Y--OK-TISHOMINGO NFH-REPLACE KETTLES 6 & 7
Rationale
The Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery kettle-replacement solicitation is federal infrastructure work at a remote aquaculture facility. Fish hatcheries operate 24/7 with restricted public access, live-animal biosecurity protocols, and contractor activity around sensitive water systems and equipment yards. The work involves replacing production kettles, which suggests equipment laydown, crane access, and a multi-week construction window where mobile surveillance towers cover contractor work zones and protect existing hatchery infrastructure during nights and weekends when site staff is minimal. The solicitation posted May 1 via SAM.gov with a 25-day response window closing May 26. NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) flags this as a fixed-scope project likely to award within 30-45 days of close. Pre-award timing is optimal: the security line item is still negotiable, and the winning GC has not yet locked subcontractors. Value is undisclosed in the source record, typical for federal fish-hatchery maintenance contracts in the $500K-$2M range. Pittsburgh branch is nearest at 209 miles, inside the 300-mile coverage radius. No warm Zedcor customer sits within 50 miles of the site. The buying contact is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contracting officer named in the solicitation or the GC's project manager once award posts. Lead with mobile-tower availability for the construction phase and ask whether biosecurity protocols require after-hours monitoring of contractor zones separate from existing hatchery security.
Project Facts
Contacts
1 surfacedContacts — 1 at FWS CONSTRUCTION & A/E - BIL/DISASTER
HubSpot
Outreach
Verifier
passed · all 4 checksverified on 2 of 4 — null-coordinate project, geographic checks skipped
Source Record
Solicitation details (sam.gov)
View on sam.gov ↗- Agency
- INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE›US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE›FWS CONSTRUCTION & A/E - BIL/DISASTER
- Contracting office
- Falls Church, VA, 22041
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
- Solicitation #
- 140FC126Q0011
- Bid window closes
- 2026-05-11 17:00Z
- Archive date
- 2026-05-26
Activity timeline
- Ranked · score 33Saw the Tishomingo NFH kettle-replacement solicitation close May 26. Fish hatcheries run 24/7 with biosecurity constraints, worth a quick call on mobile tower coverage for contractor zones during the build?2026-05-02 07:38 · projects
- Verifiedverified on 2 of 4 — null-coordinate project, geographic checks skipped2026-05-02 07:38 · projects
- Project ingestedSource: sam.gov · posted 2026-05-012026-05-01 18:00 · projects