DEPT OF DEFENSE.DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE.AIR MOBILITY COMMAND.FA4497 436 CONS LGC
Total Small BusinessCLOSING SOON
Kitchen hood and duct cleaning service at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Specialized cleaning of commercial kitchen ventilation systems including hoods, ducts, and related equipment.
These are federal janitorial contracts in Delaware that are coming up for rebid — work already being done under contract, about to be re-competed. Each shows who holds it now, when it ends, and roughly when the new solicitation should post, so you can register and get bid-ready months ahead.
NONPROFIT-HELDAbilityOne set-aside, usually closed to commercial bidders.
Janitorial recompete — Defense Health Agency
Delaware
CHIMES DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC holds this janitorial work under the AbilityOne program, which sets the work aside for nonprofits that employ people with disabilities. The contract ends around Oct 2026, but set-aside work like this usually is not opened to commercial bidders, it gets reassigned inside the program. Confirm on SAM.gov before you spend any time on it.
Probably not worth chasing. This work is held by an AbilityOne nonprofit, and AbilityOne contracts are a mandatory set-aside, the agency has to keep buying from the nonprofit, so it usually will not open to commercial bidders even when it ends. Only pursue it if you confirm on SAM.gov that it is actually being competed.
How to find and win federal cleaning contracts in Delaware
Federal agencies in Delaware regularly need cleaning and janitorial help for offices, clinics, courthouses, parks, and other facilities. These opportunities are posted on SAM.gov, the official U.S. government contracting system, and many are sized for small businesses. Delaware sits in the South region, so crews that also cover nearby states often bid on this work too.
GovGigs checks SAM.gov every week, keeps the cleaning and janitorial opportunities that a small crew could realistically staff, and lists the open ones for Delaware above, each with its deadline and a direct link to the official notice where you bid.
An active SAM.gov registration. It's the free government site where businesses sign up to do federal work, and it can take a little time to set up.
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Your company registered under cleaning work and counting as a small business. Almost every small cleaning firm qualifies, since the government's size limits for cleaning are generous.
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A quick check on who can bid. Some jobs are set aside for certain businesses, like veteran-owned or women-owned, and each listing spells out who qualifies.
Listings are sourced from SAM.gov, the official U.S. government contracting system. Always confirm scope, dates, and eligibility on the official notice before bidding. Dollar values are frequently not published before award.