Fire Suppression System for Fossil Butte

The contract pertains to the construction of a fire suppression water system at Fossil Butte National Monument to meet federal fire protection standards, with work centered on the Visitor Center located at 864 Chicken Creek Road, Kemmerer, Wyoming. The scope includes installing a 6-inch PVC fire water line, a 45,000-gallon underground fiberglass storage tank, a fire pump housed in a dedicated pump building, and an integrated fire suppression and alarm system within the Visitor Center. Additional requirements involve extending electrical service, constructing a propane-fueled emergency generator with a cold-weather enclosure and associated piping, site grading, a perimeter enclosure wall, and restoration of interior finishes. Work must be completed within 612 calendar days following contract award, with performance beginning September 14, 2026, and ending April 30, 2028. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price task order issued under a Multiple Award Task Order Contract and is classified under NAICS code 236220 as a total small business set-aside, with a size standard of $45 million in average annual receipts. Proposals are evaluated based on non-price factors—Project Experience, Key Personnel Experience, Schedule, and Safety—that are of equal importance to each other and collectively as important as price, with award based on best-value tradeoff, not lowest-price technically acceptable. All proposals must be submitted electronically via email to the Contracting Officer in two PDF volumes: Volume I addressing technical qualifications and Volume II containing the price proposal, which must be consolidated into one document. The construction schedule must be submitted as a Microsoft Project Gantt Chart with a narrative explanation in PDF format. Electronic submission is mandatory with a strict deadline of July 20, 2026, at 1:00 PM local time, and file sizes must not exceed 25 MB per email. Contractors must provide key personnel including a Project Manager with five years’ experience on $2M+ projects, a Superintendent with five years of field supervision, a Quality Control Supervisor with three years of experience, and an On-Site Safety Supervisor with documented program implementation experience; substitutions are restricted for the first 60 days and require formal approval thereafter. The contract mandates compliance with Department of the Interior-specific clauses prohibiting lead-based paint, restricting endorsements, and releasing claims. Green procurement requirements apply, favoring sustainable products unless unavailable, noncompetitive, or cost-inefficient. Invoices must be electronically submitted via the