Department of Defense · Department of the Army · W075 ENDIST LOS ANGELES
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.
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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.
Sources Sought response
A complete draft response — capability statement, relevant past performance, business size and socioeconomic status, and answers to the agency's specific questions.
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
W912PL26S0058
Notice type
Sources Sought
NAICS
237310
Product service code
Y1LB
Set-aside
Unrestricted
Posted
2026-10-14
Response deadline
Oct 21, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC
Contracting contact
jinzaemon.kimoto@usace.army.mil
Market intelligence
Account requiredWho wins this work, and what it pays
Comparable awards under NAICS 237310 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.
This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for information only. Replies by interested parties will be used by this agency for preliminary planning purposes. No proposal or contract will be awarded from this notice. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow-up information requests. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District (SPL) has been tasked to solicit and award a FY27 firm-fixed price design-build construction contract for Repair Storm Damage Imperial Dam Road at the Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) in Yuma, Arizona. Project Scope: The work is briefly described as follows, but is not the entire scope of the project: Repair the Imperial Dam Road by reconstruction of an approximately 4,505-foot-long roadway, raising grade, constructing culverts, regrading wash areas and ditches to account for current stormwater runoff. Create positive ditch drainage in areas of reconstruction. The final surface shall be a smooth profile without any bumps or dips. Replace all signs, install new wet reflective thermoplastic pavement markings and retroreflective pavement markers. All work must be done in accordance with Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) specifications, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) standards, and Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Transportation Engineering Agency (SDDCTEA) standards. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of the experience and qualifications of the various members of the construction industry, including Other Than Small Business, Small Business, HUBZone small business, Women-Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business and 8(a) firms. The Government is seeking to identify qualified sources either singularly or as part of an assembled team under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 237310 - Highway, Street and Bridge Construction, which has a small business size standard of $45,000,000.00 and Product Service Code (PSC) of Y1LB - Construction of Highways, Roads, Streets, Bridges and Railways. The estimated magnitude of this project is: Between $4M and $7M.The total contract performance period is estimated at 600 calendar days. Minimum capabilities required include previous experience of projects similar in magnitude and in complexity. In your response, please provide the following information:1. Offerors name, Unique Identity ID (UEI), address, point of contact, with telephone numbers, and email addresses.2. Business size/classification, to include any socioeconomic categories such as Small Business, HUBZone small business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, or 8(a) and NAICS code designations.3. Bonding capability (construction bonding level per single contract and aggregate construction bonding level, both expressed in dollars; along with current available bonding capacity).4. Examples of past experience on individual projects of similar scope and magnitude, as described in the Project Scope above, with no more than three (3) projects that are complete or at least 50% construction complete within the past six (6) years. Responses must demonstrate experience in road construction/re-construction with at least one example with a value greater than $2M. Examples should provide project title, location, general description to demonstrate relevance to the proposed project, the Offerors role, dollar value of contract, type of contract (design-build or design bid build), and name of the company, agency, or Government entity for which the work was performed. Include information on work scopes; whether self-performed versus subcontracted, and the percentage of work self-performed versus subcontracted. If the past performance was as a Joint Venture (JV), indicate which scopes were performed by which JV member and the percentage of work completed by which JV member. Please limit your responses to the Sources Sought to no more than three (3) pages in length. Submittals are due no later than October 21, 2026 at 2pm Pacific Daylight via email to Jinzaemon.Kimoto@usace.army.mil with a CC to kinya.r.minami@usace.army.mil.Submittals will not be returned. This is not a Request for Proposals, only a Request for Information. No award will result from this Sources Sought Notice. This notice does not constitute any commitment by the Government.
Contact
Point of contact
JINZAEMON KIMOTO
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
jinzaemon.kimoto@usace.army.mil
Submit questions
Ambiguities and requirements worth clarifying, written as questions you can send before the deadline.
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