Solicitation
Monterey Golf Range Technology
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryOnly firms on the buyer's Source List (a list of firms allowed to respond) can bid as prime contractor, and primes must hold their own payment and performance bonds. Navy Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) at NSA Monterey wants its driving range rebuilt as a design/build job, with a two-story, 24-bay hitting structure, ball tracking and a concession. The budget is $3,941,943.22 in nonappropriated funds (money MWR earns, not taxpayer dollars), and the response due date is December 15, 2026, 3:00 PM Central. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 23, 2026. It moves the due date from Nov 10, 2026 to Dec 15, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
AI summary Beta
Summary of another version of this notice: check what changed on SAM.gov. The notice looks incomplete: Only the start and end of the RFP were read (file 'RFP - NAVMWR-27-R-0001 Monterey Driving Range Technology.pdf', attached but not read in full). Missing: the rest of Section F, Sections G to J (including special requirements, clauses, wage determination, drawings and attachments), and the end of Sections L and M. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only firms on the buyer's Source List (a list of firms allowed to respond) can bid as prime contractor, and primes must hold their own payment and performance bonds. Navy Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) at NSA Monterey wants its driving range rebuilt as a design/build job, with a two-story, 24-bay hitting structure, ball tracking and a concession. The budget is $3,941,943.22 in nonappropriated funds (money MWR earns, not taxpayer dollars), and the response due date is December 15, 2026, 3:00 PM Central.
Who can bid (7)
- Be on the Source List: only firms specifically included on it may respond as prime contractor
- The prime contractor must hold the payment and performance bonds (protection that pays if the work isn't finished or subcontractors aren't paid); the bond forms must carry the NAFI statement given in Amendment 0002
- The design/build contractor needs 5 years or more of experience as a design/build contractor
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- Name key personnel (Project Manager, Architect/Engineer of Record, Site Superintendent, Contractor Quality Control (CQC) Chief, Site Safety and Health Officer (SSHO)), each with 5 years of experience
- A licensed fire protection engineer must serve as Fire Protection Engineer of Record and handle fire protection quality control
- Carry the required insurance at the contract minimums, naming the NAFI as certificate holder with a 30-day cancellation notice to the Contracting Officer
- List at least two people with authority to obligate the company (Authorized Negotiators)
How to submit: Two volumes sent separately, each as one original mailed plus one electronic copy; the exact mailing address and electronic delivery method are in an unread part of the RFP (SF 33, the Standard Form 33 solicitation and offer form, says 'See L-19'). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (11)
From the version posted Oct 23, 2026.
- Serious: Only Source List firms can bid as prime. A business not already on the Source List cannot send a prime proposal; the documents don't say how to get on the list.
- Serious: Prime must hold payment and performance bonds. Bonds are required and only the prime may provide them, so a bidder needs bonding capacity for a project of up to $3,941,943.22. Bond amounts are in an unread part of the RFP.
- Worth checking: Five years of design/build experience and key personnel. The company and each of five key people need 5 years of experience, which can rule out newer firms or teams.
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- Worth checking: Budget cap. A proposal priced above the available funds may be set aside, and the RFP asks bidders to explain any unusual pricing.
- Worth checking: Site visit strongly encouraged, not required. The RFP urges a visit and says missing it won't support a later claim. Site visit requests need 7-10 days in the conference minutes but five calendar days in L-13, and base access checks take one to two weeks.
- Minor: Response due date extended to December 15, 2026. Amendment 0002 extended the response due date; the RFP form had shown 3:00 PM on November 10, 2026, and SAM.gov shows December 15, 2026.
- Minor: The pre-proposal conference was Oct 21, 2026. Check the amendments for slides, answers or an attendee list, and whether taking part was required.
- Minor: Liquidated damages of $120.03 per day. Late completion can cost a set amount per day of delay; the minutes also give 10% retainage on construction invoices.
- Minor: Hard-copy originals must be mailed. Each volume needs a mailed original as well as an electronic copy, so mailing time and cost must be planned.
- Minor: Amendment 0002 changes the scope. It adds three surveillance cameras compatible with the current system and changes the range building; bidders must acknowledge every amendment.
- Minor: Different solicitation numbers in page footers. The RFP pages carry NAVMWR-27-R-0001 plus older numbers NAVMWR-24-R-0001 and NAVMWR-26-R-0035; ask the Contracting Officer if any content is out of date.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments. Show which files.
- RFP - NAVMWR-27-R-0001 Monterey Driving Range Technology.pdf (read)
- Monterey Driving Range Technology Amendment 0002.pdf (read)
- NAMVWR-27-R-0001 Amendment 0001.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Design and build the whole project, with full architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and fire protection design. An Architect/Engineer of Record (the design firm answering for the design) is required.
- Build a two-story, 24-bay covered hitting structure with lighting and ceiling fans, and install a golf range technology system that tracks ball flight and allows interactive virtual golf
- Build a 500-square-foot concession building with restrooms, a concrete cart path extension, and a new 250-square-foot range maintenance building (Amendment 0002 changes this from a 440-square-foot range building)
- Demolish the existing range maintenance building, turf and range concrete, then regrade the site. Lengthen the range by about 30 yards, relocate the bunker and chipping areas, and install 150 linear feet of range netting about 50 feet high.
- Install three new surveillance cameras that work with the current system's software and hardware (Amendment 0002)
- Extend utilities, do landscaping, and get and pay for all permits, including base permits for outages, excavation and hot work
- Deliver design submittals at 50%, 95% and 100%; the buyer, a nonappropriated fund instrumentality (NAFI), takes 21 calendar days to review each. Send an execution package (safety, schedule, quality and environmental plans) with the 50% design.
- Close out with warranties, operation and maintenance manuals, record drawings and videos of training sessions
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing), lump-sum design/build contract paid with nonappropriated funds (NAF)
- Period of performance
- Not set by the buyer: bidders propose calendar days after Notice to Proceed for each step in the price schedule (50% design, 95% design, 100% design, construction)
- Place of performance
- NSA Monterey, Monterey, CA (the RFP); SAM.gov lists San Diego, CA, USA
- Estimated value
- Budget: $3,941,943.22 total funds available for design and construction
- Contract vehicle
- Only firms on the buyer's Source List may bid as prime contractor
- How they'll choose
- Best value: award goes to the best composite offer after weighing price and non-price factors; negotiations are possible
- Offers due
- December 15, 2026, 3:00 PM Central
- How to submit
- Two volumes sent separately, each as one original mailed plus one electronic copy; the exact mailing address and electronic delivery method are in an unread part of the RFP (SF 33, the Standard Form 33 solicitation and offer form, says 'See L-19')
What they'll judge offers on
- Factor 1, Proposed Design Solution: design narrative and drawings
- Factor 2, Qualifications and Experience: key personnel and their experience integrating golf range technology, project management approach, resumes
- Factor 3, Project Execution Method: time-scaled design and construction schedule
- Price: about equal in weight to the technical factors
What to include when you submit
- Volume I, Technical (one original mailed and one electronic copy), and Volume II, Price (one original mailed and one electronic copy), go separately. No price information may appear in Volume I.
- Volume I Part 1, Proposed Design Solution: a design narrative on the finished look of the two-story range and concession. Cover how the range technology is integrated and the materials and methods. Explain how the plan meets every other RFP requirement, and add drawings as needed to show design intent.
- Volume I Part 2, Qualifications and Experience: a narrative on key personnel and their experience integrating advanced golf range technologies, with past project examples. Add a narrative on how you will manage the project from award through close-out.
- Key personnel list: Project Manager, Architect/Engineer of Record, Site Superintendent, Contractor Quality Control (CQC) Chief and Site Safety and Health Officer (SSHO), each with 5 years of experience. The Site Superintendent cannot also be the CQC Chief. Send detailed resumes showing licensing, education, certifications and prior experience.
- Volume I Part 3, Project Execution Method: a time-scaled schedule (a Gantt chart or similar network diagram) starting at award. Show design and construction phasing, start and finish dates, calendar days, and critical activities.
- Volume II Part 1, Financial Data, and Part 2, Price Offer: the details are in sections L-19-4 and L-19-5, in an unread part of the RFP.
- Fill in the Section B price schedule with a lump sum and calendar days for each step: 50% design, 95% design, 100% design and construction. Allow 21 calendar days for NAFI review of each design submittal in the schedule.
- Break the lump sums down enough to analyze material, labor, equipment, subcontract and overhead costs plus profit. Also show overhead and profit as a percentage of cost.
- Send the signed SF 33 with acknowledgment of all amendments, together with the pricing information
- Complete Section K (representations and certifications) and send it with the price proposal, separate from the technical proposal. List at least two individuals with authority to obligate the company (K-20).
- Tell the Contracting Officer by separate letter about any planned deviation from the RFP's design intent, or it will not be part of the contract
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The pre-proposal conference minutes list no contractors among the attendees.
Not in the notice text
- Only the start and end of the RFP were read (file 'RFP - NAVMWR-27-R-0001 Monterey Driving Range Technology.pdf', attached but not read in full). Missing: the rest of Section F, Sections G to J (including special requirements, clauses, wage determination, drawings and attachments), and the end of Sections L and M.
- How a firm gets onto the Source List, and who is on it, is not stated. The conference minutes also say the RFP was not posted on SAM.gov, so ask the Contracting Officer how to get the full RFP.
- Where to send the mailed originals and how to send the electronic copies (Section L-23 was not read); the SF 33 form says 'See L-19'.
- Bond amounts, insurance minimums and the wage determination: the RFP mentions the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute in L-10, but the wage rates were not in the text read.
- What goes in Volume II Part 1, Financial Data, and Part 2, Price Offer (sections L-19-4 and L-19-5).
- A deadline for written questions is not given; questions go in writing to the Contracting Officer and answers come by amendment.
- The buyer sets no project length; bidders propose calendar days in Section B.
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: Two volumes sent separately, each as one original mailed plus one electronic copy; the exact mailing address and electronic delivery method are in an unread part of the RFP (SF 33, the Standard Form 33 solicitation and offer form, says 'See L-19'). Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 15, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- Commander Navy Installations CMD, Millington, TN
- Product/service code
- 7810 · Athletic and Sporting Equipment
- Business type
- Manufactured parts & equipment (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 339920)
- Versions
6 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2026 · Amendment 0005Due Dec 15, 2026
- Oct 23, 2026 · Amendment 0004Due Dec 15, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 15, 2026 · Amendment 0003Due Nov 10, 2026
- Oct 15, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 10, 2026
- Oct 15, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 10, 2026
- Oct 7, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 10, 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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Full notice text from SAM.gov
This project is needed to expand the capabilities of the current driving range and its driving range technology to support current demand of increased play and driving range usage. The renovation will repair the existing driving range bays and add an additional 12 hitting bays by adding a two-story hitting deck required by increased customer volume.