Presolicitation
JELA 325250 335621 - Rehabilitate Chalmette National Cemetery at Jean Lafitte N
Department of the Interior · Departmental Offices · Sol. 140PP027R0004
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The National Park Service Denver Service Center plans to issue a construction RFP to rehabilitate Chalmette National Cemetery at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Chalmette, Louisiana. Work covers grave markers, historic walls and gates, drainage, landscape and walkways. It is a pre-solicitation notice, the project is currently unfunded, and the magnitude is more than $10,000,000 over 730 calendar days.
Things to watch
- Currently unfunded. The project has no funding yet, so an award depends on money becoming available.
This is currently an unfunded requirement, with a high expectation that funding will be available.
- Large project with bonding. Magnitude is over $10 million and bid, performance and payment bonds are required, which can be hard for smaller firms to obtain.
Magnitude of Construction: More than $10,000,000;
- Set-aside conflict. The SAM.gov field says no set-aside, but the attached notice says small business set-aside; confirm in the solicitation.
Set-Aside: Small Business - Set-Aside
- Site visit expected. A pre-proposal site visit is anticipated after the RFP is issued; the notice does not say it is mandatory.
The NPS DSC anticipates a Pre-Proposal Site Visit, after issuance of the formal RFP Solicitation and prior to the
- Solicitation number and date inconsistencies. The SAM.gov number is 140PP027R0004 but the attachment says 140P2027R0004, and the attachment gives the RFP release as late October or early November 2027 although the notice is dated October 5, 2026.
issued on or after late October or early November 2027.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment.
- B01_Synopsis_Pre-Solicitation_Notice_-_JELA_325250_335621_1.pdf
Full brief
What they want
- Clean, straighten, raise, realign and replace grave markers
- Minor conservation and cleaning of monuments and historic features
- Rehabilitate gates, iron fencing and perimeter brick walls, including repointing and structural repairs
- Grading improvements and a working stormwater system to reduce flooding and subsidence
- Restore historic plantings, tree canopy, turf and landscape features
- Rehabilitate walkways, including the entrance walkway and paths at the Superintendent's Lodge
- Improve visitor access: seating, interpretive elements, circulation and parking
- Contract type
- Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP)
- Period of performance
- 730 calendar days from Notice to Proceed (NTP)
- Place of performance
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Chalmette Cemetery, Chalmette, LA
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction: more than $10,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Best value trade-off (FAR 15.101-1) considering Technical, Past Performance and Price factors
- How to submit
- Not stated yet. The RFP will be issued electronically on SAM.gov with proposal instructions.
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical
- Past Performance
- Price
What to include when you submit
- All inquiries and questions must be in writing; no verbal questions accepted
- Check SAM.gov regularly for amendments
- Contracting Officer: Carlos Garcia, carlos_garcia@ios.doi.gov
You must have
- Small business set-aside, size standard $45 million (the attached notice says so, but the SAM.gov field says no set-aside)
Set-Aside: Small Business - Set-Aside
- Bid, performance and payment bonds
Bonding: Bid, Performance and Payment Bonds will be required.
- Active SAM registration and a UEI number
are required to have an active registration in the
Not in the notice text
- Proposal due date and exact RFP release date
- Evaluation factor weights and subfactors
- Site visit date and whether it is mandatory
- Detailed drawings and specifications, which will come with the RFP
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Key facts
- Posted
- Oct 5, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- 140PP027R0004
- Agency
- Department of the Interior · Departmental Offices
- Office
- National Park Service Contracting Activity
- NAICS
- 237990
- Product/service code
- Y1PZ
- Business type
- Construction & renovation
- Contracting contact
- Garcia, Carloscarlos_garcia@ios.doi.gov7209006595
What similar contracts paid
1,066 contracts across all agencies for the same NAICS and product/service codes had activity in the last 5 years, according to USAspending.gov.
Typical contract$2.2MMiddle half: $5K to $20.1M
Typical per year$495KValue divided by years of performance
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
JELA 325250 335621 - Rehabilitate Chalmette National Cemetery at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Chalmette Cemetery located in Chalmette, LA
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