Sources SoughtPosted Oct 5, 2026·Responses due Oct 10, 2026

95--WAPA-wide Steel Structures IDIQ

Energy · WESTERN-CORPORATE SERVICES OFFICE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
332312
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
89503026QWA000297
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
9520
Place
Not stated
Contact
Siltman, Benjamin R. (siltman@wapa.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 89503026QWA000297 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 5, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 26, 2026 to Dec 26, 2026, middle of the range Nov 5, 2026.
Measured from 192 past early notices at Energy, Department of that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 5, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTES (RFQ). NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) is issuing an RFI as a means of conducting market research to obtain information from companies with the capability to provide galvanized steel substation structures and lattice towers. There are multiple WAPA sites eligible for delivery of these steel structures located throughout the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, a… (show all)

nd Wyoming. Delivery points for the steel structures will be in surface storage areas adjacent to all-weather roads. The contractor is required to have relevant industry knowledge and experience in fabrication of structural steel components and structures. The contractor must have established fabrication, welding, inspection, galvanizing, quality assurance and quality control shop practices. Engineering and drafting services are required for design and shop drawings. Skilled labor is required for welding, fabrication, and galvanizing. Individual delivery orders vary from single lattice tower pieces, substation equipment supports, platforms, multiple complex substation structures, and complete microwave towers. The contractor shall be able to cut, bend, fit up, and weld steel plates, shapes, tubes, and bars. Fabricators must be able to operate and maintain heavy duty equipment including a press break, drilling machinery, plasma cutting table, seam welding, and have the ability to galvanize large components (approximately 5 ft x 5 ft x 35 ft). Delivery must be provided across WAPA's footprint. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to provide the supplies required as identified above are invited to submit a response to this RFI Notice by 10/07/2026 at 08:00 PM MD. Submissions shall include the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, website address, telephone number; 2) Size status and type of ownership for the organization (socio-economic program as applicable) under NAICS 332312, Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing; 3) Tailored capability statements addressing the requirements of this effort, to include possible approach on how your firm would meet the requirements listed above; 4) Your firm�s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) assigned by the U.S. federal government through SAM.gov; 5) Federal Supply Schedule, as applicable; 6) Identify whether you would be the sole contractor or if significant subcontracting/teaming is anticipated in order to fulfill the requirements; 7) No phone calls will be accepted regarding this RFI/Sources Sought. Please do not submit more than the minimum information necessary.

Who won similar work

4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Energy), same NAICS 332312.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ENERGY BY NATIVE AMERICAN DESIGN CORP2$1.7MJun 2, 2026
HUGHES BROTHERS INC2$451KDec 16, 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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 2 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 Energy, Dept of since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Energy, Dept of job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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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
  • 75 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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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
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