Presolicitation
P233 Air Traffic Control Tower and Flight Simulator Training Facility
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryNAVFAC Southeast (Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command) plans a design-bid-build construction contract for the P233 Air Traffic Control Tower and Flight Simulator Training Facility at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi. This presolicitation says the solicitation, N6945027R0008, will be available on SAM.gov on or about November 30, 2026. It is open to all businesses (full and open competition), with a project magnitude between $20,000,000 and $50,000,000. More in the summary
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NAVFAC Southeast (Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command) plans a design-bid-build construction contract for the P233 Air Traffic Control Tower and Flight Simulator Training Facility at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi. This presolicitation says the solicitation, N6945027R0008, will be available on SAM.gov on or about November 30, 2026. It is open to all businesses (full and open competition), with a project magnitude between $20,000,000 and $50,000,000.
Who can bid
- Registered or in the process of registering in the System for Award Management (SAM)
How to submit: Per the solicitation, to be downloaded from SAM.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Nov 10, 2026.
- Worth checking: Date passed (Oct 27, 2026): Open to large businesses. Small businesses will compete against large firms; the October 27, 2026 sources sought led to full and open competition.
- Worth checking: Project size $20M to $50M. A project this size needs matching construction experience and financial capacity.
- Minor: Release date: November 25 on SAM.gov, November 30 in the text. SAM.gov lists November 25, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern, while the text says the solicitation comes on or about November 30, 2026.
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- Minor: Different solicitation number. The solicitation will be N6945027R0008, not the N6945027RP233 shown on SAM.gov, so search for both.
- Minor: Optional site visit. A site visit will be held for bidders who choose to attend; the date and time will be in the solicitation.
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Full summary
What they want
- Build a new air traffic control tower and an adjacent flight simulator facility
- All utilities, site improvements, pavements, an elevator and a backup generator for a complete, usable facility
- Meet Department of Defense antiterrorism/force protection rules in Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 4-010-01 and 3-600-01
- Bid option: demolish Buildings 4209 and 4230, grade the site and install a security fence, only after the new tower is complete
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP): one set price, whatever the work ends up costing; design-bid-build (DBB)
- Period of performance
- 1,219 calendar days (estimated)
- Place of performance
- Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi
- Estimated value
- Project magnitude between $20,000,000 and $50,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff (FAR 15.103-1), negotiated source selection with a one-phase submission
- How to submit
- Per the solicitation, to be downloaded from SAM.gov
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical proposal
- Past performance and experience
- Price
What to include when you submit
- Send a technical proposal, past performance and experience information, and a price proposal.
- Be registered, or in the process of registering, in the System for Award Management (SAM).
Current contractor
None: the notice says this is a new procurement with no prior contract. A sources sought posted October 27, 2026, led to full and open competition.
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation isn't out yet: the response due date, site visit date and full requirements will be in it.
- Which wage rule applies (a Davis-Bacon wage determination) isn't stated.
- Bonding requirements aren't stated.
- The relative importance of the evaluation factors isn't stated.
- Proposals will be due no earlier than 30 days after the solicitation is released.
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: Per the solicitation, to be downloaded from SAM.gov. 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
- Nov 10, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- Navfacsyscom Southeast, NAS Jacksonville, FL
- Product/service code
- Y1BA · Construction of Air Traffic Control Towers
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 10, 2026 · Presolicitation (this version)Due Nov 25, 2026 (changed)
- Nov 3, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 3, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 27, 2026 · Sources SoughtDue Nov 4, 2026
- 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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