# SAM # PR16330526

Embassy Kingston trenching, conduit, and ground-well installation

**Buyer:** U.S. Embassy Kingston
**Posted:** October 09, 2026
**Respond By:** October 26, 2026
**Identifier:** PR16330526
**NAICS:** 238910, 237130, 237990

The U.S. Department of State’s U.S. Embassy Kingston is preparing an RFQ for trenching, conduit, and ground-well installation on the Embassy compound.
- **Government buyer:** U.S. Department of State; U.S. Embassy Kingston Procurement Office, Kingston, Jamaica.
- **Requested work:** Provide labor, equipment, supervision, materials, and project management for trenching and conduit and ground-well installation at Embassy compound locations. Work includes handhole/manhole penetrations, utility verification before excavation, conduit installation with pull lines, backfilling, and compaction.
- **Key technical requirements:** Use Schedule 80 PVC conduit, with a minimum 24-inch cover where specified; use prefabricated sweeping bends for underground 90-degree turns; transition above-grade PVC to rigid galvanized steel; and meet the stated soil, backfill, and compaction requirements.
- **Scope quantity:** The notices conflict, referring to both nine and thirteen trench-work locations. No product quantities are provided.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No OEMs, manufacturers, or vendors are named. No product part numbers are specified.
- **Performance period:** Anticipated 21 days after contract award; no option periods are specified.

### Description

<p><strong>Description</strong></p>

<p>The United Stated Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica, plans to issue a Request for Quotations (RFQ) for trenching, conduit and ground-well installation in various locations on the Embassy compound.</p>

<p><strong>Scope of Work:</strong> The contractor will provide all labor, equipment, supervision, material specific to the back filling and compaction and management needed to complete the job</p>

<p><strong>Infrastructure Support System - Handhole / Underground Conduit System</strong></p>

<p><strong>Trenching</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li>Nine locations have been identified requiring trench work.</li>
	<li>Thirteen locations have been identified requiring trench work.</li>
	<li>Before excavation, the Contractor shall locate and verify all existing utilities in the proposed trench alignment.</li>
	<li>If excavation interferes with existing drains, piping, or structures, the Contractor shall immediately notify, in writing, the COR and provide temporary protection for these systems before proceeding.</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Trenching from Handholes </strong></p>

<ul>
	<li>The Contractor shall make wall penetrations into existing manholes/handholes as required for the number and size of conduits entering and exiting each structure, in accordance with the drawings.</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Conduit</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li>Existing conduit shall remain in place unless the drawings specifically direct removal or modification.</li>
	<li>Under grass, soil, the Contractor shall install Schedule 80 PVC conduit with a minimum cover of 24 inches (610 mm) from finished grade to top of conduit, or as indicated on the drawings, whichever is greater.</li>
	<li>All underground 90 degree bends with a 12inch (305 mm) radius shall use prefabricated sweeping bends.</li>
	<li>Above grade, <strong>all underground PVC conduit shall transition to rigid galvanized steel (RGS) using PVC to RGS couplers</strong>.</li>
	<li>The Contractor shall install pull lines in all new conduit runs.</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Soil and Backfill Materials</strong></p>

<p><strong>Soil Materials</strong></p>

<p>The Contractor shall provide all labor and materials for soil and backfill, where required.</p>

<ul>
	<li><strong>Select Backfill</strong>: ASTM D 2487 soil classification groups SW, SP, and SM, or combinations thereof; free of rock or gravel larger than 3 inches (75 mm), debris, waste, frozen materials, vegetation, and other deleterious matter.</li>
	<li><strong>Asphalt/Concrete Base Course</strong>: Naturally or artificially graded mixture of natural or crushed gravel, crushed stone, and natural or crushed sand; ASTM D 2940; with at least 95% passing a 11/2inch (40 mm) sieve and not more than 8% passing a 1/4inch (6.4 mm) sieve.</li>
	<li><strong>Base Gravel</strong>: Naturally or artificially graded mixture of natural or crushed gravel, crushed stone, and natural or crushed sand; ASTM D 2940; 100% passing a 1inch (25 mm) sieve and not more than 8% passing a 1/4inch (6.4 mm) sieve.</li>
	<li><strong>Sand Cushion</strong>: ASTM C 33 fine aggregate, natural or manufactured sand.</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Placement and Compaction</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li>Place backfill and fill in layers not exceeding:
	<ul>
		<li>8 inches (203 mm) loose thickness for heavy compaction equipment;</li>
		<li>4 inches (102 mm) loose thickness when compacted by hand-operated tampers.</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	<li>Place backfill and fill evenly to the required elevations, uniformly along their full length.</li>
	<li>Compact soil materials to not less than the following percentages of maximum dry unit weight per ASTM D 1557:
	<ul>
		<li>Under lawns or unpaved areas: scarify and re-compact top 6 inches (152 mm) below subgrade and compact each layer to 85%.</li>
		<li>Utility trenches: compact each layer of initial and final backfill to 85%.</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Anticipated Period of Performance:</strong> a base period of twenty-one (21) days after contract award</p>

<p><strong>Eligibility and Registration</strong></p>

<p>Offerors must hold an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) when they submit a proposal and at award.</p>

<p>Local Insurance and Defense Based Act (DBA) Insurance.</p>

<p><strong>Solicitation Availability</strong></p>

<p>The Embassy will post the solicitation and all amendments only on SAM.gov at https://sam.gov. Interested parties should monitor SAM.gov for the release and any amendments. The Embassy will not issue paper copies.</p>

<p><strong>Disclaimer</strong></p>

<p>This notice is for informational purposes only and is not a request for proposals. It does not commit the Government to issue a solicitation or award a contract. The Government will not pay for any information or materials submitted in response to this notice.</p>

<p><strong>Interested Parties are required to send their interest to Kingstonquotes@state.gov on or before October 26, 2026 at 2pm local time.</strong></p>

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