Solicitation
Fort Leonard Wood BASOPS Solicitation
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe Army (MICC-FDO Fort Sam Houston contracting office) is buying base operations support services (BASOPS: day-to-day upkeep of an installation) for Fort Leonard Wood. The contract is set aside for 8(a) firms, small businesses in the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program. The response due date is November 9, 2026, 2:00 PM Central. More in the summary
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The Army (MICC-FDO Fort Sam Houston contracting office) is buying base operations support services (BASOPS: day-to-day upkeep of an installation) for Fort Leonard Wood. The contract is set aside for 8(a) firms, small businesses in the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program. The response due date is November 9, 2026, 2:00 PM Central.
Who can bid
- 8(a) program participation: the contract is an 8(a) small business set-aside
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 15, 2026.
- Serious: Only 8(a) firms can bid. A business that is not in the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program cannot win this contract.
- Worth checking: Contractor buys all repair parts. Parts for every preventive and demand maintenance order come out of the contractor's price under a fixed-price contract, so repair volume is a cost risk.
- Worth checking: Real Property Inventory still to be attached by amendment. Revision 0001 attaches the inventory for reference, and it will be officially attached by an amendment issued with the Q&A, so the size of the job may change.
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- Worth checking: Full requirements are in the PWS attachment. The notice text only lists the six functional areas and points to the Annex A Overarching PWS for the rest.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Perform base operations maintenance and support services under the performance work statement (PWS: the buyer's description of the work), Annex A Overarching PWS
- Cover six functional areas: Grounds Maintenance, Pavement Clearance (Snow, Ice, and Sand Removal), Facility Maintenance, Facility Maintenance - Horizontal, Heating and Cooling Services, and Army Cemetery
- Provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials and supervision
- Provide all parts for Preventive Maintenance Orders (PMOs) and all repair parts for Demand Maintenance Orders (DMOs)
- Meet the standards in the PWS
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP): one set price, whatever the work ends up costing; non-personal services, so the Government does not supervise the contractor's workers
- Place of performance
- MO
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 9, 2026, 2:00 PM Central
Not in the notice text
- The Annex A Overarching PWS and the Real Property Inventory are attached and were not read, so workload, staffing needs and standards are not known.
- The period of performance (base and option periods) is not stated.
- How to submit an offer and how offers will be evaluated are not stated in the notice text.
- The estimated value is not stated.
- The place of performance is given only as MO.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Only firms in SBA's 8(a) program can bid as the prime contractor. Not in the 8(a) program? How the 8(a) program works. More open 8(a) set-asides under NAICS 561210
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 15, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W6QM MICC-FDO FT Sam Houston, Fort Sam Houston, TX
- Product/service code
- S216 · Housekeeping – Facilities Operations Support
- Business type
- Facilities, janitorial & grounds (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 561210)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 15, 2026 · Amendment 0002 (this version)Due Nov 9, 2026
- Oct 6, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 9, 2026
- Sep 24, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 9, 2026
- Related notices
Other notices that name this solicitation, or that this one names.
- Base operations support services at Fort Leonard Wood and Lake of the Ozarks Army Recreation Area (LORA). · W5168W25RA006Posted earlier Nov 24, 2025
- 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
- Open 8(a) set-aside contracts
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, 8(a) program, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Revision 0001: This revision attaches the Real Property Inventory for contractor reference. The inventory will be officially attached to the solicitation via an amendment at the same time as the amendment for the Q&A. The contractor shall perform the BASOPS work in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS), herein identified as Annex A Overarching PWS.Requirements: The Government will issue a Firm Fixed Price (FFP), non-personal services contract as defined under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 561210- Facilities Support Services to provide Base Operations Maintenance and Support Services (BASOPS), which include six (6) functional areas covered under this PWS: Grounds Maintenance, Pavement Clearance (Snow, Ice, and Sand Removal), Facility Maintenance, Facility Maintenance - Horizontal, Heating and Cooling Services, and Army Cemetery. The Government will not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers. The Contractor shall perform to the standards specified in this Performance Work Statement (PWS). Contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary as defined in this PWS. The Contractor is responsible for providing all parts required for Preventive Maintenance Orders (PMOs) and all repair parts required for Demand Maintenance Orders (DMOs). This is an 8(a) small business set-aside. See Annex A Overarching PWS.
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