A14_Sources_Sought_List_1.pdf

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS and is for informational / market research purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, QUOTATION OR BID, NOR A

SYNOPSIS OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION UNDER FAR SUBPART 5.2.

No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or on any follow-up information.

NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.

The purpose for this synopsis is to conduct market research to help identify capable, potential sources and to establish if this requirement can be set-aside for small business or other socioeconomic programs to include: Small Business, 8(a) firms, Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). Those programs are highly encouraged to respond.

The synopsis and solicitation, if issued, will be made available on https://www.SAM.gov. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor https://www.SAM.gov/opportunities for issuance of any future solicitation that may result from this Sources Sought Synopsis. The estimated posting date of the solicitation will be on or about 05/10/2026.

NAICS Code: 517810 Small Business Size Standard: $40.0 Million Product and Service Code (PSC):

Y1PZ

The resulting solicitation and contract will be Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP).

GENERAL INFORMATION:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Contracting Office Background: Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Ventura County, has been set aside for the recovery of the California Condor. The refuge is not open to the public due to the sensitive nature of the recovery project. The refuge is located 19 miles northeast of Fillmore, CA at 2,500 feet elevation. Access is over steep, switchback, partial gravel roads, approximately a 1.5-hour drive from Fillmore.

THE WORK CONSISTS OF:

This project will deliver, test and install radio communications system for Hopper Mountain NWR, which serves as the primary method of emergency communication for staff working in and around the refuge due to extremely limited or nonexistent cell phone coverage in the area.

The objective of this project is to provide (1) Bay Micro Shelter with a 20’ tower, radio repeater used by USFWS employees. Delivery and installation must be provided by the manufacturer and comply with R56 standards.

The period of performance for the project is 90 days from Notice to proceed.

https://www.sam.gov/

CAPABILITIES:

Firms shall demonstrate the following:

1. Experience: At a minimum, firms shall provide the following information for similar communication tower installs as listed under GENERAL INFORMATION and THE WORK CONSISTS OF. Firms shall provide no more than three (3) projects and complete within the past five (5) years. Projects do not have to be Government contracts to be considered.

Documentation shall include the following:

- Contract Number

- Contract Title

- Contract Location

- Contract Type (FFP, Cost Reimbursement, or Other (Please Specify))

- Construction Type (D-B-B, Design-Build (D-B), or Other (Please Specify))

- Worked as the Prime Contractor, Subcontractor, Designer-of-Record, Joint Venture, or Other (Please Explain)

- List of Major Subcontractors (i.e. Subcontracts Greater than $150,000) (List Subcontractors Disciplines)

- Contract Award Completion Date

- Contract Actual Completion Date

- Brief Explanation of Difference in Contract Award and Actual Completion Date

- Contract Award Price

- Contract Final Price (Inclusive of Modifications)

- Brief Explanation of Difference in Contract Award and Final Price

- Complexity of Project (High, Medium or Low)

- Briefly describe the contract and how it is relevant to building construction listed under GENERAL INFORMATION and THE WORK CONSISTS OF.

INSTRUCTIONS TO RESPOND TO SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS:

Firm’s responses to this synopsis shall be limited to ten (5) pages and at a minimum, shall include the following information:

1. Name and address

2. Point of contact name, phone number and email address

3. CAGE Code and Unique Entity Identifier (i.e. DUNS) Number (if applicable)

4. Interest in working as a prime contractor, subcontractor and/or joint venture

5. Capabilities: Firms shall demonstrate their ability to meet the requirements in the section titled

CAPABILITIES.

6. Business size based on the listed NAICS Code, as well as any socioeconomic categories (Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB, EDWOSB and SDVOSB)

7. Firms Joint Venture information (if applicable)

Responses will be shared within the Governments project team but otherwise will be held in strict confidence.

Interested firms shall respond to this synopsis no later than 5:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time (PST) on May 4, 2026. All responses shall be submitted electronically to the Contracting Officer, Cindy Salazar, cindy_salazar@ios.doi.gov.

mailto:cindy_salazar@ios.doi.gov.