Solicitation
Massachusetts Army National Guard Tailoring & Alterations
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe Department of the Army (USPFO Activity MA ARNG) wants Army dress uniform tailoring and alterations for the Massachusetts Army National Guard under solicitation W912SV27QA001, a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA: a standing agreement for repeat orders at set prices). The Government plans several awards, to the lowest total price whose quote meets all requirements. The agreement runs a base year plus four option years, with delivery shown as Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, and fitting events at Guard sites across the state. The response due date is November 6, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
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The Department of the Army (USPFO Activity MA ARNG) wants Army dress uniform tailoring and alterations for the Massachusetts Army National Guard under solicitation W912SV27QA001, a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA: a standing agreement for repeat orders at set prices). The Government plans several awards, to the lowest total price whose quote meets all requirements. The agreement runs a base year plus four option years, with delivery shown as Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, and fitting events at Guard sites across the state. The response due date is November 6, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern.
Who can bid
- Small business: this is a total small business set-aside (NAICS 811490; the size standard is not stated in the documents)
- Active SAM.gov registration with a Unique Entity ID, shown in your quote with your company name and address
- Able to provide services, including on-site sizing events, in all four Massachusetts regions
How to submit: Email to both Marc Kerrigan (marc.j.kerrigan.civ@army.mil) and Melissa Melcher (melissa.l.melcher2.civ@army.mil). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Worth checking: On-site fitting events in all four regions. You must send staff to Guard sites anywhere in Massachusetts, on weekdays or weekends, and price all travel into a firm vendor travel line.
- Worth checking: Price unit is one job per line. Every CLIN is listed as 1 Job, while the workload estimate is 100 to 400 uniforms and 2 to 6 sizing events a year, so it is unclear what one job covers.
- Worth checking: Award goes to the lowest total price. You must price every CLIN through 4005, including four option years, and a missing price or a quote that doesn't conform can drop you out.
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- Worth checking: Wage determination covers Middlesex County towns. The attached Service Contract Act wage determination 2015-4055 Revision 37 lists the area as Middlesex County, while work may happen statewide; it lists Tailor at 22.11.
- Minor: Question deadline set in business days. Questions are due five business days before the closing date in Block 8 rather than on a stated date.
- Minor: Quality standard on defective uniforms. No more than 1 defective uniform per 50 altered uniforms per order is allowed, and defects must be fixed at no cost.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments. Show which files.
- Solicitation - W912SV27QA001.pdf (read)
- Tailoring - Alterations PWS.docx (read)
- Wage Determination - W912SV27QA001.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Alter Army Service Uniform (ASU) and Army Green Service Uniform (AGSU) coats, trousers, skirts and shirts, including sleeve, seam and hem changes and placing rank, patches, braids, stripes and bars
- Do the alterations at your own place of business, to Army Regulation 670-1 and DA Pamphlet 670-1 standards, with work free of defects
- Travel to Guard readiness centers and armories in Massachusetts for on-site sizing and fitting events, which may fall on weekdays or weekends
- Cover all four Massachusetts regions (Northeast, Southeast, Central, Western)
- Send a by-name roster with itemized alterations and costs within five business days of each sizing event
- Have completed uniforms ready for fitting and delivery within 30 days of the sizing event unless the order says otherwise
- Provide an itemized receipt for each order and invoice through Wide Area Workflow (WAWF, the DoD electronic invoicing system)
- Correct any item that does not meet Army regulations at no added cost
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with multiple awards planned; work is ordered through call orders
- Period of performance
- 1 base year (December 1, 2026 to November 30, 2027) plus four 12-month option years, ending November 30, 2031; the option to extend services allows up to 6 more months
- Place of performance
- Hanscom AFB, MA as shown in SAM.gov and the delivery address (Massachusetts Army National Guard element, 2 Randolph Rd). Alterations are done at the contractor's own place of business; fitting events are at Guard sites across Massachusetts.
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Contract vehicle
- Multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement created by this solicitation
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price: quotes are ranked by total price for all contract line items (CLINs, the priced lines of the order), then the lowest-priced quotes are checked for technical acceptability. Section M says price only.
- Offers due
- November 6, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to both Marc Kerrigan (marc.j.kerrigan.civ@army.mil) and Melissa Melcher (melissa.l.melcher2.civ@army.mil)
What they'll judge offers on
- Price: lowest total price across all CLINs, 0001 through 4005
- Technical acceptability: the quote must meet all specifications and administrative requirements in the solicitation
What to include when you submit
- Complete Standard Form 1449 (SF 1449, the form you sign and return as your offer): blocks 17a (Contractor/Offeror), 30a (signature), 30b (name and title) and 30c (date signed)
- Give unit and total pricing for every CLIN from 0001 through 4005, including the vendor travel expense lines
- Include a technical acceptability narrative confirming the items meet or exceed all specifications in the solicitation
- Acknowledge and accept the 'APPROVAL CONDITIONS' for each item
- Include your company name, address and Unique Entity ID (UEI) from SAM.gov
- Email questions to both contacts no later than five business days before the closing date; questions after that may not be answered
- Interested parties are responsible for watching SAM.gov for amendments
After award, you must have
- Employees must complete Antiterrorism Awareness (AT) Level 1 training within 30 calendar days after contract start and pass installation access background checks From Tailoring - Alterations PWS.docx:
AT Level 1 training within 30 calendar days after contract start date…
Not in the notice text
- The SF 1449 Block 8 offer due date was not shown in the text; confirm it on SAM.gov. SAM.gov's response date is used here.
- The 'APPROVAL CONDITIONS' that each quote must accept are mentioned but not listed in the text; check the solicitation on SAM.gov.
- No dollar value, BPA ceiling or minimum order is stated. The yearly estimate is 100 to 400 uniforms and 2 to 6 on-site sizing events.
- What one 'Job' covers for pricing (per garment, per order or per event).
- The Massachusetts regional map (Technical Exhibit 4) is referenced but its content was not in the text.
- How many vendors will receive BPAs is not stated beyond 'multiple vendors'.
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 811490
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to both Marc Kerrigan (marc.j.kerrigan.civ@army.mil) and Melissa Melcher (melissa.l.melcher2.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 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W7NE Uspfo Activity Ma ARNG, Devens, MA
- Product/service code
- K084 · Modification of Equipment – Clothing, Individual Equipment, and Insignia
- Business type
- Equipment repair & maintenance (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 811490)
- 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
The Massachusetts Army National Guard (MAARNG) requires tailoring and alterations of the Army Service Uniform (ASU) and Army Green Service Uniform (AGSU) for its Soldiers. Services must be performed in accordance with Army Regulation (AR) 670-1 and DA PAM 670-1. This Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) will establish a streamlined method for ordering these recurring services. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and quality control necessary, except as specified in Paragraph 3.0 as Government Furnished, to perform Army Service Uniform (ASU) and Army Green Service Uniform (AGSU) Tailoring and Alteration Services, as defined in this PWS. IMPORTANT: All quoters must read and adhere to the detailed instructions provided in the "Addendum to 52.212-1 - Instructions to Offerors" contained within the solicitation package. This addendum provides specific requirements for quote preparation, content, and submission that are essential for a quote to be considered for award. Submission and Award Information Quote Submission: All quotes must be submitted via email to both Marc Kerrigan and Melissa Melcher at the email addresses listed. Quote Deadline: The closing date and time are specified in Block 8 of the attached SF 1449. Late submissions will not be evaluated. Question Deadline: All questions must be submitted via email to both contacts no later than five (5) business days prior to the closing date. Basis for Award The Government intends to award to multiple vendors via a Blanket Purchase Agreement. The award will be made to the responsible quoters submitting the lowest total price for all CLINs, whose quote conforms to all solicitation requirements. The Government will evaluate quotes by first ranking all quotes by price. It will then evaluate the lowest-priced quotes for technical acceptability. If the lowest-priced quotes are technically acceptable and submitted by a responsible quoter, an award will be made within the limits of the Blanket Purchase Agreement. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site for any amendments to the solicitation. All interested and responsible small businesses may submit a quote,which shall be considered by the agency. Please download the attached solicitation documents for full details and instructions.