Sources Sought
Progressive Design Build - 26,000 SF hangar at Lakehurst on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL).
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District, is seeking industry feedback (a sources sought notice, not a solicitation) on a progressive design-build of a roughly 26,000 SF Naval Secure Test and Research (NavSTAR) hangar at Lakehurst on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The estimated acquisition magnitude is $50,000,000.00 to $75,000,000.00. SAM.gov lists responses due Nov 12, 2026, 2:00 AM Eastern. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of the Army who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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Summary of the version posted Nov 2, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 5, 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.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District, is seeking industry feedback (a sources sought notice, not a solicitation) on a progressive design-build of a roughly 26,000 SF Naval Secure Test and Research (NavSTAR) hangar at Lakehurst on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The estimated acquisition magnitude is $50,000,000.00 to $75,000,000.00. SAM.gov lists responses due Nov 12, 2026, 2:00 AM Eastern.
Things to watch (4)
- Serious: Very large project. At $50,000,000.00 to $75,000,000.00, bonding capacity and past design-build work of this size will matter.
- Serious: Secure rooms to ICD 705. Building and certifying secure rooms to ICD 705 takes specialized experience and cleared coordination.
- Worth checking: Work next to an active test runway. Tie-ins beside the active catapult system must cause zero unplanned disruptions to aircraft testing.
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- Minor: Controlled Unclassified Information handling. Project data, design files and specifications must be stored and handled under federal CUI rules.
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Full summary
What they want
- Design and build a 25,172 SF footprint steel-frame hangar for fixed-wing carrier aircraft compatibility testing, with secure rooms certified to ICD 705 standards
- A climate-controlled maintenance and testing bay, workshop, two logistics warehouses, payloads storage, security office and personnel space
- A 750 kW standby generator, primary and secondary electrical distribution, apron and security lighting, and secure telecommunications
- HVAC, potable water, sanitary sewer, natural gas and a dedicated fire suppression system
- Site work: clearing, possibly 10,000 CY of cut/fill earthwork, storm water management with Low Impact Development design, spread footing foundations
- A fixed-wing taxiway to the catapult system, rotary-wing and hangar aprons, parking, access roads and sidewalks
- About 650 LF of 8-foot chain-link security fence, two overhead vehicle slide gates, and cybersecurity for Facility-Related Control Systems
- Commissioning, Operations and Maintenance Support Information (OMSI) manuals and Post Construction Award Services
- Contract type
- Progressive design-build (per the title)
- Place of performance
- Lakehurst, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL), New Jersey, west of Bldg. 685
- Estimated value
- Estimated acquisition magnitude $50,000,000.00 to $75,000,000.00
- Offers due
- Nov 12, 2026, 2:00 AM Eastern (from the version posted Nov 2, 2026; amended since)
What to include when you submit
- Give feedback on the most effective way to plan, design, procure, construct, commission and transition the new hangar
After award, you must have
- Ability to design, build and certify secure rooms to ICD 705 standards (the intelligence community's secure facility standard) From the notice:
Space includes several secure rooms that must be designed, built, and certified to the current ICD 705 standards…
Not in the notice text
- How and where to send a response, and what to include, are not in the notice text; check the notice and any attachments on SAM.gov
- Whether the eventual solicitation will be set aside for small businesses is not stated
- Whether there will be a site visit is not stated
- Which wage rule applies (a Davis-Bacon wage determination) is not stated
- Contract duration and bonding requirements are not stated
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
- 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 5, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- W2SD ENDIST New York, NY
- Product/service code
- Y1BZ · Construction of Other Airfield Structures
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 5, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 12, 2026
- Nov 2, 2026 · Sources SoughtDue Nov 12, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
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Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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