Solicitation
Administrative Parking Lot Repairs
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
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AI summaryThe USDA Forest Service (CSA Intermountain 8) wants quotes to repair and resurface three administrative parking lots in Colorado, with crack sealing, pavement patching, seal coating and re-striping. It is a total small business set-aside under NAICS 237310, with one firm-fixed-price award and a project magnitude of between $25,000 and $100,000. The response due date is November 23, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern; work runs June 15, 2027 to August 15, 2027. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 22, 2026. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 21, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 22, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 4 attachments weren't read (Attachment 3 - C05 Site Maps.pdf). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The USDA Forest Service (CSA Intermountain 8) wants quotes to repair and resurface three administrative parking lots in Colorado, with crack sealing, pavement patching, seal coating and re-striping. It is a total small business set-aside under NAICS 237310, with one firm-fixed-price award and a project magnitude of between $25,000 and $100,000. The response due date is November 23, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern; work runs June 15, 2027 to August 15, 2027.
Who can bid
- Small business concern: 100% small business set-aside under NAICS 237310 (size standard $45 million)
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), with a UEI
How to submit: Email to Contract Specialist Jordan Carlsen, Jordan.Carlsen@usda.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
- Serious: Payment bond or letter of credit for the full contract price. A small contractor must arrange a bond (SF 25A only) or irrevocable letter of credit for 100% of the price, covering the performance period plus one year, within 10 days of award.
- Worth checking: Construction wage rates apply. The Davis-Bacon wage rule applies through the construction wage rate clause, so workers must be paid at least the set rates; the wage determination itself was not in the text read.
- Worth checking: Site visit on November 3, 2026 (recommended, not required). The Fort Collins Administrative Site visit is at 10:00 AM MST and must be scheduled with Steve Wood at 970-295-6751; the other two sites are open to the public with no set visit time.
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- Worth checking: Contracting specialist email differs by domain. Quotes go to Jordan.Carlsen@usda.gov, but the questions instruction gives Jordan.Carlsen@usda.com; confirm the correct address before sending.
- Minor: Page limit stated two ways. Quotes are limited to 3 pages, but a nearby sentence mentions a 10-page document criterion; ask the contract specialist before submitting.
- Minor: Tight work window at each site. Work must be finished within one week at each site while the lots stay occupied, and the schedule must fit within the stated period of performance.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments. 1 of 4 not read. Show which files.
- C05 1240LT27Q0019.pdf (read)
- Attachment 4 - C05 Statement of Work.pdf (read)
- Attachment 2 - C05 FSSS.pdf (read)
- Attachment 3 - C05 Site Maps.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Clean all parking lot surfaces, fill cracks, and remove and replace damaged pavement
- Seal coat the entire surface after repairs, then re-stripe the lots
- Work at three sites: Boulder Ranger District Office, Clear Creek Ranger District Office (Idaho Springs) and the Fort Collins Administrative Site
- Finish work within one week at each site, using strategic closures; work outside business hours only if the Forest Service approves
- Meet Forest Service Supplemental Specifications and the Federal Highway standard specifications (FP-24)
- Seal coat residue of at least 1.0 pound per square yard, and handle traffic control and repairs for 10 days after treatment
- Send weekly written progress reports and submittals for all asphalt products
- Provide warranty of construction (FAR 52.246-21)
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP): one set price, whatever the work ends up costing. One award; request for quotation (RFQ) for commercial construction.
- Period of performance
- Start work within 10 calendar days after notice to proceed; finish no later than August 15, 2027. Item 0001 lists June 15, 2027 to August 15, 2027.
- Place of performance
- Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest and Pawnee National Grassland, CO: Boulder (2140 Yarmouth Avenue), Idaho Springs (101 CO-103) and Fort Collins (300 Hemlock)
- Estimated value
- Between $25,000 and $100,000 (stated as the project magnitude)
- How they'll choose
- Best value to the Government, with no formal trade-off procedures
- Offers due
- November 23, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern (from the version posted Oct 21, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Email to Contract Specialist Jordan Carlsen, Jordan.Carlsen@usda.gov
- Page limits
- Quote: 3 pages, not including the Schedule of Items; technical narrative: 1-3 pages; Times New Roman 12 point
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Approach: 1-3 page narrative with an execution plan (key tasks, milestones, understanding of the project) and a construction schedule such as a Gantt chart; the Government assigns a confidence rating of High, Some, Low or Neutral
- Price: all base items priced on the Schedule of Items spreadsheet, checked for fair and reasonable pricing
What to include when you submit
- Send a technical approach: a 1-3 page narrative with an execution plan covering key tasks and milestones, plus a construction schedule such as a Gantt chart
- Price every base item on Attachment 1, the C05 Schedule of Items, in Excel (not PDF); pricing for all items is required to be responsive
- Round each line item up to a whole dollar, with no cents, and make the total match the line items
- Put the company name and Unique Entity ID (UEI) at the top of the Schedule of Items, in the yellow block
- Acknowledge all amendments in Block 19 of Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442: the construction solicitation, offer and award form); failure to do so means rejection
- Hold prices firm for 60 calendar days from the date quotes are received
- Put the solicitation name and number in the email subject line; late quotes are rejected
After award, you must have
- Payment protection, either a payment bond on the mandatory Standard Form (SF) 25A or an irrevocable letter of credit, for 100% of the contract price, due within 10 days of award From C05 1240LT27Q0019.pdf:
The amount of the payment protection shall be 100% of the contract price.
Not in the notice text
- Attachment 1, the C05 Schedule of Items (the priced line items and quantities), was not in the text read here; check it on SAM.gov. Attachment 3, the Site Maps, is attached but not read (scanned PDF).
- The Davis-Bacon wage determination rates for the sites are not in the text read.
- The warranty length under FAR 52.246-21 is not stated in the text read.
- Whether a performance bond is also required is not clear; only payment protection is described.
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 237310
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to Contract Specialist Jordan Carlsen, Jordan.Carlsen@usda.gov. 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 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- USDA-FS, CSA Intermountain 8, Ogden, UT
- Product/service code
- Y1LB · Construction of Highways, Roads, Streets, Bridges, and Railways
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237310)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 23, 2026
- Oct 21, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due 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
- 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
This project involves the repair and resurfacing of three parking lots on the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest and Pawnee National Grassland including crack sealing, pavement patching, seal coating and re-striping. NAICS code 237310 - Highway, Street, and bridge Construction as a 100% SB Set Aside. Size standard $45 Million. PSC Code Y1LB - CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS, ROADS, STREETS, BRIDGES, Questions Due: November 6th, 2026 at 14:00 Eastern Standard Time(EST). Quotes Due:November 23rd, 2026 at 14:00 Eastern standard Time (EST). All questions and quotes relating to this Solicitation shall be submitted to Contract Specialist, Jordan Carlsen at Jordan.Carlsen@usda.gov by the deadlines stated above. Late quotes will be rejected.
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