# FY26 Tug Boat Rental Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/w912p426qa002 - Solicitation number: W912P426QA002 - Notice type: Award notice (first published as solicitation) - Status: Awarded to Fio LLC for $10,521,000.00 - Department: Department of the Army - Agency: Department of the Army - Contracting office: W072 Endist Buffalo (W912P4) - NAICS: 532411 Commercial Air, Rail, and Water Transportation Equipment Rental and Leasing - Product or service code: 1925 Special Service Vessels - Set-aside: Total small business set-aside - County: Erie County (FIPS 36029). https://abierto.us/counties/erie-county-ny-36029 - City: Buffalo. https://abierto.us/cities/buffalo-ny-3611000 - First posted: March 5, 2026 - Last posted: April 16, 2026 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/4370e9dcd86c4fc5be667adcef92e00b/view ## Description This posting is a solicitation to award a contract for a tug boat rental for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District. The boat will be primarily used on Lake Erie from Buffalo, NY to Toledo, OH. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 532411 - Commercial Air, Rail, and Water Transportation Equipment Rental and Leasing. This will be a 100% Small Business Set-Aside competitive procurement. Please be advised that this requirement may be delayed, revised, or cancelled at any time before award. **SOLICITATION WEBSITE:** The official solicitation and any subsequent amendments or updates, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE), https://piee.eb.mil/. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website at https://piee.eb.mil/. Solicitation Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing the solicitation and any amendments by the Government prior to closing. It is the Offerors responsibility to monitor the website for any amendments or changes to the solicitation. **REGISTRATIONS:** Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the following database: **System for Award Management (SAM):** Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the SAM database at http://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror. **INQUIRIES:** Technical inquiries and questions relating to this solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at http://www.ProjNet.org/ProjNet. As noted, offerors shall NOT submit their proposals via ProjNet. Offerors shall submit their proposals in accordance with the provisions stated in the solicitation. To submit and review bid inquiry items, bidders will need to be a current registered user or self-register into system. The Solicitation Number is: W912P426QA002 The Bidder Inquiry Key is: 2PU72K-VA2S77. For detailed instructions on accessing Projnet, see Addendum to 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Products and Commercial Services in the attached solicitation. **Amendment 1:** Amendment 1 changes the structure of the CLINs to include a line item for mobilization/demobilization. ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Fio LLC (UEI QAFMYLA342X5) - Contract: W912P426CA006, definitive contract - Obligated: $3,761,820.00 - Competition: Competed Under SAP, 1 offers received - Link: award number W912P426CA006 equals the contract number; same awarding office W912P4 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_W912P426CA006_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-/ ## Publications - March 5, 2026: Solicitation, due March 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 4cf69d2d2f7a4614aeb05be6723d3d18. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/4cf69d2d2f7a4614aeb05be6723d3d18/view - March 9, 2026: Solicitation, due March 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 143bb12ec3a24c54a350fc37b66f73dc. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/143bb12ec3a24c54a350fc37b66f73dc/view - March 9, 2026: Solicitation, due March 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 9414544a251741fdb18eb54d106ebdce. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9414544a251741fdb18eb54d106ebdce/view - April 16, 2026: Award notice. Notice 4370e9dcd86c4fc5be667adcef92e00b. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/4370e9dcd86c4fc5be667adcef92e00b/view ## Points of contact - Tyrone Palaganas, tyrone.b.palaganas@usace.army.mil, 716-879-4126 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/w912p426qa002.