The Army needs a small business to manufacture a wheel loader grapple rake for its Wisconsin facilities.
Key Details
- What exactly do they need?
The Army needs a wheel loader grapple rake for its Wisconsin facilities. The requirement is for 1 each of the item.
- What's the contract structure and timeline?
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, and the contract will be awarded as a firm-fixed-price contract. The period of performance is not specified.
- How will they pick the winner?
The quotes will be evaluated based on the technical specifications provided by the offerors. The Government will determine the technical acceptability of the offer.
- When and how do you bid?
Submit your quote via email to seth.swieter@us.af.mil and WI.CRTC.VF.Contracting@us.af.mil by 13 July 2026 at 1:00 PM CDT.
Routine commodity buy — low-effort bid, modest payoff.
Who can apply
- Must be a certified small business
- Has experience with farm machinery and equipment manufacturing
- Has done work for the Department of Defense before
Heads up — easy to miss
- Offers must include complete and detailed technical specifications to enable the Government's evaluation and determination of technical acceptability.
- Incomplete submissions or failure to provide adequate technical details may result in the offer being deemed technically unacceptable and removed from consideration.
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your small business is registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at the time of submission of quotes.
- Write a 1-page summary of similar work you've done before in farm machinery and equipment manufacturing.
- Email the contracting officer to RSVP for the site visit (if any).
Primary point of contact
Email
seth.swieter@us.af.mil