (105 Each) and 1002 (2 Each), Option 2 lines 2001 (104 Each) and 2002 (2 Each).
- Sign and return Amendment 0001 before the response due date.
After award, you must have
- Any state and federal licenses and permits the work requires; copies go to the COR within 2 weeks of award. From Combined Synopsis Solicitation.pdf:
A copy of all licenses required by state and federal regulations shall be…
- Criminal background checks for contractor and subcontractor employees before they work on Government property. Workers who need a key, have unescorted access, or work longer than 6 consecutive months also need a Tier 1 background investigation. From Combined Synopsis Solicitation.pdf:
…undergo a criminal background check prior to performing any work on Government Property.
Not in the notice text
- Whether a Service Contract Act wage determination applies: the Service Contract Labor Standards clause (52.222-41) is listed, but no wage determination appears in the documents read here.
- Floor plans: Amendment 0001 says it adds them, but none appear in the documents read here.
- Whether site visit attendance is required, and the deadline for questions.
- The Government's estimate or budget for this contract.
- The exact dates of the two yearly deep cleanings (the PWS says April and October, as scheduled by the COR).
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 561720
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email only, as a PDF, to brandee.m.wright@usace.army.mil. 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 23, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- W076 ENDIST Little Rock, AR
- Product/service code
- S201 · Housekeeping – Custodial Janitorial
- Business type
- Facilities, janitorial & grounds (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 561720)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2026 · Amendment 0002 (this version)Due Nov 4, 2026
- Oct 7, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 4, 2026
- Oct 7, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Nov 4, 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 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
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This is a non-personal services contract to provide office janitorial services for the DeQueen Project Office. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the service herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government.
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