Sources Sought
Security Gate Maintenance and Repair Services Aberdeen Test Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summarySources sought notice W91CRB27QA001 from the Army (ACC-APG) for security gate maintenance, repair and replacement at the Aberdeen Test Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. It is market research only, not a solicitation. Interested firms send a white paper and a rough-order-of-magnitude price estimate by the response due date, November 2, 2026, 4:00 PM 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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Sources sought notice W91CRB27QA001 from the Army (ACC-APG) for security gate maintenance, repair and replacement at the Aberdeen Test Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. It is market research only, not a solicitation. Interested firms send a white paper and a rough-order-of-magnitude price estimate by the response due date, November 2, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern.
Who can bid
- No set-aside is used for this notice. The Army says any future set-aside depends on market research results and the contracting officer's decision.
How to submit: Email a PDF to all four contracting points of contact listed in the notice, with the subject line "Security Gate Maintenance RFI Response—[Company Name].". What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 23, 2026.
- Worth checking: Market research only, not a solicitation. Responding does not make a firm eligible or guarantee an award, and the Government will not pay response costs. Any later solicitation will be posted separately.
- Worth checking: Fast emergency response at all gates. The contractor must be on site by the next business day for the four main gates, so a firm far from Aberdeen, MD may struggle to staff this.
- Minor: Escorted base access and vetting. Technicians must be vetted at the APG Visitor Center and escorted by Aberdeen Test Center staff to the gates, which affects scheduling and waiting time.
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- Minor: Non-functional barrier arms already need repair. Several barrier arms are broken and kept as-is. Reactivating them later would be extra work added by contract modification, so pricing for them is unclear.
- Minor: Dividing line with the access control system. Another Government organization maintains the AMAG access control system and HID readers, but the contractor must diagnose gate operators that do not respond to them.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments. Show which files.
- RFI Gate Maintenance and Repairs - SAM - 15Oct2026v2.pdf (read)
- Statement of Objectives ATC Gate Maintenance 15Oct2026.pdf (read)
- Questions and Answers W91CRB26QA0001.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Preventive maintenance of automated security gates: semiannual at the four main restricted area gates, annual at the ten range and area gates
- Remedial and emergency repair of gate operators, barrier arms, keypads and pedestrian turnstiles
- On-site emergency response by the next business day at main restricted area gates and by the second business day at range and area gates
- Gate replacement as required, using standard commercial parts and materials
- Service reports within two business days after each visit
- Diagnose why a gate operator does not act on a command when the access card reader is working
- Maintain non-functional barrier arms as-is; reactivating them would be added work by contract modification
- Contract type
- Not stated. The white paper should recommend a commercial contract type; the future buy is planned as a commercial services acquisition under RFO FAR Part 12
- Period of performance
- A base period and four 12-month option periods (Statement of Objectives); the Q&A answer says a five-year base period
- Place of performance
- Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, including APG South (Edgewood Area) and the Churchville Test Area
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 2, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email a PDF to all four contracting points of contact listed in the notice, with the subject line "Security Gate Maintenance RFI Response—[Company Name]."
- Page limits
- White paper: 10 pages, excluding cover page and table of contents
What to include when you submit
- White paper covering relevant experience; technical and management approach; staffing and mobilization approach; recommended commercial contract type, pricing approach and performance measures; assumptions and Government-furnished requirements; customary commercial terms
- Include a rough-order-of-magnitude (ROM) estimate with pricing assumptions, recurring and non-recurring costs, and recommended contract line item number (CLIN: one priced line of the order) structure
- Include legal business name, unique entity ID (UEI), commercial and government entity (CAGE) code, business size and socioeconomic status under NAICS 561621, and primary points of contact
- Clearly mark any proprietary information
- Questions go to the same points of contact in PDF format
After award, you must have
- Installation access: contractor personnel are vetted by the APG Visitor Center and receive an access pass. Technicians are escorted at the Churchville Test Area. From Statement of Objectives ATC Gate Maintenance 15Oct2026.pdf:
Visitor Center in either Aberdeen or Edgewood and will receive an access pass.
Current contractor
No incumbent is named; the Army says the requirement is a continuing effort supported for the past six years, and incumbent details are available only through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Not in the notice text
- Site visit date and details: the Q&A says interested firms will be offered a site visit, but no date is given
- The future solicitation, its evaluation approach, set-aside decision, normal work hours, escort windows and waiting-time treatment are not yet set; they will be provided if a Request for Proposal is posted
- No dollar value or Government estimate is given
- Base period length: the Statement of Objectives does not give it, and the Q&A answer says five years
- Whether repair parts and major replacements will have a separate authorization and funding process is 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.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 23, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- W6QK ACC-Apg, Aberdeen Proving Grou, MD
- Product/service code
- J063 · Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment – Alarm, Signal, and Security Detection Systems
- Business type
- Security & guard services (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 561621)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2026 · Amendment 0002 (this version)Due Nov 2, 2026
- Oct 15, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 2, 2026
- Oct 15, 2026 · Sources SoughtDue Nov 2, 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: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Please see attached Request for Information and Statement of Objectives for instructions. Questions Due: 20 October 2026, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (1600 ET) Responses Due: 2 November 2026, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (1600 ET) Contracting Point of Contacts: Please include POCs on e-mail correspondence. Tanya D. Buttner: Contracting Officer - tanya.d.buttner.civ@army.mil Whitney Jackson: Contracting Officer - whitney.j.jackson6.civ@army.mil Jennifer B.Langrehr: Contract Specialist - jennifer.b.langrehr.civ@army.mil Robert Rogers: Contract Specialist - robert.j.rogers41.civ@army.mil
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