Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Breathing Air Systems Services for Fire Emergency Services at EAFB and P42
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
AI summaryThe Department of the Air Force wants one five-year basic ordering agreement (BOA: set terms, with work ordered through separate task orders) for breathing air compressor service for the fire departments at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) and Air Force Plant 42 (P42), California. Work is yearly maintenance, quarterly air sampling and on-call repairs of Bauer and Stallion Centaur compressors. Open to all businesses (no set-aside); the response due date is November 18, 2026, 12:00 PM Pacific (3:00 PM Eastern). More in the summary
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The Department of the Air Force wants one five-year basic ordering agreement (BOA: set terms, with work ordered through separate task orders) for breathing air compressor service for the fire departments at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) and Air Force Plant 42 (P42), California. Work is yearly maintenance, quarterly air sampling and on-call repairs of Bauer and Stallion Centaur compressors. Open to all businesses (no set-aside); the response due date is November 18, 2026, 12:00 PM Pacific (3:00 PM Eastern).
Who can bid (5)
- Technicians trained or certified by both manufacturers (Bauer and Stallion/Centaur), shown by training certificates or OEM authorization letters; quotes that do not show this will not be considered further
- All work done by an authorized and certified air compressor technician
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov); the solicitation includes FAR 52.204-7 and invoices go through Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF)
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- CMMC Level 1 self-assessment posted in SPRS, if you will handle Federal Contract Information
- Safety and Health Plan with a site safety checklist; the SOW says both before award and 10 days after award
How to submit: Electronically; the notice does not give a submission address (the two contract specialists' email addresses are given for questions). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (12)
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Serious: Technicians certified on both Bauer and Stallion equipment. A quote that cannot show manufacturer-trained or authorized technicians for both brands is dropped; teaming is allowed, so a partner's certificates can fill a gap.
- Serious: Fast response at two sites. You must acknowledge in 2 hours and be on site in 24 hours for urgent failures at Edwards and Plant 42; a weak plan for both locations removes your quote.
- Worth checking: Where to send the quote is not stated. The notice says quotes go in electronically but names no address; the email addresses given are for questions. Ask the contract specialists before the question deadline.
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- Worth checking: Low ceiling for a five-year agreement. The whole agreement is capped at $85,000 over five years, and the Government must order only what it needs, so total revenue may be small.
- Worth checking: Safety and Health Plan timing conflicts. The SOW says the plan is accepted before award in one paragraph and due 10 days after award in another; ask the contracting officer which applies.
- Worth checking: No repair work or payment without a signed task order. Verbal approval from the Fire Chief or the COR is not recognized, so starting an urgent repair early can leave you unpaid.
- Worth checking: Price lines and quantities are unclear. The quarterly sampling lines give no count, the labor-hour lines show a unit of 1 hour, and the repair parts line is a not-to-exceed with no amount; ask how to price them.
- Worth checking: Cybersecurity self-assessment may be needed. If you will handle Federal Contract Information, you need a CMMC Level 1 self-assessment posted in SPRS, which takes a PIEE account with the right role.
- Minor: Questions due October 26, 2026. Written questions go to the two contracting contacts by 2:00 PM PDT; answers are planned by amendment on or about October 30, 2026.
- Minor: Price list attachment not found. The agreement points to an Attachment 2 Price List, but Attachment 2 is the Kern wage determination and no price list is attached; ask for it or price in your own format.
- Minor: Service Contract Act wage rules apply. Two wage determinations are attached (Kern County and Los Angeles County); the solicitation does not say which applies to which site, so price labor to the required wages.
- Minor: Base access lead time. Staff need base access paperwork at least 10 business days ahead, and flightline access may need a Government escort.
Read from the notice and 6 attachments. Show which files.
- Solicitation - FA930127Q0003.pdf (read)
- Attachment 1 - Statement of Work (SOW) Breathing Air Systems Maintenance Repair Sampling.pdf (read)
- Attachment 4 - Past Performance Questionaire.pdf (read)
- Attachment 5 -PIEE CMMC Level 1 Help Guide.pdf (read)
- Attachment 2 - Kern Wage Determination.pdf (read)
- Attachment 3 - Los Angeles Wage Determination.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Yearly preventive maintenance on a Stallion Centaur and a Bauer TCOM-26 compressor at Edwards AFB, and a Bauer DOTR26-WRAF at Plant 42; one maintenance per system each year, five in total
- Quarterly breathing air samples on each system, meeting the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1989 breathing air standard and OSHA 1910.134; samples tested by an approved company
- Unscheduled repairs and emergency service on all three systems: acknowledge a call within 2 hours and be on site within 24 hours for mission-critical or flight-line failures
- For routine failures, acknowledge within 4 hours and be on site within 48 hours
- Send the Contracting Officer and the Government point of contact an itemized written estimate within 24 hours after the diagnostic visit; no repair work or parts orders until a signed task order
- Price parts as a fixed percentage discount off the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) list price, and labor at two hourly rates
- Send a Safety and Health Plan with a site safety checklist, and follow base access and security rules
- Major overhauls (complete teardown and rebuild of the core compressor block) are out of scope and bought separately
- Contract type
- Basic ordering agreement with firm-fixed-price (one set price) task orders; the repair parts line is an undefinitized not-to-exceed line (price not yet set)
- Period of performance
- Orders may be placed for 5 years after the agreement starts; start and end dates are listed as TBD (to be determined)
- Place of performance
- Edwards AFB Fire Station 1 (Bldg. 1223, 145 Flightline Road) and Fire Station 4 (Bldg. 8370 AFRL, 201 N. Saturn Blvd.), Edwards, CA 93524; Plant 42 Fire Station (Bldg. 553D, 2503 E. Avenue P), Palmdale, CA 93550
- Estimated value
- Agreement ceiling of $85,000 over five years; no single order may exceed $85,000
- How they'll choose
- Best value by comparing quotes directly to each other, with no ratings. The Government may pay more for a quote that is better overall and may award without discussions. Order of importance is not stated.
- Offers due
- November 18, 2026, 12:00 PM Pacific (3:00 PM Eastern)
- How to submit
- Electronically; the notice does not give a submission address (the two contract specialists' email addresses are given for questions)
- Page limits
- Technical Capability volume: 8 pages plus attachments; Past Performance volume: 4 pages plus references; material over the limits will not be evaluated
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Capability: (a) strength of manufacturer-trained or certified technician coverage for both Bauer and Stallion/Centaur, (b) credibility of the response plan for both locations, (c) processes that keep system performance and life-safety certifications
- Past Performance: relevance and quality of recent similar work; no relevant history is treated as neutral
- Price: fixed annual maintenance and sampling price, the two hourly labor rates and the parts discount, judged for fairness and reasonableness
What to include when you submit
- Send one electronic PDF package holding three volumes: Volume 1 Technical Capability, Volume 2 Past Performance, Volume 3 Price
- Volume 1: describe your ability to do the full Statement of Work (SOW) at both Edwards AFB and Plant 42
- Volume 1 attachments (outside the 8 pages): a named list of technicians with current manufacturer training certificates or OEM authorization letters covering Bauer and Stallion/Centaur equipment
- Teaming is permitted; include certificates for all team members
- Volume 1 attachments: your plan for meeting the SOW response times at both locations, with primary staging location(s) and backup capacity
- Volume 1 attachments: a brief description of diagnostic equipment, parts supply process and quality-control measures
- Volume 2: up to three examples of similar high-pressure breathing-air compressor maintenance or repair done within the last five years for fire or life-safety customers
- Volume 2 for each example: customer name and point of contact, contract or order number, period of performance, approximate value and a short description; add any performance assessments (the Past Performance Questionnaire may be used)
- Volume 3: your fixed annual price for scheduled maintenance and quarterly air sampling covering all three systems at both sites
- Volume 3: fully burdened hourly rates for Certified Breathing Air Technician, regular time and overtime/emergency call-out
- Volume 3: a fixed percentage discount off the current OEM published list price for replacement parts; do not submit OEM price lists or a total evaluated price
- Complete the offeror blocks (12, 17, 23, 24 and 30) of the Standard Form 1449 (SF 1449), the commercial solicitation and order form, and any representation fill-ins
- If you will handle Federal Contract Information, complete a Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 1 self-assessment and post it in the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS)
After award, you must have
- Base access paperwork for your staff sent to the contracting officer's representative (COR) ahead of each need for access; staff must clear the Visitor Control Center and meet REAL ID rules From Attachment 1 - Statement of Work (SOW) Breathing Air Systems Maintenance Repair Sampling.pdf:
…no later than ten (10) business days prior…
Current contractor
No incumbent is named, and the documents give no market research or competition numbers.
Not in the notice text
- Where to send the quote is not stated in the notice or the solicitation
- The start and end dates of the agreement are listed as TBD
- Quarterly sampling quantities and the unit for the labor-hour lines are not spelled out
- Whether a site visit is offered is not stated; the SOW only says the work is done at the three fire stations
- Which wage determination (Kern or Los Angeles) applies to which site is not stated
- The Price List attachment named in the agreement is not among the attachments
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside, but the notice names requirements you must meet before you can bid:
- The notice mentions CMMC, the Defense Department's cybersecurity certification. Check the level it asks for.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Electronically; the notice does not give a submission address (the two contract specialists' email addresses are given for questions). 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 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- FA9301 AFTC PZIO, Edwards AFB, CA
- Product/service code
- J042 · Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equip – Fire Fighting/Rescue/Safety Equip; Environ Protect Equip/Matls
- Business type
- Equipment repair & maintenance (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 811310)
- 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
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Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services under RFO Part 12. This notice, together with all attached documents, constitutes the complete solicitation. Quotes are requested; a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number FA930127Q0003 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The Government intends to establish a single Basic Ordering Agreement for commercial annual preventive maintenance, unscheduled emergency repair, and certified quarterly air quality sampling services on high-pressure breathing air compressor systems (Bauer TCOM-26, Bauer DOTR26-WRAF, and Stallion Centaur) supporting Fire Emergency Services at Edwards AFB, CA and Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, CA. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items necessary to perform the services in the attached Statement of Work. NAICS 811310 / Size Standard $12.5 Million. This acquisition is Full and Open Competition. Award will be made to the responsible offeror whose quote provides the best value after comparative evaluation of Technical Capability, Past Performance, and Price. No formal adjectival or numerical ratings will be assigned. Full quote preparation instructions and evaluation factors are contained in Sections L and M of the solicitation. All questions must be submitted in writing to christopher.barnes.50@us.af.mil and alexia.del_real@us.af.mil no later than 1400 PDT on 26 October 2026. The Government intends to post consolidated answers by amendment on or about 30 October 2026. Late questions may not be answered. Offerors that will handle Federal Contract Information must complete a CMMC Level 1 self-assessment in accordance with R-DFARS 252.204-7021 and the attached guidance, and post the assessment in SPRS. Quotes must be submitted electronically by the date and time stated in the solicitation. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions.
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