Sources Sought
Float Well Pipe Repairs, Surry Mountain Dam, Surry, NH
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District (W2SD ENDIST NEW ENGLAND) is asking small businesses for capability packages for construction repairs to the float well inlet pipe and staff gauges at Surry Mountain Lake Dam in Surry, NH. This is a sources sought notice for market research. The response due date is November 23, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern. The estimated construction cost is $350,000 - $500,000. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of the Army who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District (W2SD ENDIST NEW ENGLAND) is asking small businesses for capability packages for construction repairs to the float well inlet pipe and staff gauges at Surry Mountain Lake Dam in Surry, NH. This is a sources sought notice for market research. The response due date is November 23, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern. The estimated construction cost is $350,000 - $500,000.
Who can bid
- Proof of bonding capability.
- At least two examples of comparable work performed within the last seven years (and the same recency for any team subcontractor's experience).
- Small business, 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned or Women-Owned small business interest is being gauged; NAICS 237990 size standard is $45M.
How to submit: Email to Kyle Hall, kyle.k.hall@usace.army.mil; phone (978) 318-8479. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 21, 2026.
- Serious: Proof of bonding capability required. You must show you can get a bond (a surety guarantee that the work will be finished) to respond.
- Worth checking: Work window depends on pool level. Work is assumed for July and August low pool, and rain could delay it, which affects scheduling and crew planning.
- Worth checking: Recent, specific experience needed. Experience must be from the last seven years, and subcontractor experience is held to the same limit.
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- Minor: Specialized pipe work. The work includes a coffer dam, lining a 3-inch cast iron pipe and camera inspections, which not every general contractor does.
- Minor: Schedule as written. The solicitation is planned for the Winter of 2026 with construction in the Summer of 2027.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Build a coffer dam (temporary dam) at the inlet pipe location.
- Clean the 3-inch cast iron float well pipe and install an internal liner.
- Do closed-circuit television (CCTV) inspections before and after the liner is installed.
- Repair the slash-zone pipe segment and protect and encase the external float well pipe in concrete.
- Replace weathered or damaged staff gauges: pressure treated posts with an attached enamel coated metal measuring strip.
- Period of performance
- Solicitation planned for the Winter of 2026, with construction to begin in the Summer of 2027; assumed low pool in July and August
- Place of performance
- Inlet culvert on the lake side of the Surry Mountain Dam in Surry, NH
- Estimated value
- $350,000 - $500,000 (estimated construction cost, per the notice)
- Offers due
- November 23, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to Kyle Hall, kyle.k.hall@usace.army.mil; phone (978) 318-8479
- Page limits
- Responses: limited to twenty pages
What to include when you submit
- Send a capabilities package with your business classification (for example HUBZone or small business) and qualifications and experience for the work listed.
- Include at least two specific examples of your experience with the work requirements; the projects must have been performed within the last seven years.
- Name any team subcontractors, with their prior experience and qualifications; their experience must also be within the last seven years.
- Include proof of bonding capability.
- Provide the documentation in one original form and one copy.
Not in the notice text
- Whether there is a site visit, and whether it is required; the notice does not mention one.
- Which wage rule applies (a Davis-Bacon wage determination is not mentioned).
- Which set-aside, if any, the Government will use.
- Contract type and how long the construction will take.
- Evaluation factors for the future solicitation.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
- 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 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- W2SD ENDIST New England, Concord, MA
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237990)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 23, 2026
- Oct 21, 2026 · Sources SoughtDue Nov 23, 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
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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