Presolicitation
Electrical Substation Maintenance and Repairs
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe Army's Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, plans to buy electrical substation maintenance and repairs under Request for Quote (RFQ) W912C327QA001. This is a presolicitation notice: the RFQ is expected on or about November 23, 2026, as a 100% small business set-aside. Work includes yearly preventive maintenance, diagnostics, vegetation control, unscheduled service calls and repairs. More in the summary
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The Army's Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, plans to buy electrical substation maintenance and repairs under Request for Quote (RFQ) W912C327QA001. This is a presolicitation notice: the RFQ is expected on or about November 23, 2026, as a 100% small business set-aside. Work includes yearly preventive maintenance, diagnostics, vegetation control, unscheduled service calls and repairs.
Who can bid
- Must be a small business under NAICS 238210 (size standard $19 million): the RFQ will be a 100% small business set-aside
Things to watch
From the version posted Nov 9, 2026.
- Worth checking: Presolicitation only: no RFQ yet. SAM.gov's November 23, 2026 date is when the RFQ is expected, not when quotes are due, so pricing details and the due date are still to come.
- Minor: Work must be coordinated with LUMA. The contractor coordinates with Puerto Rico's power utility, which takes local working relationships and adds schedule risk for an off-island firm.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Annual preventive maintenance of Fort Buchanan's electrical substations and distribution system
- Electrical diagnostics and corrective repairs using Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) or approved parts
- Unscheduled service response
- Utility coordination with LUMA (Puerto Rico's power utility operator)
- Vegetation control
- All administrative functions, personnel, materials, tools, equipment, transportation and insurance needed under the performance work statement (PWS)
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP): one set price, whatever the work ends up costing
- Place of performance
- Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico
- Estimated value
- Not stated
What to include when you submit
- Watch SAM.gov for the RFQ, expected on or about November 23, 2026
- Send questions about the requirement to Eileen Rivera (eileen.z.riveradomenech.civ@army.mil) and/or Felix Marrero (Felix.r.marrero2.civ@army.mil)
Not in the notice text
- The RFQ and performance work statement (PWS) are not posted yet; the scope, number of substations and pricing schedule will come with them
- The period of performance is not stated
- Whether there will be a site visit is not stated
- Which wage rule applies (a Davis-Bacon or Service Contract Act wage determination) is not stated
- How quotes will be evaluated is not stated
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 238210
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- 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
- Nov 9, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- W6QM MICC-Fort Buchanan (RC), PR
- Product/service code
- J061 · Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment – Electric Wire and Power Distribution Equipment
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238210)
- 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 read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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