Solicitation
Edwards AFB Holiday Light & Decor Installation
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
AI summaryThe Air Force (FA9301 AFTC PZIO) wants a small business to pick up, install, run the annual lighting ceremony for, and take down Government-owned holiday lights and decorations at Edwards AFB, CA. This is a total small business set-aside, and a current Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 1 self-assessment in SPRS is needed before award. The response due date is November 2, 2026, 6:30 AM Pacific. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 21, 2026. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 19, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 21, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. Some details are in the notice's attachments, which this summary didn't read. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Air Force (FA9301 AFTC PZIO) wants a small business to pick up, install, run the annual lighting ceremony for, and take down Government-owned holiday lights and decorations at Edwards AFB, CA. This is a total small business set-aside, and a current Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 1 self-assessment in SPRS is needed before award. The response due date is November 2, 2026, 6:30 AM Pacific.
Who can bid
- Total small business set-aside: only small businesses under NAICS 238210 can bid.
- A current CMMC Level 1 self-assessment (basic cyber hygiene for protecting Federal Contract Information) posted in SPRS before award.
- Registration in the System for Award Management (SAM).
How to submit: Email to the contract specialist (elsa.ortiz_aguilar@us.af.mil) and the contracting officer (suzanna.kussman@us.af.mil). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
- Serious: Total small business set-aside. Only small businesses under NAICS 238210 can bid, and you must verify your small business status in your quote.
- Serious: CMMC Level 1 self-assessment needed before award. Without an active Level 1 self-assessment in SPRS, you may be ineligible for award.
- Worth checking: Questions were due Oct 21, 2026. Check the amendments for the agency's answers.
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- Worth checking: Fixed installation and ceremony dates. Install starts November 30, 2026, the ceremony is December 4, 2026, and removal and turn-in run January 4 to January 8, 2027. The evaluation looks at ability to meet this mandatory schedule.
- Minor: No late submissions. Offers must arrive by email by the response due date; late offers are not accepted.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Pick up the Government-owned holiday lighting and decorations.
- Install them, starting November 30, 2026.
- Support the lighting ceremony on December 4, 2026.
- Remove and turn in the lights and decorations between January 4, 2027 and January 8, 2027.
- Price contract line item numbers (CLINs, the priced lines of the order) 0001 and 0002 on Attachment 2.
- Contract type
- Single firm-fixed-price (FFP, one set price whatever the work costs) contract
- Period of performance
- Date of contract award through completion of the January 2027 turn-in
- Place of performance
- Edwards, CA, USA
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best value to the Government, price and other factors considered
- Offers due
- November 2, 2026, 6:30 AM Pacific (from the version posted Oct 19, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Email to the contract specialist (elsa.ortiz_aguilar@us.af.mil) and the contracting officer (suzanna.kussman@us.af.mil)
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Capability: shows understanding of and ability to meet the mandatory schedule and every requirement in Attachment 1 (statement of work)
- Price: total price checked for fairness and reasonableness
- Cybersecurity Verification: affirmation of CMMC Level 1 with an active self-assessment in SPRS
- Vendor Administrative Information: company name, address, point of contact, SAM Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), CAGE code and proof of small business status under NAICS 238210
What to include when you submit
- Send written offers by email only; oral offers are not accepted.
- Enter firm-fixed pricing on Attachment 2 for CLINs 0001 and 0002 and complete its provision and clause fill-ins.
- Include company name, physical address, point of contact (name, title, phone, email), SAM UEI, CAGE code and verification of small business status under NAICS 238210.
- Show an active CMMC Level 1 self-assessment posted in the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS).
Not in the notice text
- The full statement of work (Attachment 1), the pricing sheet (Attachment 2) and the CMMC guide (Attachment 3) are attachments and were not read. Quantities, equipment, locations and insurance or bonding terms are in them.
- NAICS 238210 is a construction code; the text does not say whether there is a site visit or which wage rule applies, such as a Davis-Bacon wage determination.
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. The notice also names requirements: More open small business set-asides under NAICS 238210
- The notice mentions CMMC, the Defense Department's cybersecurity certification. Check the level it asks for.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to the contract specialist (elsa.ortiz_aguilar@us.af.mil) and the contracting officer (suzanna.kussman@us.af.mil). Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
- 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 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- FA9301 AFTC PZIO, Edwards AFB, CA
- Product/service code
- N062 · Installation of Equipment – Lighting Fixtures and Lamps
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238210)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 2, 2026
- Oct 21, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 2, 2026
- Oct 19, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due Nov 2, 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