Department of Defense · Department of the Army · W6QK ACC- DTA
Account requiredWhy it scored this way
Every reason behind the verdict rather than the headline one — which of your certifications match, how much runway is left, whether the work is your size, and what we would need to know to sharpen it.
The requirements that decide a bid — bonding, clearances, experience minimums, page limits — live in the attachments, not in the notice above. Start a free trial to upload them and have them read.
Draft the paperwork
Written against this notice and what you have told us about your company. Anything we do not know is marked [NEEDS INPUT] in the draft rather than guessed at — read it before you send it. Federal notices routinely put the real requirement in an attachment; adding the documents above makes every one of these materially better.
Start a free trial to draft these. Nothing is sent to an agency on your behalf, ever — you get a document to review, edit and submit yourself.
What would disqualify you
Read straight from the solicitation documents: the bonding, clearances, insurance minimums, experience thresholds and deadlines that decide whether you can bid at all — before you write a word.
Compliance matrix
Every stated and implied requirement, its source section, whether it is mandatory, and where your response will address it.
Proposal outline
A submission skeleton where every required element is a heading with its source requirement quoted beneath it. You write the substance; nothing gets forgotten.
Questions to submit
Genuine ambiguities and requirements that disadvantage a smaller bidder, drafted as questions you can submit before the Q&A deadline.
Past performance write-ups
Which of your prior awards best match this requirement, and draft write-ups in the format the agency asked for.
Solicitation details
Solicitation number
BA015
Notice type
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
NAICS
332216
Product service code
5180
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
Posted
2026-09-30
Response deadline
Oct 30, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC
Contracting contact
ciara.l.woodard-brown.civ@army.mil
Market intelligence
Account requiredWho wins this work, and what it pays
Comparable awards under NAICS 332216 at this agency — the incumbent, what they were paid, when their period of performance ends, and the real pricing distribution rather than the headline number. From public federal award records.
Update 2 The purpose of this amendment is to extend the Question deadline and the final Bid Submission due date IAW FAR 14.208. The deadline for receipt of technical and administrative questions is now hereby extended to October 19, 2026, at 3:00 PM EST. The deadline for receipt of final bid submissions is hereby extended to October 30, 2026, at 3:30 PM EST. The official amendment will be posted to SAM to reflect changes. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Update 1 The purpose of this amendment is to extend the Question deadline and the final Bid Submission due date IAW FAR 14.208. The deadline for receipt of technical and administrative questions is hereby extended to September 30, 2026, at 3:00 PM EST. The deadline for receipt of final bid submissions is hereby extended to October 9, 2026, at 3:30 PM EST. The official amendment will be posted to SAM to reflect changes. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with part 14. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number W912CH-26-B-A015 is issued as an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the TOOL KIT, PIPEFITTER. This solicitation incorporates clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul. Invitation for Bids This Invitation for Bids (IFB) is intended to result in the award of a Firm-Fixed- Price (FFP) contract with 100% option for the following requirement: Testing Kits, Toolkit, Pipefitter, National Stock Number (NSN): 5180-00-596-1509, Part Number: 0684A0000:59678. This IFB will be competed as a Small Business Total Set-Aside in accordance with RFO FAR 19.104. There is a Technical Data Package (TDP) associated with this procurement. The TDP is distribution code "A", which is Approved for Public Release; Distribution Unlimited. Please see Section C.1. TDP Information for instructions on how to access this data. BIDDERS MUST ACCESS THE TDP PRIOR TO SUBMITTING A BID OR THE BID SUBMISSION WILL BE REJECTED. Bidders are advised to carefully read and understand the entire IFB, including Sections L and M, prior to submitting a bid for evaluation. The Government will evaluate bids without discussions and does not assume the duty to search for data to cure problems it finds in any bid. Therefore, all information necessary for the review and evaluation of a bid is to be contained within the bid submission. Bidders must complete all necessary fill-ins and representations throughout the IFB. Failure to complete any of these items may result in the rejection of a bid. Bidders shall acknowledge receipt of all IFB amendments by the date and time indicated for receipt of bids. If the IFB is amended, then all terms and conditions which are not modified remain unchanged. All questions pertaining to the IFB shall be submitted via e-mail to the following personnel by Thursday, 24 September 2026 at 3:00 p.m. local time (Warren, MI): Ciara Woodard-Brown, Contract Specialist, Army Contracting Command - Detroit Arsenal E-mail: ciara.l.woodard- Brown.civ@army.mil
Contact
Point of contact
Ciara Woodard-Brown
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
ciara.l.woodard-brown.civ@army.mil
Secondary
lyndsey.m.pena.civ@army.mil
Submit questions
Ambiguities and requirements worth clarifying, written as questions you can send before the deadline.
Opens in your own mail client, addressed and with a subject line — you write the message. GovSprint never sends anything on your behalf.
Emails open in your mail client and are sent from your address, so the reply comes back to you and the exchange stays yours. Confirm the correct channel and any question deadline on the notice before sending — many solicitations require questions in a specific way.
