Clean Agent System Repairs

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service seeks repairs to clean agent and dry chemical fire suppression systems at its Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, with proposals due August 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM Eastern Time and questions due August 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM Eastern Time. This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside under the 100% unrestricted acquisition category, with a small business size standard of $12.5 million.

Place of performance is the Forest Products Laboratory, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53726. Work encompasses repairs to Building 34 clean agent fire systems (SHP Pro Fike control panels using 3M Novec 1230 clean agent), including disarming system panels, removing and troubleshooting solenoid assemblies in Room 215, reviewing and adjusting panel programming for horn strobes in Rooms G11, G9, and G4, installing five missing 4x4 junction box covers in Room 209, and rearm procedures with documentation; and Hazardous Waste Building 46 dry chemical fire system repairs involving removal and internal inspection of two 50-pound ABC dry chemical tanks (either AutoPulse Z-10 or Ansul Automan II-C models), valve rebuild, installation of new batteries and firing cartridges, and system rearm. All work must be performed between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, with completion required by August 31, 2026. The period of performance is August 15 through August 31, 2026. The contractor must obtain building access and report to the FPL Health and Safety Manager prior to commencing work.

Service Contract Labor Standards apply; the wage determination specifies Utility Systems Repair WG-9/10 at $28.38 per hour plus fringe benefits. Award will be made on a lowest price technically acceptable basis; technical acceptability and past performance are evaluated as significantly more important than price. One firm-fixed-price award is intended. The NAICS code is 811310 and the PSC code is J042. Quotations must be submitted by email in four separate attachments (Price Proposal, Technical Acceptability, Past Performance, and Representations and Certifications) in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF format. The contracting officer is Nicole D. Scott; Lawrence Jackson handles solicitation inquiries at lawrence.jackson@usda.gov or 703-605-4655.