# 6973GH-25-R-00093 - USFS GUY TENSIONING GOLDEN POND - SIR Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/6973gh25r00093 - Solicitation number: 6973GH-25-R-00093 - Notice type: Solicitation (first published as sources sought) - Status: Awarded to Ritel Inc. - Department: Department of Transportation - Agency: Federal Aviation Administration - Contracting office: 6973GH Franchise Acquisition SVCS (6973GH) - NAICS: 237130 Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction - Product or service code: Z2BG Repair Or Alteration Of Electronic And Communications Facilities - Place of performance: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - County: Oklahoma County (FIPS 40109). https://abierto.us/counties/oklahoma-county-ok-40109 - City: Oklahoma City. https://abierto.us/cities/oklahoma-city-ok-4055000 - First posted: March 11, 2025 - Last posted: April 23, 2025 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0e009f3ce3754f7c8568e059aefea87b/view ## Description UPDATE 04/23/2025 - Question and Answer attachment added to the Attachment Section of this solicitation. Solicitation Notice The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a requirement for the guy system tensioning, minor guy system repair required for tensioning, and new grounding installed on the guys and guy anchors of all identified USFS tower assets as detailed in the Statement of Work (SOW). A firm fixed price award for this requirement is anticipated to be made to the offeror with the lowest priced solicitation (SIR) received on or before 4PM CST, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, that can be determined fully responsive and responsible. This is a competitive solicitation for a FIRM FIXED PRICE (FFP) contract. As such, any quotes received that take exception to the terms and conditions in this solicitation, proposes additional terms or conditions, or otherwise indicates within their proposal that their proposed pricing is not all inclusive of the FFP proposed, cannot be evaluated at face value in a competitive environment and will, therefore, be determined ineligible for a contract award. Any activities or costs associated with offerors proposal development and submission is at the risk of the offeror and will not be reimbursed by the FAA. SITE VISIT Site visits have been scheduled for the following dates. Please contact the POC below to coordinate your visit if you wish to attend. Winona of Ouachita Forest (Region 8/Forest 9) Ouachita National Forest, Paron, AR 72122, United States Coordinates: **34°50'14.24"N, 92°52'55.24"W Date:** **4/15/2025 Time:** 0800 local time POC: **Brent Edgemon Email:** **Brent.Edgemon@faa.gov Phone Number:** 405-834-0738 Golden Pond of Land Between the Lakes Forest (Region 8/Forest 60) Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, Cadiz, KY 42211, United States Coordinates: **36°46'54.53"N, 88°3'27.91"W Date:** **4/14/2025 Time:** 0900 local time POC: **Ricky Humes Email:** ricky.humes@usda.gov Phone Number: **270-924-2206 Cell:** 270-206-1861 Cass Repeater of Ozark-St. Francis National Forest (Region 8/Forest 10) North FM Road 1506A, Ozark, AR 72949, United States Coordinates: **35°42'52.1"N, 93°48'15.0"W Date:** **4/15/2025 Time:** 1400 local time POC: **Brent Edgemon Email:** **Brent.Edgemon@faa.gov Phone Number:** 405-834-0738 This site visit is only to see the actual site and not for answering questions. If you have any questions regarding the Statement of Work or the solicitation, please direct them by email to Tamara.M.Maxwell@faa.gov. Attendance of this site visit is at the offeror’s risk. The FAA will not reimburse any expense associated with attendance. SUBMITTALS Completed SIR document 6973GH-25-R-00093. Fill out all representation and certification in the highlighted areas of the SIR document. OFFERORS MUST SUBMIT THE COMPLETE DOCUMENT. DO NOT EXCERPT PAGES. HOW YOUR QUOTE WILL BE EVALUTED See sections L and M of the SIR document. AWARD DECISION The FAA intends to award a firm fixed price contract to the lowest price offeror determined to be eligible for award. The FAA reserves the right to cancel this requirement at any time and without notice. QUESTIONS Questions regarding this SIR are due by 4PM CST, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, and should be directed to Tamara Maxwell at Tamara.M.Maxwell@faa.gov. All questions must be asked by email and those asked through phone may not be answered. OFFER DUE DATE All responses to this request for quotes must be received by email to Tamara.M.Maxwell@faa.gov on or before April 29, 2025, at 4:00 PM Central Time. Extensions to this due date are not likely to occur. Offerors must include "6973GH-25-R-00093 - USFS GUY TENSIONING GOLDEN POND - SIR” within the subject line of your email. ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Ritel Inc. (UEI CBSTQPK5S2G6) - Contract: 6973GH25C00138, definitive contract - Obligated: $221,678.00 - Competition: Competed Under SAP, 5 offers received - Link: solicitation number 6973GH25R00093 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 6973GH (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_6973GH25C00138_6920_-NONE-_-NONE-/ ## Publications - March 11, 2025: Sources sought, due March 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 7c92632fa8a142859253353f538e3323. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7c92632fa8a142859253353f538e3323/view - March 24, 2025: Solicitation, due April 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice b71cd7485920461387914acb85a0223e. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b71cd7485920461387914acb85a0223e/view - April 23, 2025: Solicitation, due April 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 0e009f3ce3754f7c8568e059aefea87b. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0e009f3ce3754f7c8568e059aefea87b/view ## Points of contact - Tamara Maxwell, tamara.m.maxwell@faa.gov --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/6973gh25r00093.