The FAA needs a small business to refurbish and repaint 75 antenna towers in Connecticut.
Key Details
- What exactly do they need?
The FAA needs a small business to refurbish and repaint 75 antenna towers in Connecticut. The work includes surface preparation, applying a spot prime coat, full coat, and full finish coat to the towers, as well as removing rust at the conduit threads, applying a new silane concrete sealer, and installing a new hot dip galvanized steel plate in the middle of the platform on each tower. The contractor must also remove any paint that is mistakenly placed inside the fall arrestor channel and replace the existing bolt that was used to clamp the #6 ground with a new ASTM A325 bolted connection.
- What's the contract structure and timeline?
The contract is a firm-fixed-price contract with a base year and option years. The notice doesn't say how long the contract will last or when it will start.
- How will they pick the winner?
The evaluation basis is not specified in the notice.
- When and how do you bid?
Bids are due on July 20, 2026, at 4:00 PM ET. The contractor must submit their bid through the FAA's procurement system.
Routine commodity buy — low-effort bid, modest payoff.
Who can apply
- Must be a certified small business
- Has experience with painting and wall covering contractors
- Has done similar work for the FAA before
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your small business certification is still active in SAM.gov
- Review the attached sampling report to ensure awareness of the presence of hazardous materials
- Submit a project-specific Health and Safety Plan mitigating all hazards identified in the tower sampling report