Solicitation
91st Cyber Operations Center – Progressive Design-Build Other Transaction Agreement
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryStep one of a two-step selection: white papers are due November 17, 2026 at 1400 Central Time (the notice) and only teams invited after that may take part in step two's pitch meetings. The Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District, for the Department of the Air Force, wants a design-build team for an approximately 42,000-square-foot, multi-story 91st Cyber Operations Center at JBSA Lackland, Texas (solicitation W9126G27QA008). It uses progressive design-build (PDB: the builder joins early to help design, then prices construction) under an Other Transaction (OT) agreement, with Phase 1 design and pre-construction, then possible construction packages. More in the summary
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Summary of the version posted Nov 5, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 12, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. Some details are in the notice's attachments, which this summary didn't read. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Step one of a two-step selection: white papers are due November 17, 2026 at 1400 Central Time (the notice) and only teams invited after that may take part in step two's pitch meetings. The Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District, for the Department of the Air Force, wants a design-build team for an approximately 42,000-square-foot, multi-story 91st Cyber Operations Center at JBSA Lackland, Texas (solicitation W9126G27QA008). It uses progressive design-build (PDB: the builder joins early to help design, then prices construction) under an Other Transaction (OT) agreement, with Phase 1 design and pre-construction, then possible construction packages.
How to submit: Email to the solicitation points of contact named in the solicitation. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
- Serious: Step two is by invitation only. Only teams invited after the white paper step go on to pitch meetings, so a missed or weak white paper ends the bid.
- Worth checking: Construction phases not guaranteed. Phase 2 work depends on Phase 1 performance, negotiation, approvals and funding, and the Government need not proceed with any package.
- Worth checking: Large secure facility, not set aside. A multi-story, mission-critical cyber facility under full competition favors experienced design-build teams with security construction experience.
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- Minor: Questions were due Nov 11, 2026. Check the amendments for the agency's answers.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Phase 1: design and pre-construction services, working with the Government to refine requirements, advance the design and validate cost and schedule
- Phase 2A (if authorized): site/civil and early construction
- Phase 2B (if authorized): final design and construction of the approximately 42,000-square-foot, multi-story facility
- A facility meeting security and technical standards for a mission-critical cyber operations environment
- Now: a white paper addressing every requirement in Attachment 1
- Contract type
- Other Transaction (OT) Agreement under 10 U.S.C. § 2808a, using progressive design-build; construction packages added by agreement amendment
- Place of performance
- JBSA Lackland, TX
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Two-step, qualifications-based selection: white paper evaluation, then pitch meetings by invitation only
- Offers due
- Nov 18, 2026, 2:00 AM Central (from the version posted Nov 5, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Email to the solicitation points of contact named in the solicitation
What to include when you submit
- Send only a white paper at this step, addressing all requirements in Attachment 1, Request for White Paper Submission Requirements
- Use the email subject line “White Paper for 91st Cyber Operations Center”
- Send questions only through the ProjNet Bidder Inquiry System
- Read the Program Solicitation, Attachment 1 and Attachment 2 (Project Requirements Document) for full scope and instructions
Not in the notice text
- White paper content, page limits, evaluation criteria and the project requirements are in the Program Solicitation and Attachments 1 and 2 on SAM.gov, which weren't read here.
- Whether there's a site visit isn't stated.
- Which wage rule applies (such as a Davis-Bacon wage determination) isn't stated.
- Project budget, bonding requirements and schedule aren't given.
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 the solicitation points of contact named in the solicitation. 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 12, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W076 ENDIST FT Worth, Fort Worth, TX
- Product/service code
- Y1JZ · Construction of Miscellaneous Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
4 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 12, 2026 · Amendment 0003 (this version)Due Nov 18, 2026
- Nov 5, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 18, 2026
- Nov 5, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 18, 2026 (changed)
- Nov 4, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 17, 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
- 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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