4 GAOA Flaming Gorge Water System Buckboard in Ashley NF, Wyoming

What they want

• Build a new raw water intake in the lake: cofferdam (a temporary dam that holds lake water back), concrete bulkhead, 8-inch HDPE casing pipe and a 75 GPM (gallons per minute) submersible pump.
• Install a precast concrete pump house with booster pumps, interior piping, an electrical transformer with phase converter, power poles and overhead service lines.
• Design and build the electrical operating system, with plans stamped by an electrical engineer licensed in Wyoming, including variable frequency drives and a SCADA system (remote monitoring and control).
• Design and build a replacement water treatment system able to treat 40 gallons per minute, with plans stamped by a Wyoming-licensed professional engineer.
• Install a 6,000 gal. Dura-Crete underground storage tank, with the earthwork, grouting and disinfection that go with it.
• Build the looped water distribution system: 2-inch HDPE pipe, valves, fire hydrant, water services, drain pipes, a booster pump and Tie-In A through L.
• Install water meters and a dock waterline at the future dock location.
• General items: mobilization, stormwater pollution prevention plan (erosion control), clearing, construction staking, flushing, pressure testing, disinfection and surface restoration.

What they'll judge offers on

• Technical Approach (rated Acceptable or Unacceptable): capability to do all the work, work to be subcontracted and the subcontractors' experience, sequencing of major tasks with timelines, and personnel and equipment with their availability
• Past Performance (rated Acceptable, Neutral or Unacceptable): three similar projects completed in the last three years
• Price: priced Schedule of Items, checked for fairness and reasonableness

What to include when you submit

• Send four documents, each as a separate Adobe PDF (the Schedule of Items may be Excel or PDF): the signed offer, the price schedule, the technical proposal and the bid guarantee.
• Offer: complete and sign Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442), the construction offer form, blocks 14, 15, 16, 17, 20a, 20b and 20c. The signer must be authorized to bind the firm.
• Acknowledge Amendments 0001 and 0002 in block 19 of the SF 1442 or separately. The amendment must be submitted with your quote.
• Price schedule: fill in the Schedule of Items with offeror? name, UEI (unique entity ID), date, point of contact name and email. Price every line item; unit prices govern if the extended totals contain an error.
• Technical proposal: explain how you will do all the requirements, the work you will subcontract (with subcontractors and their experience), sequencing of major tasks with timelines, and the personnel and equipment planned and when they are available.
• Past performance: list three projects of similar magnitude completed by the firm within the last three years, similar in nature and complexity. Federal, state, local and commercial customers all count.
• For each project give the name and location, a point of contact with phone and email, the total cost, and a short narrative with size, start date and completion or expected completion date.
• Bid guarantee: a scanned copy of the fully executed Standard Form 24 (SF 24) with its power of attorney.
• Hold your prices firm for 90 calendar days from the date quotes are due.
• Questions go on the Attachment 5 request for information form to PPS.proposals@usda.gov.

After award, you must have

• Performance and payment bonds, which protect the Government and your subcontractors, are required of the winner. From C04 SF1442 1240LT26Q0109.pdf: BID GAURANTEE, PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT…
• Minimum insurance during the work: employer's liability $100,000, general liability $500,000 per occurrence, property damage liability $1,000,000 per occurrence, and automobile liability. From C04 SF1442 1240LT26Q0109.pdf: (2) General Liability. The Contractor must have bodily injury liability insurance coverage written on…

Current contractor

No incumbent, follow-on or previous contract is named. The documents give no sources sought or competition numbers.

Not in the notice text

• Attached but not read: the Schedule of Items with quantities (C04a Attachment 1 SOI 1240LT26Q0109.xlsx), the plans (too large), the wage determination (scanned PDF) and the Amendment 0002 site visit attendance sheet (scanned PDF). Only the start and end of the specifications were read.
• The quantity of each priced line item and the plan drawings are only in the unread Schedule of Items and plans.
• The Davis-Bacon wage rates for the work are in the scanned wage determination WY20260044, which could not be read.
• Whether attending the September 24, 2026 site visit was required is not stated in the text.
• How much of the work the small business prime must self-perform under the limitations on subcontracting clause is not stated.