Solicitation
Monterey Golf Range Technology
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryOnly firms on the buyer's Source List can bid as the prime contractor on this Navy design-build job at NSA Monterey, Monterey, California. It replaces the golf driving range with a two-story, 24-bay covered hitting structure, a ball-tracking system and a small concession building, with up to $3,941,943.22 available. The response due date is November 10, 2026, 3:00 PM Central (an amendment moved it to Dec 15, 2026, 3:00 PM CST · 4:00 PM Eastern), and large parts of the request for proposal (RFP) were not read. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 23, 2026. It moves the due date from Nov 10, 2026 to Dec 15, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
AI summary Beta
Summary of the version posted Oct 15, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 23, 2026. The due date moved from Nov 10, 2026 to Dec 15, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. The notice looks incomplete: Large parts of the RFP were not read: pages 380 to 391 and the middle sections (including H special requirements, I clauses, J attachments and drawings, and Section M evaluation factors). The RFP file is 974,437 characters; 145,539 were read. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only firms on the buyer's Source List can bid as the prime contractor on this Navy design-build job at NSA Monterey, Monterey, California. It replaces the golf driving range with a two-story, 24-bay covered hitting structure, a ball-tracking system and a small concession building, with up to $3,941,943.22 available. The response due date is November 10, 2026, 3:00 PM Central, and large parts of the request for proposal (RFP) were not read.
Who can bid (4)
- Be on the buyer's Source List: only firms specifically included on it may respond as a prime contractor. The text read does not say how a firm gets on the list.
- The prime contractor must hold the payment and performance bonds; a lower-tier contractor may not provide them.
- A licensed fire protection engineer to serve as Fire Protection Engineer of Record and for fire protection quality control.
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- Key personnel with 5 years of experience each: Project Manager, Architect/Engineer of Record, Site Superintendent, CQC Chief and Site Safety and Health Officer.
How to submit: Mailed original plus one electronic copy of each volume (the RFP lists the contracting office in Millington, TN as the address); how the electronic copy is sent is in sections not read, due November 10, 2026, 3:00 PM Central. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (12)
- Serious: Only Source List firms may bid as prime. SAM.gov shows no set-aside, but the RFP limits prime bidders to firms already on a Source List; a business not on it cannot send an offer.
- Serious: Prime must hold payment and performance bonds. Bonds (promises by a surety to pay if you fail to finish or pay your bills) must be in the prime's name, so a small firm needs bonding capacity; the bond amounts are not in the text read.
- Worth checking: Budget cap of $3,941,943.22. Proposals over the available funds may not be considered, so the price must fit under this figure.
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- Worth checking: Full design-build with Architect/Engineer of Record. The bidder's own architect/engineer carries full design responsibility and quality control, and must be in the offer with five years of experience.
- Worth checking: Pre-proposal conference date unclear. The RFP says the virtual Teams conference is TBD, and Amendment 0001 gives only a Wednesday and the 21st, 2026 at 12:30 PM with the month and time zone unreadable. Questions and attendee names are due three days before it. Check SAM.gov.
- Worth checking: Site visit urged and expected, not mandatory. Bidders are told to inspect the site and cannot claim extra costs for conditions a visit would have shown. No visit date is given; call the point of contact at least five calendar days before arriving.
- Worth checking: Paper originals must be mailed. Each volume needs a mailed original in addition to an electronic copy, so allow mailing time to Millington, Tennessee before the response due date.
- Worth checking: Not a standard federal contract. The contract is let by a NAFI with no appropriated funds. The Federal Acquisition Regulation and the Small Business Act do not apply; protests go to the Contracting Officer under Navy nonappropriated fund rules.
- Minor: Liquidated damages of $120.03 per day. If work is not finished in the time you propose, you pay this amount for each calendar day of delay.
- Minor: Scope wording differs from the notice. The SAM.gov description says it adds 12 hitting bays; the RFP describes a full range replacement with a 24-bay covered structure. Ask the Contracting Officer which governs.
- Minor: Place of performance differs between SAM.gov and the RFP. SAM.gov lists San Diego, CA; the RFP places the work at NSA Monterey in Monterey, CA.
- Minor: Solicitation number varies in the RFP pages. The SAM.gov number and cover are NAVMWR-27-R-0001, but page headers show NAVMWR-24-R-0001 and NAVMWR-26-R-0035. Use the amendment's NAVMWR-27-R-0001 and confirm with the Contracting Officer.
Read from the notice and 2 attachments. Show which files.
- RFP - NAVMWR-27-R-0001 Monterey Driving Range Technology.pdf (read)
- NAMVWR-27-R-0001 Amendment 0001.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Design and build a full replacement of the NSA Monterey driving range, including a two-story, 24-bay covered hitting structure with lighting and ceiling fans
- Install a golf range technology system that tracks ball flight and allows interactive virtual golf
- Build a new 440-square-foot range building and a new 500-square-foot concession building with restrooms
- Site work: remove old turf, range concrete, fencing and the range maintenance building; grade the site; relocate the bunker and chipping areas; lengthen the range by about 30 yards; extend the cart path; install 150 linear feet of range netting about 50 feet high
- Deliver complete architectural and engineering design (50%, 95% and 100% design submittals) through an Architect/Engineer of Record, then construct it
- Obtain and pay for all permits, a topographic survey, soil testing and any added soils investigation
- Work Monday to Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. local time, unless the Contracting Officer approves other hours
- Contract type
- Design-build, firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing), lump sum for CLIN 0001 (contract line item number: one priced line of the order). Awarded by a nonappropriated fund instrumentality (NAFI): no U.S. appropriated funds are used.
- Period of performance
- Bidders propose the number of calendar days after notice to proceed in Section B; the NAFI's review time is excluded. The period is not otherwise stated in the parts read.
- Place of performance
- NSA Monterey in Monterey, CA, per the RFP (the SAM.gov field says San Diego, CA, USA)
- Estimated value
- $3,941,943.22 total funds available for design and construction (budget cap; proposals over this amount may not be considered)
- How they'll choose
- Best value: award to the responsible bidder whose offer is most advantageous to the NAFI, price and other factors considered. The NAFI may award without discussions. The factor list in Section M was not read.
- Offers due
- November 10, 2026, 3:00 PM Central (from the version posted Oct 15, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Mailed original plus one electronic copy of each volume (the RFP lists the contracting office in Millington, TN as the address); how the electronic copy is sent is in sections not read
What to include when you submit
- Send two volumes separately: Volume I Technical and Volume II Price. Each is 1 original mailed plus 1 electronic copy. No price information may appear in Volume I.
- Volume I Part 1, proposed design solution: a design narrative on the finished look of the two-story range and concession, the range technology, and materials and methods, plus drawings as needed to show design intent.
- Volume I Part 2, qualifications and experience: key personnel experience integrating advanced golf range technologies with past project examples, and how you will manage the project from award to close-out.
- List key personnel with detailed resumes (licensing, education, certifications): Project Manager, Architect/Engineer of Record, Site Superintendent (cannot also be the quality control chief), Contractor Quality Control (CQC) Chief and Site Safety and Health Officer, each with 5 years.
- Volume I Part 3, project execution method: a time-scaled Gantt chart or similar network schedule from the award date, showing design and construction phases and critical activities, allowing 21 calendar days for NAFI review of each design submittal.
- Volume II: Part 1 financial data and Part 2 price offer. Fill in the Section B lump sums for 50% design, 95% design, 100% design and construction, and the days to complete.
- Break down the lump sums in enough detail to show material, labor, equipment, subcontract and overhead costs plus profit, with overhead and profit also as a percentage of cost.
- Sign the offer; an agent's signature needs evidence of the agent's authority. Acknowledge Amendment 0001.
- Offers must stay open for 90 calendar days after the date for receipt of offers.
- Tell the Contracting Officer by separate letter of any planned deviation from the RFP's design intent, or it will not be part of the contract.
Not in the notice text
- Large parts of the RFP were not read: pages 380 to 391 and the middle sections (including H special requirements, I clauses, J attachments and drawings, and Section M evaluation factors). The RFP file is 974,437 characters; 145,539 were read.
- The evaluation factors and their order of importance are in Section M, which was not read.
- How a firm gets onto the Source List, and who maintains it, is not stated in the text read.
- Bond amounts and the bidder's required bonding limits are not stated in the text read.
- Whether a Davis-Bacon wage determination applies: Section L-10 only points to the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute in general terms, and the wage sections were not read.
- The date and time of the site visit are not given; the point of contact is Kyle Rhodus, 831-200-5477, kprhodus@nps.edu.
- The month of the pre-proposal conference and its time zone are unreadable in Amendment 0001; the RFP itself says TBD.
- How the electronic copy of each volume is delivered is not stated in the text read.
- The number of days allowed to finish the work is for the bidder to propose in Section B; no required completion period was found in the text read.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Mailed original plus one electronic copy of each volume (the RFP lists the contracting office in Millington, TN as the address); how the electronic copy is sent is in sections not read. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 15, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- Commander Navy Installations CMD, Millington, TN
- Product/service code
- 7810 · Athletic and Sporting Equipment
- Business type
- Manufactured parts & equipment (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 339920)
- Versions
6 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2026 · Amendment 0005Due Dec 15, 2026
- Oct 23, 2026 · Amendment 0004Due Dec 15, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 15, 2026 · Amendment 0003 (this version)Due Nov 10, 2026
- Oct 15, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 10, 2026
- Oct 15, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 10, 2026
- Oct 7, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 10, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
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Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This project is needed to expand the capabilities of the current driving range and its driving range technology to support current demand of increased play and driving range usage. The renovation will repair the existing driving range bays and add an additional 12 hitting bays by adding a two-story hitting deck required by increased customer volume.