SAM #385439GMK

Fermilab IDIQ excavation and underground utility repair services

Fermi Forward Discovery Group is seeking a small-business contractor to provide on-call excavation and underground utility repair services at Fermilab. - Buyer: Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC (FermiForward), managing Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) for the U.S. Department of Energy; Procurement Department. - Requested services: IDIQ excavation, trenching, and utility repair, including water main and service-line work, sanitary and storm sewer repairs, underground piping installation or replacement, potholing and vacuum excavation, dewatering, backfill, earthwork, site stabilization, debris removal, and surface restoration. Work is ordered through individual task orders; no products, part numbers, or fixed service quantities are specified. - Response and capacity: Emergency response is required within 4 hours and urgent response within 8 hours, 24 hours a day, year-round. The contractor must be able to provide up to three fully staffed and equipped crews concurrently. - Requirements and limits: The contractor provides labor, materials, equipment, mobilization, safety and quality oversight, and related task-order support. Electrical conduit and gas-piping repairs are excluded and assigned to a separate licensed subcontractor. Work must support uninterrupted laboratory operations across varied site conditions. - Contract scale and term: The sample subcontract states a maximum value of $14 million and a $300,000 limit per task order. The anticipated structure is a two-year base period with three one-year options. - OEMs/vendors: No product OEMs or named service vendors are identified. Supporting exhibits also include general construction requirements, subcontractor safety-data reporting, a subcontract acknowledgment, and a reference to energy-savings performance contract services; no project-specific products or quantities are provided for these items.

Description

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) is soliciting proposals for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type Master Subcontract for Utilities Excavation and Repair Services for Fermilab located in Batavia, IL.

Fermi Forward Discovery Group (FFDG) seeks to find a qualified subcontractor to perform on-call, scheduled, and emergency excavation services and utility repairs, as described in Exhibit C, Statement of Work, and the requirements of each task order. Work will be performed across the Fermilab site, which covers approximately 6,800 acres in Kane and DuPage Counties and includes approximately 375 buildings and structures. The site contains a wide variety of soil types and terrain, such as clay soils, fill, and saturated soils, in settings that include developed areas, open prairie, woodlands, wetlands, and areas adjacent to ponds and waterways. Offerors should consider these conditions in their technical approach, equipment selection, and pricing. Fermilab operates 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, and the work must support uninterrupted laboratory operations.

The Request for Proposal and all Exhibits are located at Sam.gov under Solicitation number 385439GMK.

Questions Close on November 18, 2026 at 5:00 pm CST.  All questions must be submitted in writing to ginakern@fnal.gov.

The Request for Proposal (RFP) CLOSES on December 7, 2026 at 3:00 pm CST.  Please email your proposals with all required documents to ginakern@fnal.gov.

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