Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles Annual Fire Protection System Inspection
Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Coast Guard
AI summaryThe U.S. Coast Guard (Base Seattle) wants a small business to inspect, test and maintain fire protection systems in several buildings, including an aircraft hangar, at Air Station Port Angeles, Washington (RFQ 70ZL3227Q20190001). It will be a firm-fixed-price (FFP) purchase order, one set price whatever the work costs, awarded to the lowest-priced technically acceptable quote. The response due date is November 23, 2026, 3:00 PM Pacific, by email. More in the summary
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The U.S. Coast Guard (Base Seattle) wants a small business to inspect, test and maintain fire protection systems in several buildings, including an aircraft hangar, at Air Station Port Angeles, Washington (RFQ 70ZL3227Q20190001). It will be a firm-fixed-price (FFP) purchase order, one set price whatever the work costs, awarded to the lowest-priced technically acceptable quote. The response due date is November 23, 2026, 3:00 PM Pacific, by email.
Who can bid
- Small business (100% small business set-aside)
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) before award
How to submit: Email to Patrick.R.Gittings@uscg.mil with RFQ number 70ZL3227Q20190001 in the subject line. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
From the version posted Nov 9, 2026.
- Serious: Small business set-aside. Only small businesses under the NAICS 541990 size standard can quote.
- Worth checking: Incomplete quotes are rejected. A quote missing the SF 1449 blocks, technical approach or schedule may be thrown out.
- Worth checking: No site visit. You must price the work from the documents alone, without seeing the systems.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Annual inspection, testing and maintenance of fire protection systems in multiple buildings, including an aircraft hangar
- Work to NFPA 11, NFPA 25, NFPA 70, NFPA 72 and NFPA 80 (National Fire Protection Association codes)
- All labor, equipment, material, transportation and supervision
- Performance verification and report submission within the required period of performance
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price purchase order
- Place of performance
- U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles, 1 Ediz Hook Road, Port Angeles, WA 98362
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA): the cheapest quote that meets the requirements wins
- Offers due
- November 23, 2026, 3:00 PM Pacific
- How to submit
- Email to Patrick.R.Gittings@uscg.mil with RFQ number 70ZL3227Q20190001 in the subject line
- Page limits
- Technical proposal: 2 pages
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical acceptability: technical approach and project schedule
- Price
What to include when you submit
- Complete and sign Standard Form 1449 (SF 1449), the form you sign and return as your quote: blocks 12, 17, 20, 23, 24 and 30
- Break down all costs in block 20 and put the total firm-fixed-price in block 24
- Technical approach: a step-by-step description of how you will do the work in the Scope of Work
- Project schedule: major milestones in days from the Notice to Award, ending with performance verification and report submission
- Send only what is asked: no marketing material, company brochures or generic cover letters
Not in the notice text
- The full scope of work, specifications and SF 1449 are in solicitation documents not included in this text
- The period of performance and how many systems and buildings are covered are not stated here
- Whether a Service Contract Act wage determination applies is not stated
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 541990
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to Patrick.R.Gittings@uscg.mil with RFQ number 70ZL3227Q20190001 in the subject line. 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
- Nov 9, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Base Seattle, WA
- Product/service code
- H342 · Inspection – Fire Fighting/Rescue/Safety Equipment; Environ Protect Equipment/Matls
- Business type
- Consulting & professional services (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541990)
- 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
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