Presolicitation
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve TIMU-335507 Stabilize Kingsley Plan
Department of the Interior · National Park Service · Sol. 140P2026R0081
Due in 21 days
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The National Park Service (Denver Service Center) plans to hire a construction contractor to stabilize the Kingsley Plantation shoreline at Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve in Jacksonville, FL, by building a new vinyl and fiberglass-composite sheet pile seawall extension with related earthwork and marsh grass restoration. This is a pre-solicitation notice only; the actual request for proposals is expected soon. The work is a firm-fixed-price job of about 259 days, estimated at $1 million to $5 million.
Watch out for
- Set-aside status is unclear. The SAM.gov fields say no set-aside, but the attachment says small business set-aside, so a larger company could be excluded or a small company could waste effort if this is wrong.
Small Business - Set-Aside
- Bonding required. Bid, performance and payment bonds need a surety, which can be hard for a new or small contractor to get.
Bid, Performance and Payment Bonds will be required.
- Site visit and pre-proposal conference expected. You will need to travel to Jacksonville and be available on dates not yet known.
The NPS DSC anticipates a Pre-Proposal Conference and Site Visit, after issuance of the formal RFP Solicitation
- Dates are inconsistent. The notice says the RFP will come on or after 09/24/2026 and also on or about 10/02/2026, while the SAM.gov response date is 10/30/2026, so the real proposal due date is unclear.
anticipated to be issued on or about 10/02/2026.
- Specialized marine and sheet pile work. The job needs experience with vinyl and fiberglass sheet pile walls, shoreline work, riprap and marsh grass planting.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment.
- B01_Synopsis_PreSolitNotice_TIMU_335507_2.pdf
Full brief
What they want
- Selective demolition and install a new weatherable rigid vinyl sheet pile wall with tie rod and deadman wall in front of the existing PVC sheet pile wall
- Install a new structural FRP composite sheet pile wall to extend the wall east of the existing wall
- Do excavation, soil and gravel backfill, and sodding
- Restore spartina sea grass
- Place limestone riprap in front of the wall
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP) construction contract
- Period of performance
- 259 calendar days from Notice to Proceed
- Place of performance
- Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, FL 32226
- Estimated value
- Between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 (construction magnitude)
- How they'll choose
- Best value trade-off (FAR Part 15 with FAR Part 36), considering Technical, Past Performance and Price; the technical/non-price factors combined are significantly more important than price
- Offers due
- The SAM.gov notice shows a response date of October 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM Eastern; the attachment says the formal RFP will state the proposal due date and instructions
- How to submit
- Not yet stated. The RFP will be issued electronically on SAM.gov and instructions will be in the solicitation. Questions must be in writing.
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical
- Past Performance
- Price
What to include when you submit
- Wait for the formal RFP 140P2026R0081 on SAM.gov for proposal instructions
- Check SAM.gov regularly for amendments; watchlist notices are not guaranteed
- Send questions in writing to Contracting Officer Joseph Wingfield (joseph_wingfield@ios.doi.gov) or Contract Specialist Marlon Bynum (marlon_bynum@contractor.nps.gov)
- Expect bid, performance and payment bonds with the offer or award
- Plan to attend the pre-proposal conference and site visit once the RFP is issued
You must have
- Small business set-aside under NAICS 237990 with a $45 million size standard (the SAM.gov fields say no set-aside, so confirm in the RFP)
Small Business - Set-Aside
- Bid, performance and payment bonds
Bid, Performance and Payment Bonds will be required.
- Active SAM registration with a UEI number
are required to have an active registration in the
Not in the notice text
- Actual proposal due date and how to submit (the RFP has not been seen)
- Evaluation factor order inside the technical factor and the past performance requirements
- Wage rates, drawings and specifications
- Date and place of the site visit and pre-proposal conference
- Whether the RFP has already been issued as planned
- Whether the competition is truly a small business set-aside
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 30, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 9, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- 140P2026R0081
- Agency
- Department of the Interior · National Park Service
- Office
- DSC Contracting Services Division
- NAICS
- 237990
- Product/service code
- Y1PZ
- Business type
- Construction & renovation
- Contracting contact
- Wingfield, Josephjoseph_wingfield@ios.doi.gov0000000000
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve TIMU-335507 Stabilize Kingsley Plantation Shoreline with Seawall Extension
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