Presolicitation
Airfield Equipment Transportation and Maintenance Preparation
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe Army's Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) at Fort Drum, NY plans several small business blanket purchase agreements (BPAs: standing agreements for repeat orders) for moving and preparing broken-down airfield equipment on Fort Drum. This is a presolicitation for information only: no request for quote exists yet. Interested firms email their intent to participate with their experience and a capability statement; SAM.gov lists the response due date as October 14, 2031, 10:00 AM Eastern. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 3 of 12 attachments weren't read (TE 1 Maps.pdf, TE-7 Equipment Pics.pdf and 1 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Army's Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) at Fort Drum, NY plans several small business blanket purchase agreements (BPAs: standing agreements for repeat orders) for moving and preparing broken-down airfield equipment on Fort Drum. This is a presolicitation for information only: no request for quote exists yet. Interested firms email their intent to participate with their experience and a capability statement; SAM.gov lists the response due date as October 14, 2031, 10:00 AM Eastern.
Who can bid (4)
- Small business under NAICS 484220 (size standard $34 million); the BPAs are set aside 100% for small businesses
- Active SAM.gov registration with representations and certifications on record
- No negative past performance on record
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- Experience on at least two similar projects in the past five years
How to submit: Email stating intent to participate, with "W911S227QA006, Airfield Equipment Support Services" in the subject line (the email address is not in the text read). 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 19, 2026.
- Serious: Small businesses only. Only small businesses (size standard $34 million) can join this BPA suite, and the prime must keep subcontracting limited.
- Worth checking: Experience and capability proof go in the first email. The intent email must already carry two similar projects, a capability statement of up to four pages and pricing, even though this is called a presolicitation.
- Worth checking: Strict liability for equipment damage. You pay for any damage during hauling and handling, and the machines are heavy (up to 172,000 lbs for a full 10K fuel truck), so insurance and trailers matter.
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- Worth checking: Four-hour call-out response. You must answer a down-equipment call within four hours and start physical work by the next business day, which needs trucks and drivers on standby.
- Worth checking: Start versus finish time conflict. The capability statement must show work completed within one business day of first contact, while the performance work statement (PWS) says physical work must start by the next business day. Ask which governs.
- Worth checking: Limits on subcontracting. Under the limitations on subcontracting clause you may not pay more than 50 percent of what the Government pays for services to subcontractors that are not similarly situated small businesses.
- Worth checking: No guaranteed work. The Government commits only to orders it actually places, and work happens only on funded calls, so volume is uncertain (historical repairs vary from five (5) to 30 per year).
- Worth checking: Base access paperwork. Every worker, including subcontractors, needs a criminal history check and installation access; names and dates of birth are due before access is needed.
- Minor: Service Contract Act wages apply. A Service Contract Act wage determination (2015-5775, Jefferson County, NY) is attached, and the statement of equivalent rates lists a heavy truck driver; price labor accordingly.
- Minor: Work hours differ slightly. The PWS gives core duty hours of 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM in one place and work between 0700 and 1530 in another. Confirm the working window.
Read from the notice and 9 attachments. 3 of 12 not read. Show which files.
- W911S227QA006 Clauses-Instructions to Offerors.pdf (read)
- Attachment 1 Performance Work Statement.pdf (read)
- TE 3 - Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan.pdf (read)
- TE 4 - Installation Spill Contingency Plan (ISCP).pdf (read)
- TE 5 - Hazardous Waste Management Plan (HWMP).pdf (read)
- TE-6 EQUIPMENT LIST AND WEIGHTS.pdf (read)
- TE 2 - Forms - Ground Mishap Statement.pdf (read)
- TE 2 - Forms - App for Sponsorship.pdf (read)
- Attachment 2 Wage Determination 2015-5775 Rev 32.pdf (read)
- TE 1 Maps.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- TE-7 Equipment Pics.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
- TE-8 PRICING.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Remove attachments from broken-down airfield equipment so it can travel on installation roads
- Haul the equipment between the airfield (P-20240 Anaconda Rd) and the maintenance yard (P-4530 Tigris River Valley Rd), then reinstall the attachments
- Wash and clean each machine and its attachments to airfield standards at the Government-provided wash bay (Building P-20240), then call the contracting officer's representative (COR) for inspection
- Respond to call-outs within four (4) hours; physical work starts no later than the next business day after the response
- Handle equipment from small tractors to very heavy trucks: the equipment list runs up to 172,000 lbs for a full 10K fuel truck
- Clean up debris at the end of each workday and take non-recoverable waste off post to a permitted facility
- Bill each service separately using the pricing exhibit (TE-8); the Government pays only for services physically provided
- Expect orders only as funded BPA calls; historical repairs run from five (5) to 30 per year
- Contract type
- Blanket purchase agreement (BPA) suite with multiple small business awardees; work is ordered through funded BPA calls
- Period of performance
- BPAs are evaluated annually and may remain in place for up to five years
- Place of performance
- Fort Drum, NY (airfield at P-20240 Anaconda Rd; maintenance yard at P-4530 Tigris River Valley Rd)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Pass/fail technical review plus a fair-and-reasonable price check; every bidder that passes and has no negative past performance gets a BPA
- Offers due
- October 14, 2031, 10:00 AM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email stating intent to participate, with "W911S227QA006, Airfield Equipment Support Services" in the subject line (the email address is not in the text read)
- Page limits
- Capability statement: 4 pages maximum
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Acceptance (acceptable or unacceptable): (a) experience on at least two similar projects, (b) capability statement
- Price: TE-8 pricing, checked for fair and reasonable
- Past performance: no negative records in SAM.gov, the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) or the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS)
What to include when you submit
- Include in the email the information required in the Addendum to 52.212-1
- Send experience on at least two (2) projects within the past five (5) years, on similarly sized projects of similar scope, each with point of contact name, phone, email, dollar value and a brief description of the work
- Send a capability statement showing you can respond within four (4) hours of initial contact and complete actual work within one (1) business day of initial contact
- List the addresses of any proposed subcontractors in the capability statement
- Complete and submit the TE-8 pricing exhibit
- Have your SAM.gov registration and representations and certifications on record
After award, you must have
- Insurance certificate from the prime before work starts on the installation: New York workers' compensation, employer's liability, general liability of $500,000 per occurrence, and automobile liability From Attachment 1 Performance Work Statement.pdf:
General Liability for Bodily Injury $500,000 per occurrence…
Not in the notice text
- Attached but not read: the TE-8 pricing spreadsheet (the price schedule, corrected by Amendment 0001), the TE 1 maps (scanned) and the TE-7 equipment pictures; check them on SAM.gov for line items and quantities.
- Only the start and end of the performance work statement, the three environmental plans (TE 3, TE 4, TE 5) and the wage determination were read, so transport, trailer, permit and licensing details in the middle may be missing.
- The email address for the intent to participate is not in the text read.
- How many BPAs will be awarded and what the BPA ceiling or expected annual value is.
- What date the intent email is actually due, since the notice text gives none.
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 484220
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email stating intent to participate, with "W911S227QA006, Airfield Equipment Support Services" in the subject line (the email address is not in the text read). 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
- Presolicitation
- Office
- W6QM MICC-FT Drum, Fort Drum, NY
- Product/service code
- V112 · Transportation/Travel/Relocation – Transportation: Motor Freight
- Business type
- Transportation, logistics & vehicles (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 484220)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)SAM.gov date Oct 14, 2031
- Oct 15, 2026 · PresolicitationSAM.gov date Oct 14, 2031
- 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 read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This synopsis is for informational purposes only. This is not a request for quote and no solicitation exists. The Mission & Installation Contracting Command (MICC), Fort Drum, NY is seeking multiple Small Businesses willing to enter into a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Airfield Heavy Equipment Transportation and Maintenance Preparation on Fort Drum, NY, under North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) 484220, Specialized Freight (Except Used Goods) Trucking, Local. This suite is set-aside 100% for small business, size standard $34 million. These BPAs will be evaluated annually and may remain in place for up to five years. The Government will award BPAs off this suite IAW RFO FAR 52.212-2 as listed in “W911S227QA006 Clauses-Instructions to Offerors.” Representations and Certifications must be on record. The registration is done through the System for Award Management website for free at https://www.sam.gov. Please respond via email with intent to participate. Any correspondence relating to this synopsis should have "W911S227QA006, Airfield Equipment Support Services" notated in the subject field. Additionally, the email must include the information required in Addendum to 52.212-1 as listed in “W911S227QA006 Clauses-Instructions to Offerors.” AMENDMENT 0001 10.19.2026 Corrects TE-8 removing duplicate lines and adding the 7K fuel truck.
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