Sources Sought
YOSE 22866 Rehabilitate Hodgdon Meadows Water System and YOSE 196755 Extend Hod
Department of the Interior · National Park Service
AI summarySources sought (market research only; no offers are being taken) from the National Park Service, Denver Service Center, for replacing the water and sewer systems at Hodgdon Meadow in Yosemite National Park, California. Responses are due November 2, 2026, 11:00 AM Mountain, by email using the attached questionnaire. A request for proposals is expected around January 2027, for one firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) contract with a 670-calendar-day period. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells National Park Service who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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Sources sought (market research only; no offers are being taken) from the National Park Service, Denver Service Center, for replacing the water and sewer systems at Hodgdon Meadow in Yosemite National Park, California. Responses are due November 2, 2026, 11:00 AM Mountain, by email using the attached questionnaire. A request for proposals is expected around January 2027, for one firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) contract with a 670-calendar-day period.
Who can bid
- Bid, performance and payment bonds are anticipated to be required for the later solicitation; the questionnaire asks for your bonding capacity
How to submit: Email the completed questionnaire to the contracting officer, Linda Melnick, at Linda_Melnick@ios.doi.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Serious: Bonding expected. Bid, performance and payment bonds are expected on a project of this size, and many small firms cannot get them without lead time from a surety.
- Worth checking: Remote site with long supply distance. Suppliers are far away and staging space is limited, which raises cost and logistics risk.
- Worth checking: Park stays open and seasonal shutdowns apply. Work must be scheduled to limit visitor impact and around shutdowns including owl nesting, so the work calendar is restricted.
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- Minor: Set-aside not yet decided. SAM.gov shows no set-aside. Whether the later solicitation is a small business set-aside depends on how many capable firms respond.
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- A14_SSN_140PP027R0009__YOSE_22866_1.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Build 1,200 LF raw water line, 7,900 LF water supply line and 8,100 LF water distribution system (LF = linear feet) serving the Big Oak Flat Welcome Center, Hodgdon Meadow Campground and staff housing
- Demolish the existing 100,000-gallon welded steel water storage tank and build a new 210,000-gallon steel tank with an access road
- Build a new water source well and pump, and a new water treatment and control building
- Build 3,200 LF of electrical distribution and service and 3,800 LF of communications service
- Connect the Big Oak Flat sanitary sewer to the Hodgdon Meadow Campground wastewater system: about 3,500 LF of 6-inch sewer line, 20 manholes and 3 service laterals
- Work with the park open to visitors, and around seasonal shutdowns including owl nesting
- Contract type
- Anticipated single firm-fixed-price (FFP) contract, to be competed through a request for proposals
- Period of performance
- Anticipated 670 calendar days, including any potential weather shutdown
- Place of performance
- Yosemite National Park, Mather District, Tuolumne County, California, near the Big Oak Flat Entrance Station and Hodgdon Meadow Campground along Tuolumne Grove Road
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 2, 2026, 11:00 AM Mountain
- How to submit
- Email the completed questionnaire to the contracting officer, Linda Melnick, at Linda_Melnick@ios.doi.gov
What they'll judge offers on
- Sources sought questionnaire answers (used for market research and any small business set-aside decision, not scored for award): experience as prime contractor on similar federal construction, bonding capacity, socioeconomic certifications, percent self-performed, interest as prime or subcontractor
What to include when you submit
- Fill out the attached Sources Sought Survey Questionnaire (Attachment 1) in its entirety
- Give company name, address, point-of-contact name and email, and UEI (unique entity ID)
- Describe your experience as prime contractor on similar federal construction: water distribution systems, water storage tanks, water source wells and treatment, and sanitary sewer systems
- State your bonding capacity (no letters required)
- Check any SBA certifications you hold (EDWOSB, HUBZone, Indian economic enterprise, ISBEE, other Native American owned, SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB, other)
- State the percent of the work you would self-perform and whether your interest is as prime or subcontractor
Not in the notice text
- Whether a site visit will be held, and whether it would be required, is not stated
- Which wage rule applies (a Davis-Bacon wage determination, the federal pay rates for construction workers) is not stated
- The Government's cost estimate is not given
- The solicitation, specifications and drawings are not available yet; the notice says none are posted with it
- The request for proposals is expected around January 2027 and construction completion is targeted around February 2029; the exact dates are not given
- The questionnaire's check boxes and blanks come through as empty fields; fill in the attached form itself
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
- 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
- Sources Sought
- Office
- National Park Service Contracting Activity, Denver, CO
- Product/service code
- Z2NE · Repair or Alteration of Water Supply Facilities
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237110)
- 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
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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