Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Ashe Nursery Floor Repair/Replacement
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
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AI summarySolicitation 12445127B0004: the U.S. Forest Service (National Forests in Mississippi) wants a small business to replace the rotted floor framing and subfloor in the Ashe Nursery office near Wiggins, Mississippi, add a crawlspace moisture system and deep clean. It is a total small business set-aside sealed bid (an invitation for bid), awarded to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder. The response due date is November 23, 2026, 9:00 AM Central, by email. More in the summary
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Solicitation 12445127B0004: the U.S. Forest Service (National Forests in Mississippi) wants a small business to replace the rotted floor framing and subfloor in the Ashe Nursery office near Wiggins, Mississippi, add a crawlspace moisture system and deep clean. It is a total small business set-aside sealed bid (an invitation for bid), awarded to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder. The response due date is November 23, 2026, 9:00 AM Central, by email.
Who can bid (4)
- Small business under NAICS 238330 (Flooring Contractors), size standard $19 million; total small business set-aside.
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM).
- Performance and payment bonds: the bond clause is checked in the solicitation; bond amounts and timing are not readable.
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- Acknowledge Amendment 0001 before the response due date.
How to submit: Email to Cynthia.granderson@usda.gov with the notice ID in the subject line; call 601-965-1619 to confirm receipt. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (12)
From the version posted Oct 23, 2026.
- Serious: Total small business set-aside. Only small businesses under the $19 million size standard for NAICS 238330 (Flooring Contractors) can bid.
- Serious: Performance and payment bonds. The performance and payment bond clause is checked, but the bond and bid guarantee boxes on the SF 1442 (the form a bidder signs as its offer) are garbled; check the form on SAM.gov or ask the contracting officer before bidding.
- Worth checking: Site visit on November 10, 2026. Amendment 0001 sets the site visit for November 10, 2026, 9:00 AM CST; the text does not call it mandatory, but signing the SF 1442 certifies a self-guided inspection of the site.
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- Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wage rule applies. Davis-Bacon is the Department of Labor's minimum pay rule for construction workers; wage determination MS20260047 covers Stone County, so bids must be priced at or above those rates.
- Worth checking: Rotted floor with mold or fungus. The SOW says floors are close to collapse with widespread microbial growth, so crew safety and moisture conditions affect cost, and the SOW gives no separate mold cleanup steps.
- Worth checking: Performance period stated more than one way. The package gives 150 days after notice to proceed, and also December 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027; ask the contracting officer which governs.
- Worth checking: Room size differs from the SOW. The continuation sheet describes a room of about 10 x 12, while the SOW lists 756 SqFT of subfloor across five rooms; price from the SOW and confirm at the site visit.
- Worth checking: Amendment 0001 must be acknowledged. A bid that does not acknowledge the amendment in time may be rejected.
- Minor: Confirm the emailed bid arrived. The bidder, not the Government, is responsible for confirming receipt, and large attachments can delay delivery.
- Minor: Two labor standards clauses checked. The package checks both the construction wage clause and Service Contract Labor Standards clause 52.222-41; ask which governs.
- Minor: Buy American rule for construction materials. Materials such as lumber and vapor barrier must meet the Buy American construction materials clause.
- Minor: Historical building. The continuation sheet calls the building historical; no special preservation rules are stated, so ask if any apply.
Read from the notice and 4 attachments. Show which files.
- A04 SOW 12445127B0004.pdf (read)
- C04 Complete Package 12445127B0004.pdf (read)
- Sol_12445127B0004_Amd_0001.pdf (read)
- Wage Determination.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Replace the subfloor (756 SqFT) in Office 1, Office 2, the bathroom, the hallway and the conference room of the Ashe Nursery/Extractor office.
- Replace floor joists in every area where subfloor is removed (594 Linear Feet).
- Prepare and install "high traffic" commercial tongue and groove planking throughout the office.
- Install a crawlspace encapsulation system: heavy-duty vapor barrier, sealed vents, and a permanently installed dehumidifier that keeps humidity below 60 percent.
- Deep clean the office after the work so it is "move in ready" for USDA staff.
- Price three lump-sum items, QTY 1 LS each: floor framing and subfloor replacement, crawlspace encapsulation, and deep cleaning.
- Supply all materials, labor, equipment, tools, transportation and supervision.
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs); sealed bid (invitation for bid, IFB) issued as a combined synopsis/solicitation; Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442) calls the award a task order
- Period of performance
- December 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027 in the SF 1442 continuation sheet and Amendment 0001; the solicitation also says 150 days after notice to proceed
- Place of performance
- Wiggins, MS, USA per SAM.gov; the documents place the work at Ashe Nursery, 368 Ashe Nursery Rd, Brooklyn, MS 39425 (Amendment 0001), in DeSoto National Forest, Stone County
- Estimated value
- Magnitude between $25,000 and $100,000 (Government range); the continuation sheet also mentions $46,500 set aside and a $45,000 estimate, in unclear wording
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price: award to the lowest priced bid that is responsive (meets the solicitation) and from a responsible bidder (able to perform), under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 14.306
- Offers due
- November 23, 2026, 9:00 AM Central
- How to submit
- Email to Cynthia.granderson@usda.gov with the notice ID in the subject line; call 601-965-1619 to confirm receipt
What they'll judge offers on
- Price: lowest total bid among responsive and responsible bidders, with pricing required for all three items
What to include when you submit
- Email the bid with the subject line 12445127B0004_CO Name_BID, with attachments in Microsoft Word, Excel or Adobe PDF format.
- You are responsible for confirming that the contracting office received the bid.
- Price all three items (each QTY 1 LS) to be considered responsive.
- Complete and sign the offer section of the SF 1442 and acknowledge Amendment 0001.
- Hold your prices firm for 90 calendar days from the date offers are due.
After award, you must have
- Pay construction workers at least the Davis-Bacon rates in wage determination MS20260047. From C04 Complete Package 12445127B0004.pdf:
52.222-6 Construction Wage Rate Requirements (Nov 2025)
Not in the notice text
- Bond amounts, whether a bid guarantee is required, and the days allowed to furnish bonds are not readable on the SF 1442; check the form on SAM.gov.
- The text does not say whether the November 10, 2026 site visit is mandatory.
- The site photos (Attachment 003) are images and were not read.
- The SF 1442 calls the award a task order but names no contract vehicle.
- The Government's cost estimate is given only as a range, and the figures in the continuation sheet are unclear.
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 238330
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to Cynthia.granderson@usda.gov with the notice ID in the subject line; call 601-965-1619 to confirm receipt. 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 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- National Forests in Mississippi, Jackson, MS
- Product/service code
- Z2QA · Repair or Alteration of Restoration of Real Property (Public or Private)
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238330)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 23, 2026
- Oct 22, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/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 is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes only solicitation. Offers are being requested and separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 12445127B0004 is issued as an Invitation For Bid (IFB) for Ashe Nursery Floor Repair/Replacement at Wiggins, MS National Forest Service. This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns. The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 238330 The small business size standard is $19 million This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All responsible sources may submit a bid which will be considered by the agency. Submit offer by email to Cynthia.granderson@usda.gov with the notice ID in the subject line so that it is delivered into this inbox by the due date and time. Emails should contain attachments in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF format. Be aware that large attachments may increase the time required to deliver an email. It is the offerors responsibility to confirm receipt of the offer from Contract Specialist, Cynthia Granderson.
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