About this opportunity
AI summaryThe Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation seeks capability statements and industry feedback for the East Bear Creek Pumping Plant and Pipeline Modernization Upgrades project. Planned work at two San Luis National Wildlife Refuge sites near Gustine, California, includes furnishing a fish screen, sheet pile wall, pipeline, access road, butterfly valves, earth fill, and modifications to pumping plant discharge and electrical systems. The estimated construction project magnitude ranges between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000, with an anticipated construction period of 560 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed. Interested contractors must email their business information, capability statements, and up to three relevant past performance projects to Charlesetta Seibure and Stephanie Lindner. Submissions are due by November 18, 2026, at 5:00 PM PST. Respondents must maintain an active System for Award Management registration under NAICS code 237990, which carries a $45 million size standard.
Scope of work
- Upgrades to electrical and controls components at the pumping plant site
- Replacement of manual operators of existing butterfly valves and installation of butterfly valve position transmitters
- Modification of pump discharge piping
- Furnishing one fish screen
- Sheet pile wall installation
- Pipeline installation
- Access road construction and earth fill
- Replacement of controls components at the regulating tank site
Minimum qualifications
- Active Federal Government contracts registration in SAM when submitting an offer or quotation and at the time of award
Documents to include with your response
- Company name and address
- Cage Code and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)
- Business size under NAICS 237990 verified via SAM.gov
- Socioeconomic status, if applicable
- Statement of interest and intent to submit a proposal as a prime contractor
- Brief description of capability to perform similar work
- Description of qualifications, capabilities, experience, or distinguishing factors
- Up to three relevant projects performed within the last five years demonstrating similar type, scale, and complexity
Key dates
- Response Due
- November 18, 2026, 5:00pm PST
- Issue Pre-Solicitation Notice (if applicable)
- January 20, 2027
- Issue Solicitation
- February 4, 2027
- Quotes/Proposals Due
- March 6, 2027
- Award
- May 18, 2027
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Responses shall be submitted via email to designated agency contacts
Contract details
- Term
- 560 calendar days from Notice to Proceed
- Estimated value
- Between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000
- Place of performance
- Approximately 12 miles east of Gustine, CA, in Merced County at two sites located on the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- 140RR027R0017
- Agency
- Department of the Interior
- Buying office
- Departmental Offices › Reclamation Contracting Activity
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Nov 18, 2026, 5:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Nov 4, 2026
- NAICS
- 237990 · Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
- Contracting contact
- Seibure, Charlesetta
cseibure@usbr.gov
9169785456
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
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Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.