Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Fenn Ranger Station roofing replacement
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
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AI summaryThe U.S. Forest Service (Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests) wants a small business to replace the cedar shake roofs on the Fenn Bunkhouse and Fenn Cookhouse at the Fenn Ranger Station near Kooskia, Idaho. This is a total small business set-aside request for quotation (RFQ: a request for price quotes), planned as one firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) award. The response due date is November 5, 2026, 3:00 PM Mountain, and the solicitation states the project size is between $100,000 and $250,000. More in the summary
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The U.S. Forest Service (Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests) wants a small business to replace the cedar shake roofs on the Fenn Bunkhouse and Fenn Cookhouse at the Fenn Ranger Station near Kooskia, Idaho. This is a total small business set-aside request for quotation (RFQ: a request for price quotes), planned as one firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) award. The response due date is November 5, 2026, 3:00 PM Mountain, and the solicitation states the project size is between $100,000 and $250,000.
Who can bid
- Small business: the notice is a total small business set-aside under NAICS 238160 (size standard $19M).
- Payment bond for 100% of the original contract price; performance bond if the quote is over $150,000. Bonds are due 10 days after award. A letter of credit or Standard Form 25A and 25 forms are allowed.
- Active System for Award Management (SAM.gov) registration; the price schedule asks for the firm's UEI (unique entity ID).
How to submit: Email to john.curry@usda.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (11)
From the version posted Oct 15, 2026.
- Serious: Bonds required. A payment bond for the full price, and a performance bond if the quote is over $150,000, are due 10 days after award; a small business needs a surety or letter of credit ready.
- Worth checking: Evaluation method differs between documents. The main document says the highest technically rated quote wins with no tradeoffs; the Statement of Work lists other factors that are about equal to price. Ask the contracting officer which governs.
- Worth checking: Cookhouse lines called option in one place and base in another. The order form labels the Cookhouse lines 0006 to 0010 as option line items, but the price schedule calls the Cookhouse base work. The notice also says all items must be priced.
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- Worth checking: Questions deadline month is missing. The text gives questions as due "29, 2026" at 12:00 PM Mountain Time with no month, so the deadline cannot be confirmed from the text; ask the contracting officer.
- Worth checking: Site visit by appointment; no date given. A site visit is arranged by contacting Sydney Schoth. The text does not say a site visit is required or give a date.
- Worth checking: Bat protection work window differs. The demolition specification says to work outside May through September, while the Statement of Work allows September to June and says to tarp the buildings if work runs into May or June to September.
- Worth checking: Five past performance references required. Five references from the last five years are required; a business with none must say so and gets a neutral rating.
- Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wage rates apply. This is construction, so Davis-Bacon wage rates apply; a wage determination for Idaho is attached as Attachment 6.
- Minor: Rough carpentry payment is not guaranteed. Sheathing repair is paid only for approved actual quantities, so the 3.15 SQ and 3.45 SQ quantities may not be paid in full.
- Minor: Historic building and hand-nailing. Both buildings are historic; hand-nailing of cedar shingles and in-kind materials are required, and shingles must be 16 inch No. 1 Red Cedar Premium Grade.
- Minor: Solicitation number written three ways. The documents print the number as 1240LU26Q0130, 1240LU26Q130 and 1240LU26XQ0130; use the SAM.gov number 1240LU26Q0130.
Read from the notice and 7 attachments. Show which files.
- 1240LU26Q0130 Fenn RS roofing.pdf (read)
- Attachment 3 -Fenn Statement of Work.pdf (read)
- Attachment 5 -Supplemental Specifications.pdf (read)
- Attachment 2 -Fenn Schedule of items.pdf (read)
- Attachment 7 -Experience Questionnaire.pdf (read)
- Attachment 4 -FennRoofing drawings.pdf (read)
- Attachment 6 - Wage determinations id2.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Fenn Bunkhouse (contract line item numbers, CLINs: priced lines of the order, 0001 to 0005): mobilization 1 LS (lump sum), selective demolition 1 LS, roof replacement 1 LS, rough carpentry 3.15 SQ (a roofing square, 100 square feet), historic galvanized gutters and down spouts 1 LS.
- Fenn Cookhouse (CLINs 0006 to 0010): mobilization 1 LS, selective demolition 1 LS, roof replacement 1 LS, rough carpentry 3.45 SQ, and gutters 1 LS. The order form calls these option lines; the price schedule calls most of them base.
- Remove the old roofing and replace it with 16-inch No. 1 Red Cedar shingles, with ice and water shield, Cedar Breather, zinc strips, flashing, fascia and ridge caps. Shingles must be hand-nailed.
- Both buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places. Use in-kind materials, protect other parts of the buildings, and keep the attics sealed so bats and wildlife cannot enter.
- Install 12 permanent roof fall-protection anchor points in total (three per side) and dispose of old roofing off Forest Service land at the contractor's cost.
- Repair rotten roof sheathing only with the Contracting Officer's approval; payment for that rough carpentry is not guaranteed.
- Give a written guarantee: 10 years against defective roofing materials, plus 1 year of repairs to keep the roof watertight.
- Furnish a payment bond (and a performance bond for quotes over $150,000) after award.
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP); one award
- Period of performance
- Period of performance November 13, 2026 to November 15, 2027 (Statement of Work). The form says begin within 10 calendar days after notice to proceed and finish within 365 calendar days. Work period is September to June.
- Place of performance
- Fenn Ranger Station, Selway Rd, Kooskia, ID 83539 (Idaho County, Idaho)
- Estimated value
- Project magnitude stated as between $100,000 and $250,000
- How they'll choose
- Best value, no tradeoffs: the highest technically rated quote wins if its price is fair and reasonable and its past performance is acceptable or neutral. The Statement of Work lists different factors (see red flags).
- Offers due
- November 5, 2026, 3:00 PM Mountain
- How to submit
- Email to john.curry@usda.gov
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Approach: a sound, compliant approach that meets all requirements and shows understanding of them
- Price: pricing for every line item; judged fair and reasonable
- Past Performance: recency, relevancy and quality of five references from the last five years; acceptable or neutral is required
- Statement of Work section 9.0 lists instead: Past Performance; Proposed Schedule (task dates, public and personnel safety plan, material sources); Experience in Similar Work (cedar shingle roofing, subcontractors). These are called about equal to price.
What to include when you submit
- Send Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442: the construction solicitation, offer and award form) with blocks 14 to 20c completed.
- Send the Price Schedule (Attachment 2). Price every line item; quote to the nearest cent. Failure to price all items may exclude the quote.
- Send the Past Performance/Experience Questionnaire (Attachment 7) and Past Performance Information Sheets for five relevant contracts (references) completed within the preceding five years.
- If no relevant contracts exist, list the five most recent contracts completed in the last five years; if there is no past performance history, say so.
- Send a written technical approach as requested in the Statement of Work, with material data sheets, product literature and other technical documents.
- The Statement of Work asks the schedule to show start and completion dates for each major task, a basic plan for public and personnel safety, and material sources.
- Describe the firm's cedar shingle roofing experience and name any subcontractors with their licenses, certifications and experience.
- Hold quoted prices firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers.
After award, you must have
- Davis-Bacon Act (federal minimum wages for construction workers): pay the attached wage determination rates (Attachment 6, Idaho). From 1240LU26Q0130 Fenn RS roofing.pdf:
52.222-6 Construction Wage Rate Requirements…
- Written guarantee: 10 years against defective roofing materials and 1 year of repairs to keep the roof watertight, counted from acceptance. From Attachment 5 -Supplemental Specifications.pdf:
Furnish a guarantee-warranty in writing against a defective roofing materials for at…
Not in the notice text
- The month of the questions deadline (the text says "29, 2026", 12:00 PM Mountain Time) is not given.
- Site visit dates are not given; visits are arranged by contacting Sydney Schoth (the notice prints the email as Sydeny.Schoth@usda.gov).
- Whether the Cookhouse lines are base work or options is unclear.
- Which evaluation factors apply (the main document and the Statement of Work list different ones).
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 238160
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to john.curry@usda.gov. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- 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 15, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Nez Perce-Clearwater NFS, Grangeville, ID
- Product/service code
- Z2FA · Repair or Alteration of Family Housing Facilities
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238160)
- 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
Nez Perce Clearwater National Forest Fenn Ranger Station cedar shake roof replacement
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