Solicitation
SABER V Hill AFB
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force · Sol. FA820126R0020
Due in 27 days8(a)
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Hill Air Force Base (Utah) is buying a new multiple-award IDIQ, SABER V, for construction, repair, alteration and minor new construction at Hill AFB and several nearby Utah and Wyoming sites, reserved 100% for 8(a) firms. Each job is awarded as a task order; the contract runs a 5-year base plus four 1-year options and a 6-month extension (9.5 years). Proposals are due 5 Nov 2026 at 4:30 pm MT in PIEE and must include a priced seed project (renovating restrooms in Building 586).
Watch out for
- Large up-front bonding and bid guarantee. You must post a bid guarantee (up to $3M) on the seed project and show $5M single / $20M combined bonding capacity, which is hard for many small firms.
The bid guarantee will apply to the seed project and bonding, $5M (single) and
- Local presence and fast in-person response. Certain prime contractor positions must respond in person within 60 minutes, so you need people near Hill AFB even if your office is in another eligible state.
SOW which identifies prime contractor positions with mandatory in-person
- Funds not yet available. The Government says no award will be made until funds are available and it may cancel the solicitation.
Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available.
- Price-driven LPTA with a tiny guaranteed minimum. Awards go to the lowest acceptable price, awards may be made without discussions, and the guaranteed minimum is only $500 per contract while many awardees compete for each order.
Task orders have a minimum of $500.
- Confusing solicitation numbers, dates and rules. The solicitation was cancelled and reissued under a new number, earlier Q&A listed a different due date, and the SOW lists fewer states than the Q&A, so check every amendment before bidding.
Solicitation FA820126R1004 has been cancelled and Solicitation
- Seed project requires a site visit and detailed submittals up front. The seed project site visit was held 15 Sep 2026 and attendee lists were due earlier, so confirm with the contracting officer what is still required if you did not attend.
The offeror shall submit an attendance list of up to three individuals
- Security and OPSEC controls. The seed SOW marks OPSEC as required and work happens on a military installation, so base access and security rules will apply.
OPSEC Required? YES
- PIEE account needed to submit. Offers go through the DoD PIEE Solicitation Module, so a company without a PIEE Proposal Manager role must register and get approved before the deadline.
The Proposal Manager role is required to submit an offer to a solicitation posted in the PIEE Solicitation Module.
Read from the notice and 11 attachments. 1 not read in full.
- Solicitation Amendment FA820126R00200004 SF 30.pdf
- Solicitation_Q_and_A_14_Sep_2026.pdf
- Solicitation Amendment FA820126R00200003 SF 30.pdf
- Solicitation_Q_and_A_10_Sep_2026 (2).pdf
- Solicitation Amendment FA820126R00200002 SF 30.pdf
- Solicitation Amendment - FA820126R00200001.pdf
- Solicitation Amendment FA820126R00200001 SF 30.pdf
- REV 1 - Seed SOW Bldg 586.pdf
- Bldg 586 Seed Project FOPR (LPTA) Amendment 1.docx
- Attachment_01_SABER 2027 SOW 10SEP2026.docx
- Attachment_12_Section L Instruction to Offerors 11SEP26.docx
- PZIOC ATTENDANCE FORM.pdf: scanned PDF: no text to read
Full brief
What they want
- Perform real property maintenance, repair, alteration and minor new construction through firm-fixed-price task orders
- Trades include demolition, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, roofing, site work, concrete, paving, ACM/lead paint abatement, fire alarm and suppression, IDS and access control systems
- Provide key staff: Contract Manager, Project Manager/Superintendent, Quality Control Officer, Environmental Officer, Site Safety and Health Officer, and a Draftsman
- Submit a management plan, subcontractor utilization plan and quality control plan
- Seed project: full renovation of men's and women's restrooms in Building 586 with epoxy floors, new ceilings, lights, flooring and fire alarm work (150 days, part-time superintendent)
- With the seed project, submit a conceptual drawing and material submittals listed on an AF IMT 3000, plus a narrative
- Respond in person on short notice for certain prime contractor positions (60 minutes or less per Q&A)
- Contract type
- Multiple-award 8(a) competitive IDIQ; task orders are firm-fixed-price and awarded by lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA)
- Period of performance
- 5-year base ordering period + four 1-year options + 6-month extension (total 9.5 years)
- Place of performance
- Hill AFB, UT (Davis County); Carter Creek Recreational Property, Evanston WY; Utah Test and Training Range; Little Mountain Test Annex, UT; Boulder Seismic Site, WY (SAM.gov place of performance field is blank)
- Estimated value
- Contract: estimated minimum $500 and maximum $490,000,000; per order $500 to $10,000,000. Q&A says typical orders run $50,000 to $5,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA). No tradeoffs, and no extra credit for exceeding acceptability. The Government intends to award without negotiations.
- Offers due
- 5 November 2026 at 4:30 P.M. MT (SAM.gov: 2026-11-05T16:30:00-07:00). Offer questions were due 25 September 2026.
- How to submit
- PIEE Solicitation Module (Proposal Manager role), attention Ms. Shelly Bachison and Capt Eric Tucker. Section L also says the cost portion goes as a Total Evaluated Price spreadsheet via email.
- Page limits
- Technical volume: 50 pages (seed project material submittals, conceptual drawing and narrative are excluded; 11x17 drawings allowed). Past performance: 3 pages per highlighted contract, 9 pages total. Full Table 1 not seen.
What they'll judge offers on
- Volume I Price (Factor 1): Total Evaluated Price and seed project price
- Volume II Technical (Factor 2), rated acceptable or unacceptable, with subfactors: Seed Project, Subcontractor Utilization Plan, Management Plan, Quality Control Plan
- Volume III Past Performance: recency and relevancy, using CPARS
- Volume IV Contract Documentation and Contractor Responsibility (financial resources, limitations on subcontracting, bona fide office, CMMC)
What to include when you submit
- Four separate volumes: I Price, II Technical, III Past Performance, IV Contract Documentation
- Seed project items (conceptual drawing, material submittals) are listed on an AF IMT 3000 and placed in Volume II, Subfactor 1; a narrative is required
- Bid guarantee is 20 percent of the seed project bid price, up to $3,000,000, submitted with the proposal
- Acknowledge all amendments (latest seen is Amendment 0004, 17 Sep 2026)
- Submit CMMC unique identifiers (SPRS) for each contractor system that handles FCI/CUI
- Take exceptions to the solicitation no later than 30 days after release
- Proposals stay valid 120 days (Section L); task order proposals 90 days
- Site visit attendee list and subcontractor site visits are handled through the Government contacts
You must have
- 8(a) program participant (100% 8(a) set-aside, NAICS 236220, size standard $45M)
Competition will be limited to 8(a) firms.
- Bona fide place of business in an eligible state (AZ, parts of CA, CO, ID Boise district, MT, NE, NV, NM, OR, SD, UT, WY) or the ability to establish one within 60 days of award
provided they can establish a bona fide place of business within the geographical competitive area within 60 days of contract award
- Bid guarantee (20 percent of bid price or $3,000,000, whichever is less) and payment/performance bonds per task order
The amount of the bid guarantee shall be 20 percent of the bid price or $3,000,000, whichever is less.
- Minimum blanket bonding capacity of $5 million for SABER task orders (Q&A also cites $20 million combined)
Offerors are required to maintain a minimum blanket bond capacity of $5 million for SABER Task Orders.
- CMMC Level 1 status in SPRS for systems handling federal contract information
The CMMC level required by this solicitation is: CMMC Level 1
- Active SAM registration (FAR 52.204-7)
52.204-7 System for Award Management-Registration.
- Project Manager/Superintendent with at least three years of construction management experience; Utah-certified abatement subcontractor for asbestos and lead paint work
having at least three (3) years of experience in construction
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The contract is called SABER V (2027), but the text does not identify current contractors or prior contract numbers.
Not in the notice text
- Full Section M evaluation criteria (middle of the main solicitation was cut off)
- Section L details: full Table 1 page limits, Volume II subfactor requirements, past performance recency and relevancy definitions (middle of the file was cut off)
- SOW details on geographic scope, key personnel qualifications (Sections 4 and 6), performance capabilities and task ordering (large part of the SOW was not provided)
- Full list of contract clauses in Sections H and I (including the project labor agreement notice)
- Seed project price range (the magnitude checkbox is unclear) and seed project wage determination
- Site visit attendance form (scanned PDF, no text to read)
- Whether the 8(a) place-of-business rule differs between the SOW (Utah, Nevada, Wyoming) and the Q&A (many states)
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 5, 2026, 11:30 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 17, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- FA820126R0020
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force
- Office
- FA8201 Afsc Ol H Pzio
- Set-aside
- 8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8)
- NAICS
- 236220
- Product/service code
- Z2JZ
- Business type
- Construction & renovation
- Contracting contact
- Shelly Bachisonshelly.bachison@us.af.mil801-586-8606
- Versions
- 5 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This is an Indefinite Deliver, Indefinite Quantity contract for construction efforts at Hill AFB, UT (Davis County); the Carter Creek Recreational Property at Evanston WY; Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR); Little Mountain Test Annex, UT. NV Boulder Seismic Site, WY. Each construction project will be awarded by individual task order) TO) issued against the basic contract and specifying work in support of real property maintenance, repair, alteration, and new construction.
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