Presolicitation
Apache Alert Mission Complex
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summarySolicitation W912ER26RA016: the Department of the Army (W076 ENDIST MIDDLE EAS(PROVIS)), for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Southwestern Middle East District, wants a contractor to build Package 1 of the Apache Alert Mission Complex for the Kuwait Air Force at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. It is full and open (no set-aside is stated on SAM.gov), firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) design-bid-build construction. The base work includes four alert shelters, a logistics center and a warehouse, plus five priced options. The response due date is January 8, 2027, 12:00 PM UTC-4. More in the summary
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A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 23, 2026. See the latest version.
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Summary of another version of this notice: check what changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 16 of 28 attachments weren't read (CDC SPECIFICATIONS -VOL 5 of 5 - APPENDICES - APACHE PKG 1 509974.pdf, VOL 1 OF 14_GENERAL SITE_DRAWINGS_CDC_JUL 2026.pdf and 14 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Solicitation W912ER26RA016: the Department of the Army (W076 ENDIST MIDDLE EAS(PROVIS)), for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Southwestern Middle East District, wants a contractor to build Package 1 of the Apache Alert Mission Complex for the Kuwait Air Force at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. It is full and open (no set-aside is stated on SAM.gov), firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) design-bid-build construction. The base work includes four alert shelters, a logistics center and a warehouse, plus five priced options. The response due date is January 8, 2027, 12:00 PM UTC-4.
Who can bid
- A completed Financial Standing Questionnaire from your financial institution, with bank stamp or seal and signature, so the Government can find you responsible
- A signed Corporate Certificate (corporation) or Authority to Bind Partnership with the partnership agreement (partnership)
Things to watch (11)
From the version posted Oct 23, 2026.
- Serious: Work in Kuwait; local requirements not in files read. The site is a Kuwait Air Force base, and the awardee must follow Kuwait regulations; any rules on a local office, host-country licenses, currency or taxes are in documents that were not read.
- Serious: Bank-completed financial standing questionnaire. The questionnaire must be filled in by your bank with a stamp or seal and signature; leaving out requested information can get the proposal ruled non-responsible and removed.
- Serious: Solicitation instructions and evaluation not read. Volume 1 (Solicitation Instructions and Contract Clauses) showed only its cover page, so how to submit, how offers are scored, bonding and contract time need to be checked on SAM.gov.
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- Worth checking: Construction on an active alert base. Work happens while the Mission Alert status is active, during flight, ground and maintenance operating hours, so schedules and access follow base operations.
- Worth checking: Four construction phases run mostly at once. The scope is split into four phases that mostly run together over the full project, so planning must follow the phasing plan the Contracting Officer provides.
- Worth checking: Unexploded ordnance and utility locating. If unexploded ordnance is found or suspected, all underground work stops and the area is isolated; the contractor must also locate utilities and get digging permits before excavation.
- Worth checking: Five options priced with the base. The proposal schedule totals base items 0001 to 0017 and option items 0018 to 0022, so every line needs a price even though options may not be exercised.
- 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: Subcontractor percentages must be disclosed. The Performance Distribution Statement must show your self-performed share and every major subcontractor at 20 percent or more of the contract dollar value.
- Minor: Government-furnished materials must be picked up. The Contracting Officer gives 30 calendar days of written notice; materials not picked up by the 30th day after the needed date cost the contractor storage charges.
- Minor: Past performance sheet needs project forms. Each project on the overview sheet should have a completed Project Summary Form, so references must be gathered before the response due date.
Read from the notice and 12 attachments. 16 of 28 not read. Show which files.
- CDC SPECIFICATIONS - VOL 2 OF 5 - DIV 01-08 - 5099974 PKG 1 APACHE FACILITIES.pdf (read)
- CDC SPECIFICATIONS - VOL 3 OF 5 - DIV 09-23 - 5099974 PKG 1 APACHE FACILITIES.pdf (read)
- CDC SPECIFICATIONS - VOL 4 OF 5 - DIV 26-34 - 509974 PKG 1 APACHE FACILITIES.pdf (read)
- CID PACKAGE 1 - JULY 2026.pdf (read)
- COVER - VOL 1 OF 5 - CONTRACTING - 509974 PKG 1 APACHE FACILITIES.pdf (read)
- Att A Financial Standing Questionnaire.pdf (read)
- Att B KU-509974-COST BREAKDOWN SHEET_ SEPT 15 2026.pdf (read)
- Att BKU-509974-PROPOSAL SCHEDULE_ SEPT 15 2026.pdf (read)
- Att C Past Performance Overview Sheet.pdf (read)
- Att F Corporate Certificate To Bind.pdf (read)
- Att G Performance Distribution Statement.pdf (read)
- VOL 2 OF 14_FACILITY A_DRAWINGS_CDC_JUL 2026.pdf (read)
- CDC SPECIFICATIONS -VOL 5 of 5 - APPENDICES - APACHE PKG 1 509974.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
- VOL 1 OF 14_GENERAL SITE_DRAWINGS_CDC_JUL 2026.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
- VOL 3 OF 14_FACILITY C_DRAWINGS_CDC_JUL 2026.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- VOL 4 OF 14_FACILITY D_DRAWINGS_CDC_JUL 2026.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- VOL 5 OF 14_FACILITY E_DRAWINGS_CDC_JUL 2026.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- VOL 6 OF 14_FACILITY F_DRAWINGS_CDC_JUL 2026.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- VOL 7 OF 14_FACILITY G1_DRAWINGS_CDC_JUL 2026.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- VOL 8 OF 14_FACILITY H_DRAWINGS_CDC_JUL 2026.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- VOL 9 OF 14_FACILITY J_DRAWINGS_CDC_JUL 2026.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- VOL 10 OF 14_FACILITY K_DRAWINGS_CDC_JUL 2026.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- VOL 11 OF 14_FACILITY M_DRAWINGS_CDC_JUL 2026.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- VOL 12 OF 14_FACILITY N_DRAWINGS_CDC_JUL 2026.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- VOL 13 OF 14_FACILITY O_DRAWINGS_CDC_JUL 2026.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- VOL 14 OF 14_FACILITY STD_DRAWINGS_CDC_JUL 2026.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Att D Project Summary Form.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Att E USACE PPQ Form (2011 Sep).pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Build four alert shelters with aprons, a logistics readiness center, a maintenance supply warehouse with exterior storage shade, a guard house, a pilot readiness facility, a petroleum oil lubricant (POL) shed and a fire water pump house with water tank
- Build the north half of the forward arming and refueling point (FARP), parking sunshades, bunkers and three electrical substations
- Build all site utilities (stormwater, domestic water, fire water, sanitary sewer with lift station and leach field, electrical and communications) and site development including a taxiway, vehicle pavement and a parking lot
- Price five options: alert magazine, helipad and taxiway rehabilitation on the west side of Diamond, hardened aircraft shelter demolition, FARP expansion (south half), and paved access to the practice runway
- Work in phases on an active Apache alert base, keeping airfield and squadron alert and training operations running
- Locate underground utilities and unexploded ordnance before digging, get digging permits, and give the Contracting Officer written notice at least three business days before excavation
- Pick up government-furnished materials and furniture, fixtures and equipment when told, or pay for storage
- Price 22 line items (items 0001 to 0017 base, 0018 to 0022 options) on the proposal schedule and cost breakdown sheet
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) design-bid-build construction contract; the proposal schedule lists each line as quantity 1 with unit JA
- Place of performance
- Ali Al Salem Air Base (AASAB), Kuwait
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- January 8, 2027, 12:00 PM UTC-4
What to include when you submit
- Attachment A, Financial Standing Questionnaire: the answers are completed by your bank or financial institution, with a bank stamp or seal and a signature
- Attachment B, Proposal Schedule and Cost Breakdown Sheet: price all 22 items, base items 0001 to 0017 and options 0018 to 0022; the cost breakdown shows labor, equipment, materials, subcontractor, overhead, bond and profit
- Attachment C, Past Performance Overview Sheet: list your relevant projects (the sheet has 10 lines), marked as prime, subcontractor or joint venture, with the contract dollar amount and your share of responsibility
- Attachment C projects: each listed project should have a completed Project Summary Form (Attachment D, attached but not read)
- Attachment F: a Corporate Certificate if a corporation submits the proposal, or an Authority to Bind Partnership with a copy of the partnership agreement if a partnership does
- Attachment G, Performance Distribution Statement: show your own self-performed scope and percentage on Line 1, list every major subcontractor (20 percent or more of the contract dollar value), keep the total at 100 percent or less, and sign it
After award, you must have
- Comply with Kuwait regulations and all other applicable codes and standards while building From VOL 2 OF 14_FACILITY A_DRAWINGS_CDC_JUL 2026.pdf:
CONTRACTOR AWARDED THIS PROJECT IS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH KUWAIT REGULATIONS AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE CODES AND STANDARDS.
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation instructions and contract clauses (Volume 1 shows only its cover page) are not in the text read; Volume 5 appendices, Attachment D (Project Summary Form), Attachment E (USACE Past Performance Questionnaire form) and 13 of the 14 drawing volumes are attached on SAM.gov but not read, and the middle of the specifications and design package was cut
- How offers are evaluated, the award method and evaluation factors are not stated in the text read
- How and where to submit the proposal, and any page limits, are not stated in the text read
- The contract time for completing the work and any period of performance are not stated
- Whether there is a site visit, pre-proposal conference or question deadline is not stated in the text read
- Bonding: the cost breakdown has a bond and profit column, but any payment or performance bond requirement is not stated in the text read
- Requirements for a local office, host-country licenses and registration, Kuwaiti labor rules, the currency of offers and exchange rates, and host-country taxes are not stated in the text read
- Installation access, badging and security requirements (Summary of Work section 1.10) were not in the text read
- The Government's estimate or contract value is not stated; SAM.gov lists no set-aside and the description says full and open
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 18, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- W076 ENDIST Middle Eas(PROVIS), Winchester, VA
- Product/service code
- Y1BZ · Construction of Other Airfield Structures
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
6 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2026 · Amendment 0003Due Jan 8, 2027 (changed)
- Oct 1, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Oct 30, 2026
- Sep 29, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 30, 2026
- Sep 29, 2026 · SolicitationDue Oct 30, 2026
- Aug 18, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)No date on SAM.gov
- Aug 18, 2026 · PresolicitationNo date on SAM.gov
- 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
This solicitation pertains to a Full and Open Firm Fixed-Price Contract for design-bid-build construction services in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Southwestern Middle East District (SWM) Apache Alert Mission Complex for the Kuwait Air Force (KAF) at Ali Al Salem Airbase, Kuwait.
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