Special Notice
Request for Information/Sources Sought
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District is running a sources sought (a market survey, not a solicitation) for a firm-fixed-price, design-bid-build, two-story controlled office building of 67,833 SF at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The estimated construction price is between $50,000,000 and $100,000,000. The response due date is November 5, 2026, 2:00 PM Central; the solicitation is expected on or about April 22, 2027. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of the Army who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 19, 2026. It moves the due date from Sep 4, 2026 to Nov 5, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District is running a sources sought (a market survey, not a solicitation) for a firm-fixed-price, design-bid-build, two-story controlled office building of 67,833 SF at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The estimated construction price is between $50,000,000 and $100,000,000. The response due date is November 5, 2026, 2:00 PM Central; the solicitation is expected on or about April 22, 2027.
Who can bid
- Prime contractor experience building spaces that meet ICD 705 and AV/ESS requirements (neither is defined in the notice)
- Prime contractor experience with the design-bid-build process
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award
How to submit: Email to Karen Irving at karen.k.irving@usace.army.mil. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Serious: Minimum capabilities for prime contractors. The notice lists secure-space and force protection experience as the minimum a prime contractor needs.
- Worth checking: Incomplete responses are not used. A response missing any requested item will not help the Government decide, so answer every numbered item.
- Worth checking: Large project with bonding question. You must say whether you can bond a project in the $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 range.
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- Worth checking: Set-aside not decided. The set-aside depends on responses, so a response is how a small business can influence the choice.
- Worth checking: Solicitation documents only on PIEE. You must register in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) to download the solicitation, and the Corps will not notify you of changes.
- Minor: Subcontracting limit. Small businesses must perform at least 15% of the contract cost, not counting materials, with their own employees or similarly situated entities.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Show interest and capability to build a 67,833 SF, two-story steel-frame facility for controlled office space
- Build secure features: controlled network space, compartmented workspaces for 10-15 teams, and a 200-seat controlled auditorium
- Include site work, parking, utilities, storm drainage, landscaping, and entry and access control
- Meet antiterrorism and force protection standards under Unified Facilities Criteria 4-010-01
- Handle poor soil: over-excavation and special foundations may be needed
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price, design-bid-build construction (planned; the market research will finalize the method)
- Place of performance
- Kirtland Air Force Base, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
- Estimated value
- Between $50,000,000 and $100,000,000 (estimated construction price range)
- How they'll choose
- Best value process planned for the later solicitation; not set for this notice
- Offers due
- November 5, 2026, 2:00 PM Central
- How to submit
- Email to Karen Irving at karen.k.irving@usace.army.mil
- Page limits
- Response: 10 pages
What to include when you submit
- Give firm name, address, contact, phone, email, UEI, CAGE and website
- State business size: large, small, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB or EDWOSB
- List at least three examples of same or similar work in the past 5 years, of similar size, scope, magnitude and complexity
- For each example give the description, contract type and number, dollar value, period, customer contact, and whether you were prime or subcontractor
- Describe your experience with the minimum capabilities listed in the notice
- Say whether partners are part of the response and describe the planned relationship
- Give your Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) status or timeline
- Give your bonding capability per contract and in total, and whether you can bond to the price range
- Optionally answer the ten questions about Project Labor Agreements (PLA: a pre-hire union agreement for one project)
Not in the notice text
- Whether there will be a site visit, and whether it would be required, is not stated.
- Which wage rule applies (such as a Davis-Bacon wage determination) is not stated.
- The period of performance is not stated.
- The evaluation factors are not stated; this is a market survey.
- Whether a Project Labor Agreement will be required is not decided.
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
- Aug 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Special Notice
- Office
- W075 ENDIST Albuquerque, NM
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026 · Sources SoughtDue Nov 5, 2026 (changed)
- Aug 14, 2026 · Special Notice (this version)Date Sep 4, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.