Presolicitation
COMBAT RESCUE HELICOPTER (CRH) SIMULATOR FACILITY, JBER, ALASKA (JBE089)
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W911KB27RA009
Due in 17 daysSmall business
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The Army Corps of Engineers (Alaska District) plans a small-business-only RFP to build a new 8,202 square foot Combat Rescue Helicopter simulator facility at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The estimated value is $17 million to $22 million with about 730 calendar days of work. This is a pre-solicitation; the solicitation is expected on or about 23 October 2026.
Watch out for
- Secret-level facility construction. The simulator bay must meet collateral secret open storage criteria, which may bring security requirements for the builder and staff.
The simulator bay and associated areas will be constructed to collateral secret open storage criteria.
- Cold-climate remote site. Alaska conditions (snow, insulated foundations) and a 730 day schedule add cost and schedule risk.
- Bonding not discussed. A $17M-$22M job usually needs bonding but the notice does not say.
- Davis-Bacon wages. Prevailing wage rules apply and affect pricing.
the Davis Bacon Act will apply
Read from the notice text only.
Full brief
What they want
- Construct a new single-story CRH Operational Flight Trainer facility (8,202 sq ft) for the HH-60W helicopter simulator
- Briefing/debriefing room, mission planning room, offices, support rooms and toilets
- Cold-weather slab on grade foundation with thickened mat foundation under the simulator
- Masonry veneer and metal panel exterior and low-slope standing seam metal roof with snow guards
- Simulator bay built to collateral secret open storage criteria, with overhead door and interior overhead crane
- Site clearing, utility relocation, grade changes and connection to base-wide systems
- Contract type
- Request for Proposals (RFP), 100% small business set-aside; Davis-Bacon Act applies
- Period of performance
- Approximately 730 calendar days; anticipated Notice to Proceed 1 March 2027
- Place of performance
- Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), AK, USA
- Estimated value
- Between $17,000,000 and $22,000,000 (estimated magnitude)
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff source selection, weighing price and non-price factors
- Offers due
- SAM.gov lists 2026-10-23 2:00 PM (UTC-08:00); the notice text says the solicitation will be released around 23 October 2026 and does not give a proposal due date
- How to submit
- Electronic proposals only through the PIEE Solicitation Module (piee.eb.mil); vendors must register in PIEE and have a Proposal Manager role
What they'll judge offers on
- Factor 1 - Past Performance (Confidence Assessment)
- Factor 2 - Technical Approach
- Factor 3 - Project Execution Concept/Schedule
- Factor 4 - Price
What to include when you submit
- Solicitation W911KB27RA009 to be downloaded from PIEE; check for amendments there
- Joint ventures must be registered in SAM as the joint venture
You must have
- 100% small business set-aside
- Active SAM registration; joint ventures must be registered as the joint venture
Joint ventures must be registered in SAM as the joint venture.
- PIEE registration with a Proposal Manager role to submit a proposal
IN ORDER TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL, VENDORS MUST REGISTER IN THE PIEE SYSTEM
Not in the notice text
- Actual proposal due date (the notice only gives a release date)
- Bonding requirements
- Full evaluation details (to be in the solicitation)
- Solicitation number is written two ways in the text (W911KB27RA009 and W911K27RA009)
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 23, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 5, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- W911KB27RA009
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army
- Office
- W2SN Endist Alaska
- Set-aside
- Small Business Set Aside - Total
- NAICS
- 236220
- Product/service code
- Y1CZ
- Business type
- Construction & renovation
- Place of performance
- Jber, AK, 99506
- Contracting contact
- Catherine Williamscatherine.williams@usace.army.mil9077532571
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This is a pre-solicitation notice for a 100% Small Business Set Aside Request for Proposals (RFP) to construct a Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) facility utilizing conventional design and construction methods to accommodate the mission of the facility. The work includes construction of a new, properly sited, single floor, 8,202 square foot Combat Rescue Helicopter Simulator Facility that is fully configured. The new building will support the simulator for the HH-60W helicopter, its supporting equipment, briefing/debriefing room, mission planning room, instructors' office, administrative office, building support rooms, and toilet facilities. The facility will be slab on grade foundation with cold weather-insulated, shallow continuous strip footings, and a thickened cold weather-insulated mat foundation will be located directly below the simulator equipment. The exterior shell of the Simulator Bay will have masonry veneer and metal panel on reinforced concrete masonry units (CMU). The one-story administration areas will be constructed of masonry veneer and metal panel on metal studs. The roof will be low slope standing seam structural metal roofing, with snow guards to provide mitigation of sliding snow. The simulator bay and associated areas will be constructed to collateral secret open storage criteria. There will be a large overhead door into the simulator bay which will also feature an interior overhead crane to move equipment. The work also includes the required site clearing, relocation of utilities, grade changes, connecting the new building systems into the existing base-wide systems, and incidental related work. The estimated dollar magnitude of this project is anticipated between $17,000,000 and $22,000,000. The performance period will be approximately 730 calendar days. The procurement will be conducted using source selection procedures and the award will be based on best value tradeoff source selection procedures, considering the price and non-price factors cited in this announcement and the solicitation. All Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov/SAM/). Joint ventures must be registered in SAM as the joint venture. Offerors are advised to begin this process when they prepare their proposal in order to ensure this registration is in place should they be selected for the award. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make an Offeror ineligible for award. Anticipated NTP: 1 March 2027 with a 730 calendar-day period of performance; the Davis Bacon Act will apply. (1) PROJECT INFORMATION: To onstruct a Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) facility utilizing conventional design and construction methods to accommodate the mission of the facility. (2) SELECTION CRITERIA: Evaluation criteria to be listed in the solicitation are anticipated to be: Factor 1 – Past Performance (Confidence Assessment) Factor 2 – Technical Approach Factor 3 – Project Execution Concept/Schedule Factor 4 – Price (3) OBTAINING THE SOLICITATION: The solicitation for this project will be provided in electronic format only and is currently scheduled to be available for download on or about 23 October 2026 at the PIEE Solicitation Module website at https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/index.xhtml via Solicitation number (W911KB27RA009). Any future amendments to the solicitation will also be available for download from this website. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered by the agency. All notifications of changes to this solicitation shall be made through the internet only. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to check for any posted changes to this solicitation. NOTE: Electronic proposal submissions will only be accepted via the PIEE Solicitation Module website at: https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/index.xhtml. Search via Solicitation Number Search W911K27RA009. IN ORDER TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL, VENDORS MUST REGISTER IN THE PIEE SYSTEM AND MUST HAVE A PROPOSAL MANAGER ROLE ESTABLISHED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING PROPOSAL MANAGER, PROPOSAL MANAGER FUNCTIONS AND POSTING OFFERS CAN BE FOUD AT https//pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/sol/solicitation/proposals.xhtml.
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