Public notice walkthrough · HVAC
Read the bid before you write the bid.
One Navy maintenance notice. Two conflicting deadlines. Here is what deserves a second look.
This walkthrough was prepared from the public SAM.gov notice for RFQ N0018926QL409, reviewed October 4, 2026. The notice is inactive. This is an explanation of the notice, not an automated PDF decode; its solicitation and wage-determination attachments were not reviewed.
The plain-English brief
The Navy sought an annual maintenance contract for the Puget Sound Navy Museum in Bremerton, Washington. The scope in the notice is monthly service of HVAC humidity-control equipment under a performance work statement. The proposed contract was firm-fixed-price and reserved for small businesses.
- Buyer
- NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk
- Industry
- NAICS 238220 · Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors
- Set-aside
- Total small business
- Location
- Bremerton, WA 98337
- Contract value
- Not stated in the notice reviewed
Check before bidding
The deadline does not agree with itself.
- General Information: offers due September 4, 2026, 10:00 am EDT.
- Description: quotes close September 9, 2026, 10:00 am EST.
- Description: questions due September 8, 2026, 10:00 am EST.
The dates differ, and the notice uses both EDT and EST. Do not silently pick one. For a current bid, check the solicitation and every amendment, then obtain clarification through the procurement's stated channel if the conflict remains.
Source: SAM.gov notice → General Information and Description
A starter checklist, with the missing pieces visible.
This checklist covers the public notice only. The complete compliance matrix requires reading the solicitation, PWS, wage determination and amendments.
| What the notice says | Source | What to verify |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly HVAC humidity-control maintenance | Description, scope paragraph | Equipment, tasks, response times and staffing in the PWS |
| Annual, firm-fixed-price contract | Description, scope paragraph | Performance dates, option periods, line items and pricing instructions |
| Total small-business set-aside; notice lists a $19M size standard | Classification and Description | The applicable eligibility and size rules; do not infer eligibility from the notice alone |
| Solicitation and wage determination listed as attachments | Description, attachment list | Read both attachments before calculating labor cost or assembling the quote |
| Conflicting submission dates and timezone labels | General Information and Description | The controlling deadline in the solicitation and amendments |
What this notice cannot tell you
It does not establish your chances of winning, the full evaluation criteria, the complete submission instructions or all performance requirements. A useful brief should expose those gaps instead of inventing answers.
Your own solicitation
Get to the questions that matter.
Upload a public solicitation PDF for a plain-English brief, key dates, a go/no-go checklist and a compliance matrix you can export. Confirm the AI-generated report against the source and amendments.
One free decode per account. No card needed to try it. Do not upload CUI, classified, proprietary or otherwise restricted documents.