Department of Defense · Department of the Army · W7N6 USPFO ACTIVITY WAANG 194
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Solicitation details
Solicitation number
W50S9E26BA002
Notice type
Presolicitation
NAICS
238990
Product service code
Y1LZ
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
Posted
2026-08-07
Response deadline
Aug 20, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
Camp Murray, WA
Contracting contact
194.WG.FAL.MSC.Contracting@us.af.mil
Market intelligence
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Invitation for Bids (IFB) Set-Aside for Small Businesses NAICS Code: 238990 - All Other Specialty Trade ContractorS The WA National Guard intends to issue an Invitation for Bids to award a single firm fixed-price contract for services, non-personal, to provide all plant, labor, transportation, materials, tools, equipment, appliances and supervision necessary for the Construction of: Government owned vehicle parking area with adjoining roadway and will include concrete curbing, retention walls, lighting, security fencing, and some covered parking. Location: Camp Murray, WA. The contract duration will be 360 calendar days after notice to proceed to include inspection and punch list. This project is set aside 100% for Small Businesses. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 238990, with a small business size standard of $19,000,000. The magnitude of construction is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. The tentative date for issuing the solicitation is on-or-about 20 Aug 2026 The tentative date for the pre-bid conference is on-or-about 21 Aug 2026, 9:00am local time, location to be provided in the solicitation. Interested contractors are encouraged to attend and shall follow conference registration and base access requirements shown in the solicitation. A site visit will follow the pre-bid conference. All questions for the pre-bid conference must be submitted by 1 SEP 2026 via email to194 WG/FAL MSC Contracting . The bid opening date is tentatively planned for on-or-about 21 SEP 2026. Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. Interested offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). To register go to www.SAM.gov. Instructions for registering are on the web page (there is no fee for registration). The solicitation and associated information will be available only from the Contract Opportunities page at SAM.gov. Your attention is directed to FAR clause 52.219-14(e)(3) (DEVIATION 2021-O0008), LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING, which states “By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Offeror/Contractor agrees in performance of the contract for General construction, it will not pay more than 85 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor’s 85 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded”. In accordance with FAR 36.211(b), the following information is provided: The National Guard has no agency-specific policies or procedures applicable to definitization of equitable adjustments for change orders under construction contracts other than those described at FAR 43.204, DFARS 243.204 and AFARS 5143.204. Data for the prior 3 fiscal years regarding the time required to definitize equitable adjustments for change orders under construction contracts for the National Guard is currently not available, but will be compiled and provided in future announcements.
Contact
Point of contact
194th Contracting Office
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
194.WG.FAL.MSC.Contracting@us.af.mil
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