Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Nelson Drive Fuel Tank Removal
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
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AI summaryThe U.S. Forest Service (USDA-FS, CSA Intermountain 8) wants a small business to remove two 300-gallon steel underground fuel tanks at the Nelson Drive housing complex, Jackson, WY, under solicitation 1240LT27Q0012. It is a total small business set-aside request for quotation (RFQ), with a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) award, and the response due date is November 13, 2026, 5:00 PM Mountain. Work is planned for June 1 to June 30, 2027 with a 30 calendar day contract time, and the lowest-priced technically acceptable quote wins. More in the summary
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The U.S. Forest Service (USDA-FS, CSA Intermountain 8) wants a small business to remove two 300-gallon steel underground fuel tanks at the Nelson Drive housing complex, Jackson, WY, under solicitation 1240LT27Q0012. It is a total small business set-aside request for quotation (RFQ), with a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) award, and the response due date is November 13, 2026, 5:00 PM Mountain. Work is planned for June 1 to June 30, 2027 with a 30 calendar day contract time, and the lowest-priced technically acceptable quote wins.
Who can bid (4)
- Small business concern; the acquisition is a total small business set-aside under NAICS 237120 (size standard stated as $45.0M)
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM)
- A contractor and a decommissioning management coordinator licensed for removing underground storage tanks; the specification names a State of Idaho license although the work is in Wyoming
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- Experience with similar tank removal and restoration work, shown on the Experience Questionnaire and Past Performance Data Sheet
How to submit: By email to the Contract Specialist, Terri Tucker (terri.tucker@usda.gov); the Experience Questionnaire says it is submitted to her via email. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 23, 2026.
- Serious: Small businesses only. Only small business concerns can send quotes; a firm that is not small under NAICS 237120 is not eligible.
- Serious: Payment protection for 100 percent of the price. The winner must provide a payment bond or similar security for the full contract price within 10 days of award, which can be hard for a small firm to arrange.
- Worth checking: Bond requirements are unclear. The schedule cites FAR 52.228-15 for bond premiums, but the clause list leaves that clause unchecked and gives alternative payment protections instead; ask the contracting officer what applies.
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- Worth checking: Specifications name Idaho for a Wyoming job. The tank specification requires an Idaho license and Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ) rules, while the scope of work cites Wyoming standards; ask which state's rules govern.
- Worth checking: Completion time: 21 days or 30 days. The tank specification says tank and contaminated soil removal must finish within 21 calendar days, while the scope sets a 30 calendar day contract time.
- Worth checking: Contaminated soil and disposal costs. Permit and disposal fees fall on the contractor, spills are the contractor's cost, and only up to 20 CY of contaminated soil is a paid option, so unexpected contamination is a pricing risk.
- Minor: No site visit; Davis-Bacon wages apply. No site visit is held, so bidders inspect the site on their own, and a Davis-Bacon (federal minimum pay for construction workers) wage determination, WY20260041, applies.
- Minor: Option timing differs between documents. The scope says the contaminated soil option may be awarded with the base items or up to 30 days later, while the schedule says it is awarded with the base items.
- Minor: Homes may be occupied during work. You must keep access open for residents and may only work weekdays 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM unless the contracting officer approves other hours 48 hours ahead.
Read from the notice and 5 attachments. 1 of 6 not read. Show which files.
- C04b - SOW-SPECS 1240LT27Q0012.pdf (read)
- C04 SF1442 - 1240LT27Q0012 - Final.pdf (read)
- C04a Schedule of Items 1240LT27Q0012.pdf (read)
- C04c Experience Questionnaire 1240LT27Q0012.docx (read)
- C04e Past Performance Data Sheet 1240LT27Q0012.docx (read)
- C04d - WD WY20260041 dtd 6-18-2026 1240LT27Q0012.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Mobilization, paid as a lump sum quantity (item 119.01, QTY 1 LSQ), with bond premiums included in this item.
- Remove and dispose of two steel underground heating oil tanks of about 300 gallons each, one per duplex unit (item 265.01, QTY 2 LSQ): pipes and fittings, soil sampling, decommissioning to Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WYDEQ) standards, backfill and native soil restoration.
- Selective demolition, removal of concrete (item 330.01, QTY 500 SF), protecting the housing structures and site while working.
- Place 4-inch Portland cement concrete sidewalk (item 330.01, QTY 750 SF) to restore demolished concrete, including about 300 square feet (SF) at an additional dwelling at 290 Nelson Drive.
- Option: remove and dispose of contaminated soil at a state-authorized facility (item 312.02, QTY 1 CY, not to exceed 20 CY); the SOW says it may be awarded with the base items or up to 30 days later.
- Keep the housing usable: the homes may be occupied, work runs weekdays 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM excluding holidays, and you provide a portable toilet and traffic control at no separate charge.
- Submit a construction schedule within 5 days of starting work, a written quality control plan at the preconstruction conference, permits and licenses, and test and inspection reports.
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP), one award; commercial construction purchase order under FAR Part 12 (combined synopsis/solicitation)
- Period of performance
- 30 calendar days for base and option items; estimated start June 1, 2027, with a period of performance of June 1, 2027 to June 30, 2027
- Place of performance
- Jackson, WY: 350 and 360 Nelson Drive (tank removal) and 290 Nelson Drive (concrete only), Jackson Ranger District, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Teton County
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA): the lowest-priced quote that is technically acceptable wins, if its price is fair and reasonable and past performance is acceptable or neutral. No tradeoffs.
- Offers due
- November 13, 2026, 5:00 PM Mountain
- How to submit
- By email to the Contract Specialist, Terri Tucker (terri.tucker@usda.gov); the Experience Questionnaire says it is submitted to her via email
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical acceptability (judged from the Experience Questionnaire, C04c): a written narrative of how obsolete fuel tanks were removed and disposed, how surface restoration was done, key personnel with names and qualifications, the quality control approach, subcontractors and their roles, and a project-specific quality control plan
- Price: every line of the Schedule of Items priced; the lowest technically acceptable quote is checked to see that its price is fair and reasonable
- Past performance: must be assessed as acceptable or neutral (no information on file is neutral)
What to include when you submit
- Price every line of the Schedule of Items (C04a), including the option item; failing to price all lines may get the quote excluded.
- Complete the Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442: the form you sign and return as your offer) offer section, including acknowledgment of amendments.
- Complete the Experience Questionnaire (C04c) with projects finished within the last three years, signed in ink by the certifying official.
- Complete one Past Performance Data Sheet table (C04e) for each project.
- Write a narrative on how obsolete fuel tanks were removed and disposed, how surface restoration was done, key personnel and qualifications, quality control approach, and subcontractors and their roles.
- Include a project-specific quality control plan.
- Hold your prices firm for 90 calendar days from the date quotes are due.
- Put bond premium costs in Base Item 119.01, Mobilization.
After award, you must have
- A payment bond or another alternative payment protection (letter of credit, escrow, certificates of deposit) for 100 percent of the contract price, due within 10 days of award From C04 SF1442 - 1240LT27Q0012 - Final.pdf:
The submission of the payment protection is required within 10 days of contract award.
Not in the notice text
- The Davis-Bacon wage determination WY20260041 (C04d) is attached but is a scanned image that was not read, and about 21,000 characters from the middle of the specifications (C04b) were left out; read both on SAM.gov.
- Whether a performance bond is required, as opposed to the payment protection, is not clear from the files read.
- The Government's price or budget for this job is not given.
- Which state's licensing and environmental rules apply (Idaho in the specification, Wyoming in the scope) is not settled in the files read.
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 237120
- How to submit, from the AI summary: By email to the Contract Specialist, Terri Tucker (terri.tucker@usda.gov); the Experience Questionnaire says it is submitted to her via email. 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 23, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- USDA-FS, CSA Intermountain 8, Ogden, UT
- Product/service code
- F108 · Environmental Systems Protection – Environmental Remediation
- Business type
- Energy, fuel & utilities (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237120)
- 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
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This project includes the removal of two existing steel underground fuel storage tanks at the Nelson Drive housing complex on the Bridger-Teton National Forest; two 300-gallon steel underground fuel storage tanks associated with two neighboring residential dwellings. This includes cleanup and disposal of any contaminated soils. Contractor shall field verify all new and existing conditions affecting the work of this contract before ordering products.
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