Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Moron Air Base Postal Services
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
AI summaryThe Air Force's 496th Air Base Squadron (496 ABS) wants a contractor to run the military post office at Morón Air Base, Spain, solicitation FA557527Q0001 (Moron Air Base Postal Services). It is a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) contract with a base year starting January 12, 2027, plus four one-year options, ending January 11, 2032. The response due date is November 16, 2026, 9:00 AM Eastern. SAM.gov states no set-aside, and the solicitation says it is not set aside for small business. The work needs U.S. staff holding SECRET security clearances. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 4 attachments weren't read (Attachment 3- Pricing Worksheet.xlsx). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Air Force's 496th Air Base Squadron (496 ABS) wants a contractor to run the military post office at Morón Air Base, Spain, solicitation FA557527Q0001 (Moron Air Base Postal Services). It is a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) contract with a base year starting January 12, 2027, plus four one-year options, ending January 11, 2032. The response due date is November 16, 2026, 9:00 AM Eastern. SAM.gov states no set-aside, and the solicitation says it is not set aside for small business. The work needs U.S. staff holding SECRET security clearances.
Who can bid (5)
- Postal Supervisor must be an American National, and all positions designated American National need a final U.S. SECRET security clearance (an interim SECRET clearance granted before the performance start date is accepted)
- At least one designated U.S. Citizen holding a final U.S. SECRET clearance to handle registered mail up to SECRET material
- Minimum experience: Postal Supervisor 4 years, Postal Craftsman 3 years, Postal Clerk 2 years in military or commercial postal work
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- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) and an electronic business contact in SAM, with enrollment in Wide Area Workflow (WAWF), the Government's online invoicing system, to be paid
- Employees must follow U.S., Spanish and installation laws, including Spanish labor laws and the base pass and security access rules
How to submit: Email to Contracting Officer TSgt Ryan Hopkin (ryan.hopkin@us.af.mil) and SSgt Vida Mata (vida.mata@us.af.mil), with the full solicitation number in the subject line. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 23, 2026.
- Serious: Cleared American staff required. The supervisor and registered mail staff must be American Nationals with a final U.S. SECRET clearance, which a small business without cleared people cannot get quickly.
- Serious: Work in Spain: Spanish law, costs and currency. Staff must follow Spanish labor law and the U.S.-Spain defense agreement, prices exclude value added tax, and U.S.-based vendors quote in dollars; the documents do not say whether a Spanish office or legal entity is needed.
- Worth checking: Overseas workforce experience is graded. Past performance is scored partly on experience managing an overseas workforce, and references must send their own questionnaires directly to the Air Force.
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- Worth checking: Contractor repays postal losses within 30 days. The contractor must reimburse any audit shortage or money order loss caused by theft, negligence or procedural errors, which puts the firm's own money at risk.
- Worth checking: Zero loss of registered mail. Any lost registered article breaks the stated standard, so the quality plan and staffing must be built around it.
- Worth checking: Workload figures are planning estimates. Mail volumes are not guaranteed, and the PWS itself says the units should be confirmed, which makes fixed pricing and staffing harder.
- Minor: Staff cannot leave until registered mail balances. Registry staff must stay in Building 106 until the daily registered mail ledger is balanced, which can mean unplanned overtime.
- Minor: Quote counts only if the contacts can open it. A quote that cannot be opened in the contacts' inboxes by the response due date is treated as late and may not be considered.
- Minor: Pricing worksheet attached but not read. Attachment 3, Pricing Worksheet (an Excel file), sets the lines you must price and was not read here, so check it on SAM.gov before pricing.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments. 1 of 4 not read. Show which files.
- Solicitation - FA557527Q0001.pdf (read)
- Attachment 1 - Performance Work Statement.pdf (read)
- Attachment 2 - Past Performance Questionnaire.pdf (read)
- Attachment 3- Pricing Worksheet.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Run the military post office, postal service center and official postal center in Building 106: retail windows, parcel pickup, directory service and claims, Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, excluding U.S. Federal Holidays
- Process, scan, sort and put all incoming mail into delivery boxes within 24 hours of receipt; scan and dispatch outbound mail
- Make scheduled mail runs to Seville International Airport (SVQ), minimum 3-4 times weekly, and runs to Naval Station Rota within 48 hours of tasking
- Handle registered and accountable mail with an unbroken chain of custody and zero loss; balance the daily registered mail ledger (PS Form 2261) before staff leave the building
- Manage postal money for the United States Postal Service (USPS): stamp stock, money orders, daily PS Form 1412 financial reports and flexible credit; repay audit shortages within 30 calendar days
- Staff a full-time on-site Program Manager/Site Lead, a Postal Supervisor (American National with SECRET clearance), Postal Craftsmen and Postal Clerks with set years of experience
- Carry out phase-in with a 100% joint inventory of Government property with the outgoing contractor, then phase-out for a successor contract
- Support exercises, holiday surges of 30% to 50% more mail in November and December, an annual postal inspection and an annual hazardous-materials containment drill
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP) commercial services, bought with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) part 12 procedures; competitive simplified acquisition
- Period of performance
- Base year January 12, 2027 to January 11, 2028, plus four 12-month options through January 11, 2032, and an option to extend services up to 6 more months (about 5.5 years in all)
- Place of performance
- Building 106, Morón Air Base, Spain (about 1,160 square feet, Government-provided), with mail runs to Seville International Airport and Naval Station Rota
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best-value tradeoff: the Government may pay more for a higher-rated quote. Factors are listed in order of importance; technical capability is rated Outstanding, Good, Acceptable, Marginal or Unacceptable.
- Offers due
- November 16, 2026, 9:00 AM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to Contracting Officer TSgt Ryan Hopkin (ryan.hopkin@us.af.mil) and SSgt Vida Mata (vida.mata@us.af.mil), with the full solicitation number in the subject line
- Page limits
- Volume I Technical Capability: 10 pages including cover pages (the management approach document is limited to 3 pages). Volume II Past Performance: 4 past performance questionnaires. Volume III Price: the Pricing Worksheet only. Pages over the limit are not read.
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical capability (Volume I): (a) management approach, including staffing, hiring and turnover plan (3 pages), (b) qualifications: evidence of qualified personnel for each position in the performance work statement (PWS)
- Price (Volume III): total evaluated price for all five years plus a six-month extension, counted as half of year 5, checked for completeness, reasonableness and unbalanced pricing
- Past performance (Volume II): recency (within five years), relevancy (same or similar postal work), quality, and place of performance (experience managing an overseas workforce)
What to include when you submit
- Send three separately labeled files: Volume I technical (MS Word or PDF), Volume II past performance (MS Word or PDF) and Volume III pricing worksheet (MS Excel only, Attachment 3)
- Put prices only in Volume III; price every contract line item number (CLIN); partial quotes and multiple pricing offers are not accepted
- Management approach: a document of up to 3 pages on the plan to fill positions, the hiring and turnover process, and the maximum number of positions per year
- Qualifications: send evidence of having obtained qualified personnel for each position listed in the PWS
- Past performance: list up to four recent and relevant contracts; recent means entirely performed within the last five years from the date of solicitation, for a minimum one-year period of performance; one task order counts as one contract
- For each reference give the customer or contracting activity name, point of contact name, phone and email, contract title and number, place of performance, annual and total contract value in Euro or USD, period of performance and a description of the work
- Send the Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment 2) to each reference; they must return it directly to vida.mata@us.af.mil by the response due date, and questionnaires sent in by the bidder are not considered
- Price in U.S. dollars if you are a U.S.-based vendor (a non-U.S. vendor quotes in its home currency), rounded to the nearest dollar or Euro and without value added tax (IVA); state any discount payment terms
- State any assumptions and proposed exceptions to the Contracting Officer in the quote
- Make sure the two contacts can open your email and attachments before the response due date; otherwise the quote is treated as late
After award, you must have
- Security training for assigned personnel within 30 calendar days of employment and every year after From Attachment 1 - Performance Work Statement.pdf:
…train assigned personnel within 30 calendar days of employment and annually…
Current contractor
No incumbent is named.
Not in the notice text
- The Pricing Worksheet (Attachment 3, an Excel file) is attached but not read here; check it on SAM.gov for the lines and positions to price
- No dollar value, budget or Government estimate is given for this contract
- Whether a Spanish office, legal entity or specific Spanish licenses are required: the documents say to include normal Spanish costs for permits, licenses, wages and insurance but name no specific license
- The number of staff positions required: bidders propose it in their management approach, and the PWS gives no headcount
- Whether a facility clearance for the company is needed beyond SECRET-cleared individual employees: not stated
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to Contracting Officer TSgt Ryan Hopkin (ryan.hopkin@us.af.mil) and SSgt Vida Mata (vida.mata@us.af.mil), with the full solicitation number in the subject line. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 23, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- FA5575 496 Abs PK
- Product/service code
- R613 · Support – Administrative: Post Office
- Business type
- Transportation, logistics & vehicles (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 491110)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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