Presolicitation
Lowell Creek Tunnel Repairs, Seward, Alaska
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe Army's Alaska engineer district (shown on SAM.gov as ENDIST ALASKA) plans a full and open Invitation for Bids (IFB: sealed bids) to repair worn areas and install new center rails in the Lowell Creek Tunnel in Seward, Alaska. The contract will be firm-fixed-price, with a 1000 calendar-day performance period and a construction magnitude between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. This is a presolicitation: the solicitation is expected to be available for download on or after November 3, 2026, and no bids are accepted yet. More in the summary
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The Army's Alaska engineer district (shown on SAM.gov as ENDIST ALASKA) plans a full and open Invitation for Bids (IFB: sealed bids) to repair worn areas and install new center rails in the Lowell Creek Tunnel in Seward, Alaska. The contract will be firm-fixed-price, with a 1000 calendar-day performance period and a construction magnitude between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. This is a presolicitation: the solicitation is expected to be available for download on or after November 3, 2026, and no bids are accepted yet.
Who can bid
- Active SAM.gov registration when bidding and at time of award; a joint venture must be registered as a joint venture
- Meet the Definitive Responsibility Criteria (specific qualifications bidders must show) that the solicitation will set
How to submit: Electronic bids through the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module; search for solicitation number W911KB27BA005. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Serious: Definitive Responsibility Criteria not yet shown. The solicitation will set specific qualifications a bidder must meet; a business that does not meet them can be shut out. They are not in this notice.
- Worth checking: Construction wage rates apply. Davis-Bacon (federal minimum pay and benefits for construction workers) wage rates must be built into your price.
- Minor: Contingent on funds. If the project is cancelled, bidders bear their own bid preparation costs.
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- Minor: Bids go through PIEE. Bids are submitted in the PIEE Solicitation Module, which needs its own account, so allow time to set it up.
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Full summary
What they want
- Repair worn areas of the Lowell Creek Tunnel, an approximately 2,100 feet long, 10-foot high, horseshoe-shaped tunnel through Bear Mountain
- Install new center rails in the tunnel
- Furnish all labor, equipment, supplies, materials, supervision and other items and services needed
- Follow commercial and industry standards and all applicable federal, state and local laws and rules
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing), from a full and open Invitation for Bids with Definitive Responsibility Criteria
- Period of performance
- 1000 calendar days
- Place of performance
- Lowell Creek Tunnel, Seward, Alaska
- Estimated value
- Total estimated magnitude of construction between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Invitation for Bids (sealed bids) with Definitive Responsibility Criteria; the notice does not say how the winner is picked
- How to submit
- Electronic bids through the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module; search for solicitation number W911KB27BA005
What to include when you submit
- Be registered in SAM.gov when you submit a bid and at time of award; joint ventures must be registered in SAM.gov as a joint venture
- Download the solicitation and any amendments from SAM.gov by searching the solicitation number
Not in the notice text
- The Definitive Responsibility Criteria are not in the notice
- Whether there is a site visit, and whether it is required, is not stated
- The bid due date, bonding requirements and the set-aside status are not stated; SAM.gov shows no set-aside
- The drawings and specifications will be in the solicitation, which is not yet available
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: Electronic bids through the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module; search for solicitation number W911KB27BA005. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Construction contracts over $2,000 pay at least the local Davis-Bacon wage rates, from the wage determination in the solicitation. Price your labor from it: How to price a government contract, and how Davis-Bacon differs from the Service Contract Act.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- W2SN ENDIST Alaska, Anchorage, AK
- Product/service code
- Z2LC · Repair or Alteration of Tunnels and Subsurface Structures
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237990)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)No date on SAM.gov
- Oct 19, 2026 · PresolicitationNo date on SAM.gov
- 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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