Presolicitation
Power Construction and Services II (PCS II) MATOC
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the Power Construction and Services II multiple award task order contract (MATOC), a pool of contractors that later compete for orders. Work is power construction in contingency or austere places in the Central Command area and select European Command countries, with $249,000,000.00 of shared capacity and three to seven awards targeted. The response due date is November 3, 2026, 4:30 PM Eastern. More in the summary
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A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 22, 2026. It moves the due date from Sep 8, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the Power Construction and Services II multiple award task order contract (MATOC), a pool of contractors that later compete for orders. Work is power construction in contingency or austere places in the Central Command area and select European Command countries, with $249,000,000.00 of shared capacity and three to seven awards targeted. The response due date is November 3, 2026, 4:30 PM Eastern.
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Worth checking: Work in contingency or austere places overseas. Task orders can be in war-zone-adjacent or remote areas across the Central Command area and ten named European countries, which needs overseas logistics and safety capability.
- Worth checking: Host nation rules for orders in Turkey, Romania and Poland. Amendment 0001 adds supplemental conditions with host-nation compliance rules for orders in those three countries; the text does not say what local offices, licenses, currency or taxes apply elsewhere.
- Worth checking: Large pool contract with three to seven winners. Winners share $249,000,000.00 and then compete for each order, so winning a spot does not guarantee work.
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- Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wages likely apply. Federal construction over $2,000 in the U.S. pays at least the Davis-Bacon wage rates in the wage determination attached to the solicitation. This summary doesn't name one: find it on SAM.gov and price your labor from it.
- Minor: Response due date moved to November 3, 2026. Amendment 0004 extended the date, and Amendment 0005 restated the same day as 4:30 PM EST because of daylight saving time.
- Minor: New clauses added by amendments. Amendment 0005 adds DFARS provision 252.225-7966 and clause 252.225-7967, and Amendment 0004 adds FAR 52.222-56, the Trafficking in Persons compliance plan certification.
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Full summary
What they want
- Provide power construction and services in contingency or austere environments, for temporary or enduring needs
- Support the U.S. Government, coalition forces and organizations, and host-nation governments, forces and organizations
- Work in the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility and select United States European Command (EUCOM) countries: Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Bosnia, Norway, Turkey, Slovakia and Greenland
- Compete with the other awardees for individual task orders after award
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ: orders placed as needed) multiple award task order contract (MATOC); target of three to seven contracts
- Place of performance
- Outside the United States: the CENTCOM area of responsibility and select EUCOM countries (Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Bosnia, Norway, Turkey, Slovakia, Greenland)
- Estimated value
- $249,000,000.00 total shared contract capacity
- Offers due
- November 3, 2026, 4:30 PM Eastern
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation and its attachments are on the PIEE Solicitation Module (W912BU26RA032) and weren't read, including Attachment 8 (00 22 16) with the proposal submission and evaluation factors
- How to submit a proposal and page limits
- How the award is decided and which factors are scored
- Length of the ordering period
- Set-aside status, since SAM.gov does not state one
- Bonding, insurance, and any local office, license, currency or tax rules for countries other than Turkey, Romania and Poland
- Whether any site visit is held; the notice text mentions none
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- 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
- Aug 24, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- W2SD ENDIST Philadelphia, PA
- Product/service code
- Y1NZ · Construction of Other Utilities
- Business type
- Energy, fuel & utilities (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237130)
- Versions
7 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0005Due Nov 3, 2026
- Oct 16, 2026 · Amendment 0004Due Nov 3, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 5, 2026 · Amendment 0003Due Oct 27, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 22, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Oct 13, 2026
- Sep 15, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 13, 2026
- Sep 11, 2026 · SolicitationDue Oct 13, 2026 (changed)
- Aug 24, 2026 · Presolicitation (this version)Date Sep 8, 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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