Presolicitation
Mescalero Adult Detention Center FI&R
Department of the Interior · Bureau of Indian Affairs · Sol. 140A1626R0002
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs plans a design/build contract to repair and improve the Mescalero Adult Detention Center on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico. This is only a presolicitation notice: no proposals are due yet. The work is expected to take 120 days after notice to proceed, and construction is estimated at $500,000 to $800,000.
Things to watch
- Limited to Indian-owned businesses. Only ISBEEs can compete, so other small businesses cannot bid on this set-aside.
This is a competitive ISBEE set-aside acquisition.
- Not a solicitation yet. No proposal instructions, evaluation criteria or due date exist yet; they will appear in the solicitation expected later.
This is a PRESOLICITATION
- Design/build of a detention facility. The firm must handle both design and construction, which can require design professionals and security-facility experience; the notice does not say what is required.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment.
- B01_Synopsis_of_Prop_Contract_Action_-_140A1626R0002_1.pdf
Full brief
What they want
- Design/build work to bring the Mescalero Adult Detention Center to full and functional completion
- Facility Improvements & Repair (FI&R) activities, including design, construction, installation and demolition
- Contract type
- Design/Build Construction Contract
- Period of performance
- 120 days from receipt of Notice to Proceed (anticipated)
- Place of performance
- Mescalero Adult Detention Center, 386 Sawmill Dr., Mescalero, NM 88340, on the Mescalero Apache Reservation
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction between $500,000 and $800,000
- Offers due
- Not given. Solicitation expected on or around December 24, 2025; responses due about 30 days or more after it is issued
- How to submit
- Not stated; instructions will be in the solicitation documents on SAM.gov
What to include when you submit
- No response is due to this presolicitation notice
- Specific submission instructions will come with the solicitation
You must have
- Must be an Indian-Owned Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE); this is a competitive ISBEE set-aside
This is a competitive ISBEE set-aside acquisition.
- Must have a UEI number and an active SAM.gov registration, with online representations filled out
You are required to have a UEI number and an active registration
- Primary NAICS 238210 with a small business size standard of $19.0 Million
The primary NAICS Code for this project is 238210
Not in the notice text
- Proposal due date (to be set when the solicitation is issued)
- How offers will be evaluated and scored
- Scope details, specifications and drawings (to come with the solicitation)
- Bonding, licensing or security requirements, if any
- How to submit proposals
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Key facts
- Posted
- Dec 10, 2025
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- 140A1626R0002
- Agency
- Department of the Interior · Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Office
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Set-aside
- Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise
- NAICS
- 238210
- Product/service code
- Z2FF
- Business type
- Construction & renovation
- Place of performance
- Mescalero, NM, 88340
- Contracting contact
- Sherrod, Laurielaurie.sherrod@bia.gov571-560-0313
What similar contracts paid
19 contracts at this agency under the same NAICS code, in the same state, had activity in the last 5 years, according to USAspending.gov. Small businesses won 72% of the dollars in this market over the last 3 fiscal years.
Typical contract$24.3KMiddle half: $10.5K to $112K
Typical per year$138KValue divided by years of performance
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This acquisition is for a Design/Build Construction Contract for the Southwest Region on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. This project is to bring an Adult Detention Center to full and functional completion which will include various Facility Improvements & Repair (FI&R) activities including but not limited to design, construction, installation and demolition. PROJECT LOCATION(S): The work shall be at the Mescalero Adult Detention Center located at 386 Sawmill Dr., Mescalero, NM 88340 in the Southwest Region on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. MAGNITUDE: The magnitude of construction is between $500,000 and $800,000.
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