Ashton Ranger District Office Janitorial
Forest Service · USDA-FS, CSA INTERMOUNTAIN 7
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1240LS26Q0064 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 1240LS26Q0064 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for Janitorial Services for the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Ashton Ranger District Office. This acquisition is set-aside for Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) concerns. The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 561720 The small busi… (show all)
ness size standard is $22.0 Million This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency. Statement of Requirement Scope of Contract - The purpose of this contract is to secure janitorial services for the Ashton Ranger District in Ashton, Idaho. All designated areas must present a clean, healthful, and well-kept appearance. The work will consist of cleaning floors, vacuuming carpets, cleaning furnishings/furniture. The contractor shall comply with required bio-based and bio-preferred materials requirements of the solicitation. A site visit is scheduled for August 12, 2026 at 11:00 AM MT. Interested vendors will meet the COR at the Ashton Ranger District Office located at 46 Highway 20, Ashton, Idaho 83420-0841 at the scheduled time. Vendors are not required to submit any information to attend the site visit, but they will be asked to fill out an attendance sheet (Company Name, Employee Name, Phone Number, and Email Address), which will be posted with the question and answer amendment. Attendance is not mandatory, but interested vendors are encouraged to attend. Questions Questions shall be submitted via email to arlen.fausett@usda.gov and are due no later than August 13, 2026, at 10:00 AM Mountain Time. This will ensure enough time to respond before the solicitation period ends. Please include the solicitation name and number as the subject line of the email. Offers are due at the email address above no later than August 18, 2026, at 10:00 AM Mountain Time. See 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors � Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2025) for instructions on submission of offers.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Forest Service), same NAICS 561210.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIARA HOLDINGS LLC | 1 | $44K | Mar 24, 2025 |
| FLINTSTRIKE LLC | 1 | $32K | Mar 7, 2025 |
| KENTUCKY DISASTER RESTORATION LIMITED | 1 | $17K | Jul 3, 2025 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.
- Jul 3, 2025KENTUCKY DISASTER RESTORATION LIMITED$17KUSFS Redbird Ranger District Generator Installation
- Mar 24, 2025NIARA HOLDINGS LLC$44KCurlew Job Corps Fire Alarm Inspection
- Mar 7, 2025FLINTSTRIKE LLC$32KMingo JCCC Inspect and Test Fire Alarm Systems
Competitive landscape
For the 3 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied U.S. Forest Service since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past U.S. Forest Service job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 15 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.