Solicitation
Design-Build Maintenance and Repair Army Reserve (MRAR) of Equipment Concentration Site (ECS), B-56767, at North Fort Hood, TX
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThis is Phase II of a two-phase design-build: only offerors selected after Phase I may send Phase II proposals, due by the response due date of November 20, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern (an amendment moved it to Dec 2, 2026, 2:00 PM EST). The Army Corps of Engineers (USACE Louisville District) is buying repair and an addition to Equipment Concentration Site Building 56767 at North Fort Hood, Texas (solicitation W912QR25RA013). It is a small business set-aside estimated at $10 million to $25 million, with about 913 calendar days of work. More in the summary
AI summary Beta
Summary of the version posted Nov 2, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 12, 2026. The due date moved from Nov 20, 2026 to Dec 2, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. Some details are in the notice's attachments, which this summary didn't read. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
This is Phase II of a two-phase design-build: only offerors selected after Phase I may send Phase II proposals, due by the response due date of November 20, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern. The Army Corps of Engineers (USACE Louisville District) is buying repair and an addition to Equipment Concentration Site Building 56767 at North Fort Hood, Texas (solicitation W912QR25RA013). It is a small business set-aside estimated at $10 million to $25 million, with about 913 calendar days of work.
Who can bid (4)
- Selected for Phase II after Phase I; only Phase II selected offerors may propose
- Small business (total small business set-aside, NAICS 236220)
- Evidence of ability to obtain bonding and proof of financial ability
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- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM); a joint venture needs its own SAM registration
How to submit: due November 20, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
- Serious: That step closed Nov 2, 2026. Check whether taking part in it was required to bid on the next one.
- Serious: Small businesses only. Only small businesses under the NAICS 236220 size standard can be awarded this contract.
- Serious: Bonding for a $10M-$25M project. You must show you can obtain bonding and prove financial ability for a project this size.
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- Worth checking: Subject to availability of funds. The award depends on funding, so the project could be delayed or not awarded.
- Minor: Award may come without discussions. The Government plans to award without negotiations, so your first proposal should be your best.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Design and build repairs to the roughly 26,000 square foot maintenance part of Building 56767, plus an addition
- Repair HVAC and electrical systems, including electrical conduit distribution
- Remove non-structural interior walls to create open, flexible workspace
- Restore bathrooms and replace failed flooring and light fixtures with code compliant units
- Install a code compliant fire alarm and suppression system
- Add a code compliant entrance ramp for access for people with disabilities
- Meet minimum Department of Defense (DoD) antiterrorism standards
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP): one set price, whatever the work ends up costing
- Period of performance
- About 913 calendar days from notice to proceed (NTP); the project contains options
- Place of performance
- North Fort Hood (formerly Fort Cavazos), Gatesville, TX
- Estimated value
- Between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000 (estimated construction magnitude)
- How they'll choose
- Best-value tradeoff (BVTO): price and non-price factors are weighed together; non-price factors are about equal to price
- Offers due
- November 20, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern (from the version posted Nov 2, 2026; amended since)
What they'll judge offers on
- Design Narrative
- Management Plan
- Schedule Narrative
- Price
What to include when you submit
- Send the additional Phase II information described in Section 00 22 18 of the solicitation
- Sign and send Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442), the construction offer form
- Resubmit evidence of ability to obtain bonding and proof of financial ability
- Resubmit the pre-award information
- Check the PIEE Solicitation Portal and SAM.gov for amendments
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation, Section 00 22 18 Phase II instructions, plans and specifications are in the solicitation files on SAM.gov and PIEE, not in the notice text.
- Whether there is a site visit, and whether it is required, is not stated.
- Which wage rule applies (a Davis-Bacon wage determination) is not stated in the notice text.
- What the project's options cover is not stated.
- Page limits and how to submit proposals are not stated in the notice text.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 236220
- 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
- Nov 12, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W072 ENDIST Louisville, KY
- Product/service code
- Z2EB · Repair or Alteration of Maintenance Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
9 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 12, 2026 · Amendment 0004 (this version)Due Dec 2, 2026 (changed)
- Nov 2, 2026 · AmendmentDue Nov 20, 2026
- Oct 19, 2026 · AmendmentDue Nov 20, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 7, 2026 · AmendmentDue Oct 22, 2026
- Sep 22, 2026 · AmendmentDue Oct 22, 2026
- Sep 22, 2026 · AmendmentDue Oct 22, 2026 (changed)
- Mar 26, 2025 · AmendmentDue Apr 25, 2025
- Mar 26, 2025 · AmendmentDue Apr 25, 2025
- Mar 26, 2025 · SolicitationDue Apr 25, 2025
- 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
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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