Presolicitation
$150M Unr Scif Hemp Ae Services MATOC
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summarySolicitation W9128F27RA016 is a presolicitation from the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, W071 ENDIST OMAHA (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). It is a draft synopsis, not a solicitation, and no proposals are accepted. Comments on the draft are due November 13, 2026, 2:00 PM Central. The Army targets four worldwide indefinite delivery contracts for architect-engineer (A-E) design of secure rooms and electromagnetic pulse protection, sharing $150,000,000, with a 5-year base and a 2-year option. Competition is unrestricted. More in the summary
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Solicitation W9128F27RA016 is a presolicitation from the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, W071 ENDIST OMAHA (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). It is a draft synopsis, not a solicitation, and no proposals are accepted. Comments on the draft are due November 13, 2026, 2:00 PM Central. The Army targets four worldwide indefinite delivery contracts for architect-engineer (A-E) design of secure rooms and electromagnetic pulse protection, sharing $150,000,000, with a 5-year base and a 2-year option. Competition is unrestricted.
Who can bid (5)
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) with current representations and certifications
- Each firm needs its own top secret clearance, and must show it can handle and store top secret classified information. A joint venture that has no staff of its own does not need one as a joint venture
- Licensed key staff: two project managers who are registered Professional Engineers or Architects, registered designers in several fields, and a registered fire protection engineer
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- Proven capacity for multiple task orders a year worth $20,000,000 or more combined
- A large business selected for negotiation must submit a detailed subcontracting plan; it is not required with the first submittal
How to submit: For the later qualifications package, the draft says to email a single PDF to two named U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contacts. Questions go only through the ProjNet Bidder Inquiry Portal. How to send comments on the draft is not stated. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (10)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Serious: Top secret clearance needed by each firm. Every firm on the team must hold its own top secret clearance and be able to store classified information, which many small firms lack and which takes time to obtain.
- Serious: Very specialized past projects required. Projects must show SCIF/SAPF and HEMP design, HEMP and noise testing, and construction site security, in the United States and overseas, so a firm without this record will rate low.
- Worth checking: Draft synopsis only, no proposals accepted. Nothing can be submitted for award yet; the final synopsis and its due date are not given, so watch for it and use this draft to prepare.
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- Worth checking: Large team of licensed key staff. The draft asks for about 20 named resumes across many disciplines, most with licenses and 10 or more years of experience, which a small firm may need partners to fill.
- Worth checking: $20,000,000 yearly capacity expected. Firms must show they can handle task orders worth $20,000,000 or more a year in total, a high bar for a small firm.
- Worth checking: Unrestricted competition. Small and large businesses compete together, only about four contracts are planned, and small business participation is only a tiebreaker.
- Worth checking: Worldwide work locations. Task orders may be at installations in the United States and overseas, so teams need experience and staff able to work in many places.
- Minor: 75-page limit and strict form rules. The whole SF 330 is capped at 75 pages, and firms may be rejected for incomplete or missing SF 330 forms.
- Minor: Questions only through ProjNet. Questions must be entered in the ProjNet portal at least 10 calendar days before the due date in the draft, and no email, fax or phone questions are accepted.
- Minor: Subcontractor experience needs signed letters. A key subcontractor's experience counts only if both it and the prime sign a letter of commitment.
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- Synopsis AE Services SCIF HEMP UNR_Clean_PIEE Draft_Oct2026.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Design of Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIF: secure rooms for classified information) and Secure Access Program Facilities (SAPF) to Intelligence Community Directive 705 standards
- Design of High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP: a pulse that can damage electronics) protection for facilities
- HEMP verification testing, radio frequency (RF) testing to IEEE 299, and Acoustic Noise Isolation Class (NIC) testing
- Construction Site Security Administration for SCIF and SAPF projects
- Construction cost estimates in MII software and specifications in SpecsIntact for every design project
- Advanced modeling (Building Information Modeling and similar tools) with an Advanced Modeling Project Execution Plan for Government approval
- Construction-phase services such as submittal reviews, site visits, commissioning and warranty inspections
- Antiterrorism and Force Protection (AT/FP) measures and sustainable design on projects, with reviews in the Design Review and Checking System (DRChecks)
- Contract type
- Indefinite delivery contracts (a multiple award task order contract, MATOC); work issued as negotiated firm-fixed-price task orders
- Period of performance
- 5-year base period and a 2-year option period, plus a 6-month option to extend services (RFO Clause 52.217-8). Contract award is anticipated by May 2027
- Place of performance
- Worldwide, at military bases and other federal installations, inside and outside the United States. SAM.gov lists no place of performance
- Estimated value
- $150,000,000 in shared capacity across the contracts. Task orders are anticipated at $500,000 to $30,000,000, with a $2,500 minimum guarantee
- How they'll choose
- Qualifications-based selection under the Brooks Architect-Engineer Act: firms are chosen for negotiation on demonstrated competence and qualifications, not on price
- Offers due
- November 13, 2026, 2:00 PM Central (comments on the draft synopsis; no proposals are requested or accepted)
- How to submit
- For the later qualifications package, the draft says to email a single PDF to two named U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contacts. Questions go only through the ProjNet Bidder Inquiry Portal. How to send comments on the draft is not stated
- Page limits
- Whole SF 330 submittal: 75 pages. Joint venture or teaming Part II, past performance information, letters of commitment and the Volume of DoW Contract Awards list are exempt. Specialized experience: 2 pages per project
What they'll judge offers on
- Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: up to 10 completed projects on SCIF/SAPF design, HEMP design and testing, noise isolation testing, construction site security, security and support facility design, and construction-phase services
- Professional Qualifications: resumes for named key roles, with registrations and at least 10 years' experience unless noted
- Past Performance: cost control, quality of work and schedule on the projects cited, from CPARS (Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System), completed past performance questionnaires and other sources
- Capacity: ability to take on multiple task orders worth $20,000,000 or more a year, a management plan and the ability to handle and store top secret information
- Knowledge of Locality: experience at military installations worldwide, in the United States and overseas
- Secondary tiebreakers only: Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business participation; Volume of Department of War (DoW) contract awards in the last 12 months
What to include when you submit
- Final package (per the draft synopsis): Standard Form 330 (SF 330, the A-E qualifications form), 07/2021 edition, Part I and Part II for the prime firm and every consultant or subcontractor
- Send the package as a single PDF file
- Include the UEI number and CAGE code in SF 330 Part I, Section B, Block 5, and for each team member in Section C, Block 9
- Specialized experience: not more than ten completed projects, each with start and complete dates, cost and scope, and the work done by the prime and subcontractors. Only the first 10 are evaluated
- A completed project means the Ready-to-Advertise (RTA) or equivalent final package was submitted and accepted. An IDIQ contract is not a project; each task order counts as a project
- Resumes: 2 project managers, 2 designers each in architecture, civil, structural, mechanical and electrical engineering, 2 AT/FP designers, 1 geotechnical, 1 facility planning, 1 communication distribution (RCCD), 1 cost engineer, 1 fire protection engineer and 1 advanced modeling or BIM manager. Extra resumes are not reviewed
- SF 330 Part I, Section H must hold Capacity, Proposed Management Plan (with an organizational chart), Knowledge of Locality, Small Business Participation and Volume of DoW Contract Awards
- Volume of DoW Contract Awards: a list of MATOC, SATOC and C-type awards from the last 12 months with contract number, title and total value awarded
- Past performance must match the projects submitted for specialized experience and cover the prime, joint venture members, partners and key subcontractors. Unsigned or incomplete questionnaires are not considered
- Joint ventures: a copy of the legally binding joint venture agreement and the party who can legally bind it
- Key subcontractor experience counts only with a letter of commitment signed by the subcontractor and the prime
- Include the firm's point of contact, email address and telephone number. Cover letters and company literature are not wanted
Not in the notice text
- The date the final synopsis will be posted and the due date for the final SF 330 package are not given; this notice covers the draft synopsis only.
- SAM.gov lists no set-aside and no place of performance; the synopsis says competition is unrestricted and the work is worldwide.
- The Bidder Inquiry deadline is stated only as 10 calendar days before the proposed due date; no calendar date is given.
- How to send comments on the draft synopsis is not stated.
- Individual task order scopes, locations and Task Order Requirement Notice (TORN) procedures are not described beyond a short summary.
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: For the later qualifications package, the draft says to email a single PDF to two named U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contacts. Questions go only through the ProjNet Bidder Inquiry Portal. How to send comments on the draft is not stated. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Architect-engineer services tied to buildings or construction are usually bought under the Brooks Act: the agency ranks firms on qualifications from an SF 330 first, then negotiates a price with the top firm. How A/E contracts work.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- W071 ENDIST Omaha, NE
- Product/service code
- R425 · Support – Professional: Engineering/Technical
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541330)
- Versions
6 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0005Due Nov 13, 2026
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0004 (this version)Due Nov 13, 2026
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0003Due Nov 13, 2026
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 13, 2026
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 13, 2026 (changed)
- Aug 4, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Aug 24, 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
WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING PROPOSALS AT THIS TIME. This is NOT a solicitation.Pre-Solicitation NoticeThe Government intends to award a target of four (4) Indefinite Delivery Contracts, for a (5) year base performance period and a two (2)-year option period of performance. The RFO Clause 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services for a 6-month option period will be included and there will be $150,000,000 in shared capacity. There will be a $2,500 minimum guarantee, and task order maximums will be limited to the amount of available remaining contract capacity at the time of task order issuance. Please see attachment for complete synopsis.Below: See attachment for complete synopsis
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