Solicitation
Mather Fueling System Repairs
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe Department of the Army (W071 ENDIST OMAHA) seeks a small business to design and build fuel tank and fueling area repairs at Mather, CA, under solicitation W9128F27RA045 (SAM.gov number PANNWD26P028176). It is a small business set-aside and a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) contract, with a response due date of November 20, 2026, 2:00 PM Central. Work runs 365 calendar days after notice to proceed, the lowest price among technically acceptable proposals wins, and the Government says funds are not yet available. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 23, 2026. See the latest version.
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Summary of another version of this notice: check what changed on SAM.gov. The notice looks incomplete: Most of the design-build specifications (27-R-A045-Specs.pdf, only the start and end were read) and of the Davis-Bacon wage rates in CA20260007 were left out; insurance, superintendent, security and technical scope details may be there, so read them on SAM.gov. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Department of the Army (W071 ENDIST OMAHA) seeks a small business to design and build fuel tank and fueling area repairs at Mather, CA, under solicitation W9128F27RA045 (SAM.gov number PANNWD26P028176). It is a small business set-aside and a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) contract, with a response due date of November 20, 2026, 2:00 PM Central. Work runs 365 calendar days after notice to proceed, the lowest price among technically acceptable proposals wins, and the Government says funds are not yet available.
Who can bid
- Small business under NAICS 237120; the set-aside is total small business (SAM.gov: Small Business Set Aside - Total)
- Three completed projects within the past ten years, each $1,000,000.00 or more and each including fuel dispenser repairs, small building work, fuel tank appurtenance work and remote containment or similar work, with a signed Satisfactory-or-better customer evaluation
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), which the solicitation cites as FAR 52.204-7
How to submit: Electronically to the Contract Specialist (samuel.v.obrist@usace.army.mil), following the instructions in the RFP letter, which is not among the files read. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (11)
From the version posted Oct 23, 2026.
- Serious: Small businesses only. Only small businesses can bid; a firm that is not small under NAICS 237120 is not eligible.
- Serious: Strict pass/fail project experience. Each of three projects must include every listed activity, cost $1,000,000.00 or more, be recent, and carry a signed customer evaluation; one miss makes the whole offer Unacceptable.
- Worth checking: Funds not yet available. The Government may not award until money is provided, so the timing of any award is uncertain.
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- Worth checking: Price covers design and construction. This is a design-build job, so the single price must include the design work, and the firm answers for design errors.
- Worth checking: Surety company information required. Pricing must name a surety company, but the documents read do not say whether performance and payment bonds are required, so confirm before pricing.
- Worth checking: Site visit on October 29, 2026. An organized site visit is held at 8:00 AM local time with an RSVP due 7 calendar days before it; the text does not call it required. Questions are due 14 calendar days after the visit.
- Worth checking: Liquidated damages of $1,070.00 per day. Finishing late costs $1,070.00 for each calendar day of delay, which matters on a job with a fixed 365-day period.
- Worth checking: Hazardous material option items. Options 0010 to 0012 cover petroleum-contaminated soil, lead-based and chromium paint, and asbestos; you must price them, and the Government may use them at any time.
- Worth checking: Award without discussions, failing any minimum is final. The Government intends to award on the first offers, and a proposal that misses any minimum requirement is not considered even if its price is lowest.
- Minor: Davis-Bacon wage rule applies. Davis-Bacon (federal minimum pay for construction workers) wage determination CA20260007 applies, with certified weekly payrolls submitted electronically.
- Minor: Limits on subcontracting. The clause caps what you can pay non-similar subcontractors at 85 percent for general construction or 75 percent for special trade work, and the text does not say which applies.
Read from the notice and 5 attachments. Show which files.
- Solicitation - W9128F27RA045.pdf (read)
- 27-R-A045-Specs.pdf (read)
- Mather Selection Criteria - Rev 2.pdf (read)
- RFP Drawings.pdf (read)
- Davis Bacon Wage Determinations - CA20260007.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Tank work on the 12,000-gallon jet fuel (F-24) horizontal tank: a sampling/gauging hatch, a clock-type mechanical gauge, exterior recoating, new collision barriers, a catwalk along the whole tank, and new audible and visual alarms (contract line item number (CLIN): one priced line of the order; CLIN 0001, QTY 1 Job).
- Fix the remote containment basin drainage pipe so it slopes to the drain inlet, and replace the asphalt on the northeast side of the fueling facility (CLINs 0002 and 0003, each QTY 1 Job).
- Repair the refueler parking concrete, and replace the dispenser fuel monitor with a non-coalescing filter plus a hand-pumped water draw-off system (CLINs 0004 and 0005, each QTY 1 Job).
- Replace asphalt near the truck offload area with a concrete path (CLIN 0006, QTY 1 Job).
- Supply, install and test an upgraded automatic tank gauge (ATG) system on the fuel storage tank, moving from a Veeder Root TLS-350 Plus to a TLS-450 Plus (CLIN 0007, QTY 1 Job).
- Move the generator out of the compartmentalized unit to the outside (CLIN 0008, QTY 1 Job).
- Remove the existing petroleum, oils and lubricants (POL) operations building and build a new 150 SF one of the same size and location, with heating, cooling and electrical (CLIN 0009, QTY 1 Job).
- Priced options the Government may use at any time: petroleum-contaminated soil handling, 20 Actual Tons (CLIN 0010); lead-based and chromium paint disposal, 50 Square Foot (CLIN 0011); asbestos material disposal, 50 Square Foot (CLIN 0012).
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP), design-build construction: nine priced items plus three option items
- Period of performance
- 365 calendar days after notice to proceed. The schedule assumes award on February 7, 2027, with notice to proceed about 2 weeks later. Option items do not extend the period.
- Place of performance
- Mather, CA, USA (Mather Army Aviation Support Facility)
- Estimated value
- The Government states the project's magnitude is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA): the lowest-priced offer among those rated Acceptable on every technical factor wins. Each technical factor is Acceptable or Unacceptable, with no scoring.
- Offers due
- November 20, 2026, 2:00 PM Central
- How to submit
- Electronically to the Contract Specialist (samuel.v.obrist@usace.army.mil), following the instructions in the RFP letter, which is not among the files read
- Page limits
- Each project experience example: 2 pages (attached customer evaluations do not count). All pages 8.5 x 11 inch, font no smaller than size 10.
What they'll judge offers on
- Factor 1, Project Experience Examples (Acceptable/Unacceptable): three projects, each with fuel dispenser repairs, small building demolition, construction or repairs, fuel tank appurtenance replacement or installation, and remote containment or similar work; each $1,000,000.00 or more, finished in the past ten years, with a signed customer evaluation of Satisfactory or better
- Factor 2, Proposed Contract Duration and Summary Schedule (Acceptable/Unacceptable): a Gantt chart showing Phase 1 (Preconstruction), Phase 2 (On-site Construction) and Phase 3 (Post Construction) with all milestones
- Price: total combined price for the construction, with options added to the base for evaluation; not part of the technical evaluation
What to include when you submit
- Send the technical proposal (Volume 1) and the pricing (Volume 2) as separate files, so price can be kept apart from the technical evaluation.
- Volume 1, Factor 1: three project examples, each with all four required activities, a total cost of $1,000,000.00 or more at completion, and completed within the past ten years counted from the date of the RFP.
- Attach to each project a customer evaluation (CPARS, PPIPR, PPQ or similar) signed by the customer showing Satisfactory or better, in its original form with no added comments.
- For each project give a photo, description, location, award amount, final cost, start date, original and actual finish dates, and the name, address and phone of an owner representative and one alternate not tied to your firm.
- Volume 1, Factor 2: a Gantt chart for Phases 1 to 3 within 365 calendar days, listing permits, licenses and certificates, site-specific management plans, key work breakdown activities, long-lead items (or say there are none), critical path, concurrent activities and construction sequence.
- Volume 2: complete the Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442: the form you sign and return as your offer) and put a price on every numbered item of the pricing schedule, including the three options.
- Volume 2 also needs the name, address and fax number of your financial institution, a primary and alternate finance contact, and the name, address and phone of your surety company.
- Questions go through the ProjNet Bidder Inquiry system no later than 14 calendar days after the site visit, not by email, unless the content is proprietary.
After award, you must have
- A commercially available electronic payroll system for submitting certified payrolls to the Government throughout construction From 27-R-A045-Specs.pdf:
Use a commercially available electronic system to process and submit…
Not in the notice text
- Most of the design-build specifications (27-R-A045-Specs.pdf, only the start and end were read) and of the Davis-Bacon wage rates in CA20260007 were left out; insurance, superintendent, security and technical scope details may be there, so read them on SAM.gov.
- Whether performance and payment bonds are required is not stated in the files read; pricing asks only for the name of a surety company.
- How to send offers: the instructions are in an RFP letter that is not among the files read.
- Whether the October 29, 2026 site visit is required is not stated.
- The Government's detailed technical scope (Attachment D of the specifications) and the amount of insurance required were not in the text read.
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 237120
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Electronically to the Contract Specialist (samuel.v.obrist@usace.army.mil), following the instructions in the RFP letter, which is not among the files read. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Construction contracts over $2,000 pay at least the local Davis-Bacon wage rates, from the wage determination in the solicitation. Price your labor from it: How to price a government contract, and how Davis-Bacon differs from the Service Contract Act.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W071 ENDIST Omaha, NE
- Product/service code
- Y1GC · Construction of Fuel Storage Buildings
- Business type
- Energy, fuel & utilities (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237120)
- Versions
5 versions have been posted. The newest 4 are listed, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2026 · AmendmentDue Nov 20, 2026
- Oct 23, 2026 · AmendmentDue Nov 20, 2026
- Oct 23, 2026 · AmendmentDue Nov 20, 2026
- Oct 22, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due Nov 20, 2026
- 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
Project is located in Mather, CA. Includes all work to install a sampling gauge hatch on a manway, install a clock type mechanical gauge on a manway, recoat the exterior of the tank, replace the collision barriers, add a catwalk that extends across the entirety of the tank, and replace the audible and visual alarms. o Fix the remote containment basin drainage issue. o Replace the asphalt on the NE side of the fueling facility. o Repair the refueler parking concrete. o Replace the dispenser fuel monitor with a non-coalescing filter and install a water draw off system with a hand pump. o Replace the asphalt near the loading/unloading facility with a concrete path. o Replace POL building of the same size and at the same location. o Complete supplying, installation, and testing ATG system on Fuel Storage Tank, AVGAS. o Relocate the generator that is inside the compartmentalized area.
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