Sources Sought
MACH-1 Modernized Agile Construction Horizons
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
AI summarySources Sought FA8903-OT-MACH1 (MACH-1 Modernized Agile Construction Horizons) is an Air Force umbrella notice: no offers are requested here, and each project is posted later as its own Area of Interest (AOI) with a three-phase process. The 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (772 ESS) plans to award Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs), flexible agreements that are not regular government contracts, for construction and repair work. SAM.gov lists JBSA Lackland, TX, and gives no response due date. More in the summary
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Sources Sought FA8903-OT-MACH1 (MACH-1 Modernized Agile Construction Horizons) is an Air Force umbrella notice: no offers are requested here, and each project is posted later as its own Area of Interest (AOI) with a three-phase process. The 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (772 ESS) plans to award Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs), flexible agreements that are not regular government contracts, for construction and repair work. SAM.gov lists JBSA Lackland, TX, and gives no response due date.
Who can bid
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and in the government electronic invoicing system named in the agreement (for example WAWF or iRAPT), to receive an award
- Good standing, including not being on the federal excluded parties list
- Experience on similar construction or alteration projects (past performance and credentials)
Things to watch (7)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Serious: Three-phase process; later phases are by invitation. Each AOI starts with a Phase 1 written brief. Only firms whose briefs have merit may be invited to the Phase 2 oral pitch, and Phase 3 may follow, so a firm that skips Phase 1 may be shut out. This notice sets no due date for any phase; each AOI will.
- Serious: Not a regular government contract. Awards are Other Transaction Agreements, so FAR and DFARS rules do not apply. Terms, pricing type, wages and protections are negotiated or set per project, so read each AOI carefully.
- Worth checking: Wage rules set per project. The notice does not say whether the Davis-Bacon Act (federal prevailing wage law for construction) applies. Each AOI states its own labor standards.
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- Worth checking: Follow-on work without further competition. A firm that delivers a usable facility may get follow-on work with no new competition, which could favor the first winner and shut out others.
- Minor: Briefs may be reused without re-advertising. Phase 1 briefs may sit in a Solutions Repository for 12 months and be shared with other Air Force units; you can opt out on the cover page.
- Minor: Government can cancel projects. Time spent on a brief or pitch may be lost because the Government can cancel an AOI before award, and requests depend on funding.
- Minor: Bonding and finances may be judged. Some AOIs may evaluate financial health and the ability to provide payment and performance bonds.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- 772 ESS.PKA.MACH1_Umbrella Program Notice_AMEND 2_22 Oct 26.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Firms with new ways to deliver construction and repair, to answer project notices (AOIs) as they are posted
- Owner's Advisor services: oversight, engineering and advice that protect the Government during complex projects
- Progressive Design-Build (PDB) and Accelerated Design-Build (ADB): design and construction that overlap or start with early contractor input
- Design-Build to Budget: target-price design and construction within capped funding
- Industrialized Construction: off-site manufacturing, modular assembly and prefabricated parts
- Advanced technologies such as 3D printing of infrastructure, automated civil engineering and smart facility systems
- Contract type
- Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) under 10 U.S.C. 2808a, not a procurement contract; pricing type is set per project (firm-fixed-price, incentive, guaranteed maximum price, cost-reimbursable or hybrid)
- Place of performance
- JBSA Lackland, TX, USA (as listed in the SAM.gov fields)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Contract vehicle
- MACH1 umbrella framework (Parent Notice); projects are posted as Areas of Interest (AOIs)
- How they'll choose
- Each phase is judged on its own merit against standing criteria, not compared against other submissions at Phase 1 and Phase 2. A Phase 3 competitive "bake-off" may use weights set in a later letter. Each AOI picks criteria from a menu.
- Page limits
- Phase 1 Solution Brief: five pages as a white paper, or a 15-slide deck, unless an AOI says otherwise. Phase 2 Pitch: 15-slide deck unless an AOI says otherwise.
What they'll judge offers on
- Phase 1 Solution Brief: (a) relevance to the AOI (if irrelevant, evaluation stops), (b) merit of constructability concept, (c) company viability, including experience and good standing
- Phase 2 Pitch: (a) technical and logistical depth, (b) schedule approach and acceleration, (c) responsiveness to the AOI's criteria
- Phase 3 Full Proposal (if used): criteria, deliverables and weights set in an Evaluation Amplification Letter (EAL) sent to selected firms
- Menu of possible AOI criteria includes constructability, schedule risk, site logistics, financial risk and bonding, safety, environmental, quality, warranties, cybersecurity and intellectual property
What to include when you submit
- Do not send a proposal to this parent notice; the notice says proposals are accepted only in response to active, published AOIs
- Phase 1 Solution Brief covers: title page with company name, title, date, point of contact, email, phone, SAM unique entity ID (UEI), address and the AOI addressed
- Phase 1 also includes a one-page executive summary, a core concept (method, estimated schedule, disruption plan and a rough order of magnitude price) and credentials on similar construction or alteration projects
- To keep your brief out of the Government's Solutions Repository, say so on the cover page of the Phase 1 submission
- All white papers, pitches and proposals must be unclassified
- Any requested price breakdown must be an Excel file without locked cells
Not in the notice text
- The specific projects (AOIs), their sites, sizes, due dates for each phase and evaluation weights are not in this notice; they will be posted separately as "MACH1_AOI_Project Title"
- No NAICS code or product service code is given in the SAM.gov fields
- Whether a site visit is held and which wage rule (such as a Davis-Bacon wage determination) applies are not stated; each AOI will say
- Contract value, period of performance and agreement pricing type for any project are not stated
- The notice was amended on August 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026; the notice does not list what changed other than replacing the attached PDF
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 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- FA8903 772 Ess PK, JBSA Lackland, TX
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0002 (this version)No date on SAM.gov
- Aug 24, 2026 · Sources SoughtNo date on SAM.gov
- Aug 3, 2026 · Special NoticeNo date on SAM.gov
- Related notices
Other notices that name this solicitation, or that this one names.
- MACH1_AOI_F-47 Future Campus at Nellis AFB · FA8903-27-OT006Posted later Oct 26, 2026 · Due Oct 26, 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
The MACH1 (Modernized Agile Construction Horizons) framework is utilized by the 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (772 ESS) to explore and/or execute innovative, agile, or modernized construction and delivery capabilities. MACH1 is designed to bypass the administrative lag of traditional procurement and leverage industry expertise, leading capabilities, and highly flexible project delivery models. The 772 ESS executes this program under the standalone statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. § 2808a(a), which authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out repair and construction projects for facilities, including the planning, design, engineering, prototyping, piloting, and execution of such repair and construction projects. Facility Construction or Repair Project opportunities will be independently posted as an Area of Interest (AOI) -- "MACH1_AOI_Project Title" -- referencing this MACH1 parent notice that outlines a competitive, streamlined three-phase procedure to submit responses to active AOIs. For further details: See attachment PDF, "772 ESS.PKA.MACH1_Umbrella Program Notice_AMEND 2_22 Oct 26" Posting Updates a/o 24 Aug 26: Original MACH1 Posting Type changed from "Special Notice" to "Sources Sought" & Original PDF, "772/PKA MACH-1 Umbrella Program Notice 03AUG26' was replaced by Amendment 1 named above. Posting Updates a/o 22 Oct 26: The Umbrella Notice has been revised, “772 ESS.PKA.MACH1_Umbrella Program Notice_AMEND 1_24 Aug 26” has been replaced with Amendment 2: “772 ESS.PKA.MACH1_Umbrella Program Notice_AMEND 2_22 Oct 26”.