Solicitation
Turnout Buildings
Department of the Interior · Bureau of Reclamation · Sol. 140R4026B0002
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The Bureau of Reclamation's Four Corners Construction Office is seeking sealed bids to build seven potable water turnout buildings and related site work for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project in northwest New Mexico, between Gallup and Shiprock. Performance is planned from December 16, 2026 to April 16, 2029. The government states the project size is between $18 million and $23 million, and award goes to the lowest-priced responsible bidder.
Watch out for
- Large bid guarantee. A bid bond or other guarantee of up to $3 million is needed at bid time, which requires bonding capacity and a surety relationship.
The amount of the bid guarantee shall be 20 percent of the bid price or $3 million, whichever is less.
- Lowest price wins, and all seven sites must be bid. Partial offers are not considered, and award goes to the lowest bid, so margins are thin on an $18-23 million job.
considered for award on only part of the Price Schedules.
- Heavy survey and quantity-tracking requirements. The contractor needs a licensed land surveyor and must submit survey data with each monthly invoice; the government notes that missed surveys have caused payment disputes.
The Contractor is expected to provide fulltime survey support
- Strict environmental and cultural resource rules. Storm water and Clean Water Act compliance fixes can be required at no extra cost, and archaeological discoveries can pause work.
Environmental Compliance is a very strictly enforced item.
- Design work is part of the job. The contractor must handle geotechnical investigation, foundation design and building design for the precast buildings, which needs engineering capability.
Precast concrete building and foundation, including geotechnical investigation, foundation
- State and Navajo Nation taxes. New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax and Navajo Nation tax may apply and must be estimated in the bid, with proof of payment needed for reimbursement.
Taxes must be presented/estimated in the proposal to allow for appropriate budgeting of dollars for the resultant contract.
- Indian Preference requirements. The contract includes Indian Preference clauses (H.2 and H.3), which can affect hiring and subcontracting; the details were not in the text provided.
H.3 INDIAN PREFERENCE PROGRAM
- Due date and bid opening dates differ. The notice lists a November 10 deadline while the bid opening notice says November 12, so confirm the actual deadline with the contracting office.
the opening of bids (Bid opening) will be held on November 12, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
Read from the notice and 7 attachments. 1 not read in full.
- Sol_140R4026B0002.pdf
- IFB_140R4026B0002_NGWSP_Turnout_Buildings.pdf
- _1_Attachment_00_00_01_NGWSP_TURNOUT_BLDGS_Specifications_20260707.pdf
- _4_Attachment_Small_Business_Subcontracting_Plan.docx
- _3_Attachment_00_00_02A_-_Geology_Drawings_04032026.pdf
- _5_Attachment_WD_NM20260040_Heavy_-_San_Juan_County__NM.pdf
- _6_Attachment_WD_NM20260046_Building_-_San_Juan_County__NM.pdf
- _2_Attachment_00_00_02_Drawings_Combined_34x22_20260707.pdf: too large
Full brief
What they want
- Build a potable water turnout building and site improvements at each of seven sites (Sanostee, Newcomb, Naschitti, BBN9, Coyote Canyon, Rock Springs, Window Rock)
- Sitework: buried piping, valves, steel fencing with gate, gravel surfacing, drainage, and access roads at Coyote Canyon and Window Rock only
- Steel piping connections to the existing supply and delivery pipes, plus buried thrust blocks
- Install fiberoptic cable infrastructure from the existing lateral alignment to each building
- Provide a precast concrete building and foundation, including geotechnical investigation, foundation design and building design
- Interior piping and valves; building mechanical, electrical, controls, instrumentation and security systems
- Integrate controls with the existing San Juan Lateral SCADA system
- Flush, test and disinfect the installed piping, including furnishing and disposing of the water
- Contract type
- Sealed bid (IFB), firm fixed price construction contract; priced in seven site price schedules with lump-sum and unit-price lines
- Period of performance
- 12/16/2026 to 04/16/2029
- Place of performance
- Seven sites in northwest New Mexico between Gallup and Shiprock, in San Juan and McKinley Counties (Navajo Nation area)
- Estimated value
- Government's stated magnitude is $18,000,000 to $23,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Lowest total bid price among responsible bidders, with proof of the bid guarantee; prices checked for balance and for being fair and reasonable
- Offers due
- November 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM Mountain (per the notice); bids are to be opened November 12, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. MST
- How to submit
- Email to Brittney Nielson and Amy Loveless (brittney_nielson@ios.doi.gov, amy_loveless@ios.doi.gov), or by mail or in person to the Bureau of Reclamation Four Corners Construction Office, 1235 La Plata Highway, Farmington, NM 87401
What they'll judge offers on
- Lowest total bid price (price schedules 1 through 7, not counting New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax and Navajo Nation taxes)
- Responsible bidder, compliant with the solicitation, with proof of the required bid guarantee
- Balanced pricing and fair and reasonable price
What to include when you submit
- Complete the full Price Schedule (all seven schedules); partial offers are not considered
- Fill in the Total Bid Price (TBP) on the schedule
- Include a bid guarantee with the bid
- Estimate and show New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax and Navajo Nation tax in the proposal; actual taxes are reimbursed with receipts
- Subcontractors may not bid directly to the government; they must propose to prime contractors
- Confirm that the government received your bid by the deadline
You must have
- Bid guarantee of 20 percent of the bid price or $3 million, whichever is less
The amount of the bid guarantee shall be 20 percent of the bid price or $3 million, whichever is less.
- Active SAM registration (FAR 52.204-7 is incorporated)
- Full-time survey support under a registered professional land surveyor licensed in New Mexico
The Contractor is expected to provide fulltime survey support
- Full-time safety representative and quality control representative on site
Full time safety representative and quality
- Environmental compliance capability, including Clean Water Act storm water (SWPPP) permitting experience
do not have a dedicated environmental compliance
- Set-aside: none stated in the notice (full and open)
- If you are the apparent low bidder, you may be asked for a small business subcontracting plan (goals listed in the solicitation)
the apparent low bidder shall submit a subcontracting plan that separately addresses subcontracting with small
Not in the notice text
- Whether performance and payment bonds are required after award (the cover form answer was not readable)
- Liquidated damages amount and the performance start and completion times in days
- Details of the Indian Preference clauses (H.2 and H.3) and Buy American requirements
- Most of the technical specifications and the drawings, which were too large or only partly provided
- Which amendments have been issued; the cover form shows amendment number 1
- Whether the subcontracting plan applies to small business bidders
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 10, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Aug 13, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- 140R4026B0002
- Agency
- Department of the Interior · Bureau of Reclamation
- Office
- Upper Colorado Regional Office
- NAICS
- 237110
- Product/service code
- Y1NE
- Business type
- Energy, fuel & utilities
- Contracting contact
- Loveless, Amyaloveless@usbr.gov8015243790
What similar contracts paid
28 contracts at this agency for the same NAICS and product/service codes had activity in the last 5 years, according to USAspending.gov. Small businesses won 16% of the dollars in this market over the last 3 fiscal years.
Typical contract$30MMiddle half: $2.2M to $69M
Typical per year$13.3MValue divided by years of performance
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
NGWSP Turnout Buildings
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