Presolicitation
P-271, E-130J Main Operating and Training Base, MCAS Cherry Point, NC
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summarySegment I (early contractor preconstruction services) is open to all; only the three firms awarded Segment I may propose on Segment II construction, and one of them gets the construction award. The Navy (NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic) plans this for P-271, an E-130J main operating and training base at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC (solicitation N40085-26-R-0262). This is a presolicitation: the solicitation is expected on or about November 12, 2026. More in the summary
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Segment I (early contractor preconstruction services) is open to all; only the three firms awarded Segment I may propose on Segment II construction, and one of them gets the construction award. The Navy (NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic) plans this for P-271, an E-130J main operating and training base at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC (solicitation N40085-26-R-0262). This is a presolicitation: the solicitation is expected on or about November 12, 2026.
Who can bid
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM)
- Segment II construction is open only to the three firms awarded Segment I preconstruction contracts
How to submit: Solicitation to be posted on PIEE (https://piee.eb.mil) and SAM.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 28, 2026.
- Serious: Two-segment buy: only Segment I awardees can bid construction. Segment I is open to all, but only the three firms awarded Segment I preconstruction contracts may propose on Segment II, so a firm that skips Segment I is shut out of the construction.
- Serious: Construction over $1 billion. The size of the job is far beyond most small businesses' bonding and capacity; small firms may fit better as subcontractors.
- Worth checking: Unrestricted, not set aside. The contracting officer found too few small businesses could do the work, so large firms will compete.
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- Minor: No drawings or specifications during Segment I. Bidders price preconstruction services without design drawings; the design will be at the 35% stage at award.
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Full summary
What they want
- Segment I: preconstruction services working with the designer of record, about 700 calendar days after award
- Review design documents for constructability problems and risks, and suggest value-engineering-style alternatives
- Give regularly updated construction cost information and cost and schedule risk advice
- Find ways to increase small business subcontractor participation
- Segment II: build an aircraft parking apron, access apron, taxiway, three-bay maintenance hangar, training building, support compound and warehouse, about 1,825 calendar days
- Renovate parts of Building 244 for Navy aviation technical training
- Widen Roosevelt Avenue and access roads; replace an electric substation, water, sewer and communications lines and a pump station
- Period of performance
- About 700 calendar days after award for preconstruction services and 1,825 calendar days for construction services
- Place of performance
- Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, NC
- Estimated value
- Construction magnitude over $1,000,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff (FAR 15.103-1) for both segments, with non-price (technical and past performance) and price proposals
- Offers due
- November 12, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern (date the solicitation is expected, not an offer due date)
- How to submit
- Solicitation to be posted on PIEE (https://piee.eb.mil) and SAM.gov
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical
- Past performance
- Price
What to include when you submit
- Register for the solicitation when downloading it; only registered contractors get emailed when amendments are issued
- Send questions about this notice to Brittany Cristelli at Brittany.n.cristelli.civ@us.navy.mil
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. A sources sought notice (N4008526R0262) was issued August 14, 2026; the market research led the contracting officer to solicit unrestricted. Three Segment I awards are planned, and one construction award.
Not in the notice text
- The evaluation factors and proposal instructions will be in the solicitation, which isn't out yet.
- Whether there will be a site visit isn't stated.
- Which wage rule (a Davis-Bacon wage determination) applies isn't stated.
- Bonding requirements aren't stated.
- The contract type isn't stated.
- The offer due date for Segment I isn't given; November 12, 2026 is when the solicitation is expected.
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: Solicitation to be posted on PIEE (https://piee.eb.mil) and SAM.gov. 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
- Oct 28, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- Navfacsyscom Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, VA
- Product/service code
- Y1JZ · Construction of Miscellaneous Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 28, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 12, 2026
- Oct 28, 2026 · Presolicitation (this version)Due 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.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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