Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Granite Surface Plate Calibration and lapping - updated Docs
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryArmy Contracting Command - Rock Island (ACC-RI) wants an ISO 17025 accredited firm to inspect, calibrate and, where needed, lap (regrind flat) granite surface plates, the precision flat tables used for measuring, at Rock Island Arsenal's Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center in Illinois. The work is one base year (estimated February 2, 2027 through February 1, 2028) plus four option years. Send all required items and the signed solicitation to the point of contact by the response due date, November 9, 2026, 10:00 AM Central. More in the summary
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Summary of the version posted Oct 20, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 27, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov.
Army Contracting Command - Rock Island (ACC-RI) wants an ISO 17025 accredited firm to inspect, calibrate and, where needed, lap (regrind flat) granite surface plates, the precision flat tables used for measuring, at Rock Island Arsenal's Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center in Illinois. The work is one base year (estimated February 2, 2027 through February 1, 2028) plus four option years. Send all required items and the signed solicitation to the point of contact by the response due date, November 9, 2026, 10:00 AM Central.
Who can bid
- ISO 17025 accredited calibration vendor
- Show capability to inspect, calibrate and lap/repair the tabletops, and return the signed solicitation with all required items
- Pass installation access background checks for all employees, including subcontractors, who enter Rock Island Arsenal
How to submit: Send to the point of contact (POC): contract specialist Heather Petersen, heather.j.petersen.civ@army.mil; the procuring contracting officer is Daniel Sinnott, daniel.s.sinnott.civ@army.mil. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
- Serious: ISO 17025 accreditation required. Only a laboratory or vendor with ISO 17025 accreditation (the international calibration competence standard) can do this work, so a business without it cannot bid on its own.
- Worth checking: Incomplete offers are not considered. The offer must include every required item and the signed solicitation, or it is dropped.
- Worth checking: Work on an Army installation with background checks. Your technicians need installation access, visitor badges and background checks, and anyone bringing equipment must meet the same rules.
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- Worth checking: Start of work stated two ways. The SOW says work begins immediately after award, while the schedule gives a base year starting February 2, 2027 (estimated dates). Ask the contracting officer when work starts.
- Minor: Travel paid by Joint Travel Regulation rates. All travel must follow the JTR, so travel costs are capped at government rates and invoices must show a cost breakout.
- Minor: Security training after award. Antiterrorism Level I training and iWATCH briefings are due within 60 calendar days of award, with certificates sent to the JMTC Representative.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments. Show which files.
- Solicitation - W519TC27QA007 - updated.pdf (read)
- Attachment 0001 - Scope of Work (SOW).pdf (read)
- Attachment 0002 - QASP - Granite Surface Plates.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Inspect each granite surface plate and measure its overall and local flatness, per ASME B89.3.7 (the flatness standard for granite plates)
- Lap (regrind) the working surface back to within specification for any plate that is out of spec
- Calibrate and lap every year, per the SOW's list of plates by grade, ID and size
- Put a calibration sticker on each plate and give the JMTC Representative a Service Acceptance Report (SAR) within three business days of finishing the calibration
- Itemize parts and labor costs in the SAR and on invoices; travel is paid per the Joint Travel Regulation (JTR)
- Work 0600-1430, Monday-Friday, excluding Government holidays, unless otherwise agreed
- After award: complete Antiterrorism (AT) Level I training and iWATCH briefings for all employees within 60 calendar days
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (one set price per year), commercial services; 1 Lot per year
- Period of performance
- Base year February 2, 2027 through February 1, 2028 (estimated dates) plus four one-year options through February 1, 2032; clauses also allow extensions up to 5 years and 6 months in total
- Place of performance
- Rock Island, IL (Rock Island Arsenal - Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Not stated. The Government calculates a Total Evaluated Price from the prices proposed for the base year and each option year.
- Offers due
- November 9, 2026, 10:00 AM Central (from the version posted Oct 20, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Send to the point of contact (POC): contract specialist Heather Petersen, heather.j.petersen.civ@army.mil; the procuring contracting officer is Daniel Sinnott, daniel.s.sinnott.civ@army.mil
What they'll judge offers on
- Total Evaluated Price: fixed prices for the base year and all four option years
What to include when you submit
- Submit all requirements plus the signed solicitation to the POC before the closing date and time
- Give fixed prices for the base year and all four option years under each line item; leaving a year unpriced may get the offer rejected
- Prices go to two decimal places and are in current U.S. dollars
- Sign the concurrence at the bottom of the Scope of Work (SOW) to show you understand the requirements
- Include a document showing you can do the inspection, calibration and lapping/repair of the tabletops
- Show your Unique Entity ID and CAGE code (Commercial and Government Entity code) on the offer
Not in the notice text
- How many plates will be done each year beyond the SOW's list by grade, ID and size, and how many need lapping, is not stated.
- The solicitation text on price asks for fixed prices "including the labor rates" but the sentence is garbled; ask whether labor rates must be shown.
- The set-aside is not stated on SAM.gov, and the form's checkboxes couldn't be read; check the form on SAM.gov.
- No evaluation factors or award method beyond Total Evaluated Price are given.
- Where the plates are calibrated (on site at Rock Island Arsenal or at your lab) is not spelled out; inspection and acceptance is listed at the Rock Island destination.
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: Send to the point of contact (POC): contract specialist Heather Petersen, heather.j.petersen.civ@army.mil; the procuring contracting officer is Daniel Sinnott, daniel.s.sinnott.civ@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 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- W6QK ACC-Ri, Rock Island, IL
- Product/service code
- J049 · Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment – Maintenance and Repair Shop Equipment
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541380)
- Versions
4 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2026 · Amendment 0003Due Nov 9, 2026
- Oct 20, 2026 · Amendment 0002 (this version)Due Nov 9, 2026
- Oct 20, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 9, 2026
- Oct 15, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Nov 9, 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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