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Offers due due today
The International Boundary and Water Commission needs a small business to provide ongoing security system maintenance, repair, and replacement services at its facilities in Texas.
Key Details
- What exactly do they need? The International Boundary and Water Commission needs a small business to provide ongoing security system maintenance, repair, and replacement services at its facilities in Texas, including the Mercedes Field Office, Anzalduas Dam, and Retamal Dam.
- What's the contract structure and timeline? This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a 90-day quote, with a site visit scheduled for June 11, 2026. The contract will be awarded to the lowest price, technically acceptable (LPTA) responsible offeror.
- How will they pick the winner? The evaluation factors are technical approach, past performance, and price, with equal weighting for technical acceptability.
- When and how do you bid? Submit your quote by email to seone.jones@ibwc.gov by June 25, 2026, 3:00 pm MST. Include your active UEI and ensure your annual representations are current in SAM.gov.
Routine commodity buy — low-effort bid, modest payoff.
Who can apply
- Must be a certified small business
- Has experience with security system maintenance and repair
- Has done similar work for the government before
Heads up — easy to miss
- There's a mandatory site visit on June 11, 2026, at 9:00 AM and 1:00 PM Central Time (CT) at the Mercedes Field Office and adjacent LRGV locations.
- Pre-registration and execution of IBWC_Form_358_Nondisclosure_Agreement.pdf are required for the site visit.
- Only questions submitted by email to seone.jones@ibwc.gov will be considered.
- Active UEI must be included in your offer.
- Only offers from small businesses will be considered for this solicitation.
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your small business certification is still active in SAM.gov.
- Write a 1-page summary of similar work you've done before.
- Email the contracting officer to RSVP for the site visit.
- Find a teaming partner who already has the required certification.
Primary point of contact
Name
Seone Michael Jones
Email
seone.jones@ibwc.gov