Presolicitation
NRS Ansonia & Hamden, CT Snow and Ice Removal Services
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service · Sol. 12444826Q0002
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The USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station wants snowplowing and ice removal at its Ansonia and Hamden, Connecticut sites under a firm-fixed-price award, with a base year plus four option years. It is a total small business set-aside. The statement of work was a scanned PDF that could not be read, so task details are missing.
Things to watch
- Site visit strongly encouraged. The site visit is on November 14, 2025 at 1100 ET, starting at Hamden then Ansonia (up to three hours); the text says offerors are urged and expected to attend, not that it is mandatory.
Offerors or quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed
- Draft documents and statement of work unreadable. The attachment is labeled a draft, and the statement of work was a scanned file that could not be read, so scope details, response time requirements and the due date are unknown.
- Quantities are only estimates. Event counts are estimates and payment is by actual hours worked, so revenue depends on how much snow and ice actually occurs.
Quantities shown above are estimates.
- Option years not guaranteed. The government does not have to exercise the option years, so only the base year is certain.
Items labeled as optional are not required to be exercised by the government.
- Option Year Four dates look inconsistent. Option Year Four is listed as 01 October 2029 to 31 March 2030, unlike the other option years that run to 30 September; dates are noted as approximate.
Option Year Four (4): 01 October 2029 to 31 March 2030.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. 1 not read in full.
- SOI_DRAFT_SAM_4NOV25 SNOW ANSONIA - Copy.pdf
- CT Snow Removal 2025_SOW_SAM DRAFT - Copy_Redacted.pdf: scanned PDF: no text to read
Full brief
What they want
- Snowplowing and entryway snow clearing (all entrances) at Ansonia: 20 events per year (estimate)
- Ice removal at Ansonia: 10 events per year (estimate)
- Snowplowing and entryway snow clearing (all entrances) at Hamden: 20 events per year (estimate)
- Ice removal at Hamden: 10 events per year (estimate)
- Furnish all labor, supervision, equipment, supplies and transportation
- Contract type
- Firm fixed price; one award will be made; invoicing based on actual production hours, billed in 15-minute intervals
- Period of performance
- Base year (December 2025 to 30 September 2026; seasonal period 01 December 2025 to 31 March 2026) plus four option years, each with a seasonal period ending 31 March. Dates are approximate and could change.
- Place of performance
- USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, 119 1/2 Ford Street, Ansonia, CT 06401 and 51 Mill Pond Road, Hamden, CT 06514
- How to submit
- Not stated; invoices are submitted through the IPP platform after award
What to include when you submit
- Price every line item: pricing is required for all items
- Fill in vendor name and UEI on the price schedule
- To reserve a spot on the site visit, email nathan.p.havill@usda.gov, james.anderson@usda.gov or patrick.jones2@usda.gov
You must have
- Total small business set-aside (NAICS 561730 Landscaping Services).
Not in the notice text
- Offer due date and how to submit
- Evaluation method and factors
- Statement of work details (scanned file not readable): trigger depths, response times, equipment, insurance
- Whether this draft solicitation is final
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Key facts
- Posted
- Nov 6, 2025
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- 12444826Q0002
- Agency
- Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
- Office
- USDA-FS, Csa East 9
- Set-aside
- Small Business Set Aside - Total
- NAICS
- 561730
- Product/service code
- S218
- Business type
- Facilities, janitorial & grounds
- Place of performance
- CT, 06401
- Contracting contact
- Patrick Jonespatrick.jones2@usda.gov
What similar contracts paid
5 contracts at this agency under the same NAICS code, in the same state, had activity in the last 5 years, according to USAspending.gov. Small businesses won 95% of the dollars in this market over the last 3 fiscal years.
Typical contract$11.9KMiddle half: $10.4K to $19.5K
Typical per year$10.8KValue divided by years of performance
Possible incumbent's contract endsSep 2026A similar contract in this state, ending near when this one starts
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Firm Fixed Price solicitation and award. Amplfying information included in attachments, in particuliar, SITE VISIT information.
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