Solicitation
SABER V Hill AFB
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
AI summaryOnly 8(a) firms can bid (the Small Business Administration program for disadvantaged small businesses): the response due date is November 5, 2026, 4:30 PM Mountain. The Air Force at Hill Air Force Base, Utah wants builders for SABER V, an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract where work is ordered later as separate task orders. Offers must include a sample task order, the Building 586 restroom and drain repair, with a 20 percent bid guarantee. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 27, 2026. See the latest version.
AI summary Beta
Summary of the version posted Oct 21, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 27, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 8 of 20 attachments weren't read (Solicitation Amendment FA820126R00200005 SF 30.pdf, Attachment_01_SABER 2027 SOW 05OCT2026.docx and 6 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only 8(a) firms can bid (the Small Business Administration program for disadvantaged small businesses): the response due date is November 5, 2026, 4:30 PM Mountain. The Air Force at Hill Air Force Base, Utah wants builders for SABER V, an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract where work is ordered later as separate task orders. Offers must include a sample task order, the Building 586 restroom and drain repair, with a 20 percent bid guarantee.
Who can bid (4)
- Be an 8(a) firm (SBA's Section 8(a) Business Development program) as the SAM.gov set-aside requires
- Have an SBA-recognized bona fide place of business in Arizona, California (certain counties), Colorado, Idaho (Boise region), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah or Wyoming, or set one up within 60 days of award
- Post a bid guarantee of 20 percent of the seed project bid price
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- Have blanket bonding capacity of at least $5 million per task order and $20 million combined, with payment and performance bonds on task orders
How to submit: Electronic files (Adobe PDF, Word or PowerPoint), each volume as its own file. Where to send them is in Section L (not read).. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (10)
- Serious: SAM.gov and the solicitation disagree on the set-aside. SAM.gov lists no set-aside, but the solicitation the AI read says a set-aside for 8(a) firms. Ask the contracting officer which applies before you bid.
- Serious: 8(a) set-aside: only 8(a) firms with a qualifying local office can bid. The firm needs a bona fide place of business in the listed states or must open one within 60 days of award.
- Serious: Mandatory in-person response within 60 minutes. Prime contractor positions in SABER 2027 SOW sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.5 must respond in person in 60 minutes or less, so you need staff near Hill AFB.
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- Serious: Bid guarantee of 20 percent and large bond capacity. The guarantee is 20 percent of your seed project bid price, and you must show $5 million single and $20 million combined bonding.
- Worth checking: Seed project must be priced and drawn up with the proposal. Lowest price among acceptable proposals wins the seed project, and a conceptual drawing with a material narrative is due with the proposal.
- Worth checking: Past performance must be as a prime contractor. Work you did as a subcontractor does not count toward recent and relevant past performance.
- Worth checking: Wage rates set later; only building-type determinations attached. Davis-Bacon (federal construction wage rules) apply; UT20260083 covers the Davis County seed project, and other task orders will carry their own wage determination.
- Worth checking: Carter Creek location differs between documents. The notice puts Carter Creek at Evanston, Wyoming; a Q&A answer says Carter Creek is in Duchesne County, which changes the wage determination.
- Minor: Liquidated damages on the seed project. Late completion costs $439.20 for each calendar day of delay, against a 150-day schedule.
- Minor: Questions were due Sep 25, 2026. Check the amendments for the agency's answers.
Read from the notice and 12 attachments. 8 of 20 not read. Show which files.
- Solicitation Amendment FA820126R00200001 SF 30.pdf (read)
- Solicitation Amendment FA820126R00200003 SF 30.pdf (read)
- Solicitation Amendment FA820126R00200002 SF 30.pdf (read)
- Solicitation Amendment FA820126R00200006 SF 30.pdf (read)
- SABER V RFI with Responses 9Oct2026.docx (read)
- Solicitation Amendment FA820126R00200004 SF 30.pdf (read)
- Solicitation_Q_and_A_14_Sep_2026.pdf (read)
- Solicitation_Q_and_A_10_Sep_2026 (2).pdf (read)
- REV 1 - Seed SOW Bldg 586 6OCT2026.pdf (read)
- REV 1 - Seed SOW Bldg 586.pdf (read)
- Bldg 586 Seed Project FOPR (LPTA) Amendment 1.docx (read)
- Attachment_3_REV 2 - Seed SOW Bldg 586.pdf (read)
- Solicitation Amendment FA820126R00200005 SF 30.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment_01_SABER 2027 SOW 05OCT2026.docx: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment_01_SABER 2027 SOW 10SEP2026.docx: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment_13_Section_M_Evaluation_Factors_09OCT26.docx: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment_12_Section L Instruction to Offerors 11SEP26.docx: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment_12_Section_L_Instruction_to_Offerors_9OCT2026.docx: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment_23_Building 586 Drawings.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- PZIOC ATTENDANCE FORM.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Hold an IDIQ construction contract; each task order covers real property maintenance, repair, alteration and new construction
- Sites named: Hill AFB (Davis County, UT), Carter Creek Recreational Property, Utah Test and Training Range, Little Mountain Test Annex (UT), Boulder Seismic Site (WY)
- Price and plan the seed project: repair and renovate restrooms, janitor's closet and drains in Building 586, with epoxy floors in the work bays, new ceilings, lights and flooring (150 days)
- Send a conceptual drawing and material submittal narrative for the seed project with the proposal
- Staff prime positions: Contract Manager, Project Manager/Superintendent, Quality Control Officer, Site Safety and Health Officer, Environmental Officer, Draftsman
- Provide shop drawings showing up to 35 percent design detail before work starts, and as-built drawings at the end
- Respond in person within 60 minutes for prime contractor positions named in SABER 2027 SOW sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.5
- Contract type
- Indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) construction contract; individual task orders (the seed project is firm-fixed-price)
- Period of performance
- IDIQ term not seen in the text read. Seed project: 150 calendar days after Notice to Proceed.
- Place of performance
- Hill AFB, UT (Davis County); Carter Creek Recreational Property at Evanston WY per the notice, Duchesne County per a Q&A answer; Utah Test and Training Range; Little Mountain Test Annex, UT; Boulder Seismic Site, WY. Seed project: Building 586, Hill AFB.
- Estimated value
- Contract ceiling not seen. Q&A says task orders have a $500 minimum and typically run $50,000 to $5,000,000, with no maximum.
- Contract vehicle
- SABER V (Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements) IDIQ; task orders are competed among contract holders through fair opportunity proposal requests
- How they'll choose
- Seed project task order: lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA: lowest price among acceptable proposals wins). How the IDIQ itself is scored is in Section M, attached but not read.
- Offers due
- November 5, 2026, 4:30 PM Mountain (from the version posted Oct 21, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Electronic files (Adobe PDF, Word or PowerPoint), each volume as its own file. Where to send them is in Section L (not read).
- Page limits
- Technical Volume: 50 pages (seed project material submittals, the conceptual drawing and its narrative do not count). Past performance: 3 pages per highlighted contract, 9 pages total. Pricing Assumptions: 4 pages.
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Volume (Volume II, 50 pages): Subfactors 1 through 4, with Subfactor 1 including the seed project conceptual drawing, material submittals and narrative
- Past Performance (Factor 3, Volume III): recent and relevant prime contracts, checked against Contractor Performance Assessment Reports (CPARS)
- Price: total evaluated price rates for six management labor categories, checked against wage determinations; seed project priced against not-to-exceed labor rates
- Financial resources: judged from representations and certifications and the seed project bid guarantee (Volume IV, Contract Documentation)
What to include when you submit
- Send the proposal in four volumes; the seed project conceptual drawing goes in Volume II under Subfactor 1 as a separate attachment, listed on an Air Force Form 3000 (AF IMT 3000, the material submittal form)
- Conceptual drawing: show everything in the seed project SOW; PDF, not required to be to scale, 11 x 17 sheets allowed. Add a narrative on how the materials meet the SOW's equipment requirements
- Seed project packet: signed Fair Opportunity Proposal Request (FOPR) form, acknowledgement of amendments, pricing schedule (pricing matrix or e4Clicks), Gantt chart on 8.5 x 11 paper, and bid guarantee
- Seed project technical narrative: blank paper, no company letterhead or identifiers; do not copy and paste the Government SOW; address Heavy Hitter sections 5, 7 and 8
- Include a Management Plan with position descriptions, resumes, licenses and certifications for key personnel per Basic SOW sections 4.1 through 4.5, and say which positions subcontractors fill
- Past performance submissions may only use contracts performed as a prime contractor; send 3 pages per highlighted contract. An IDIQ or a task order may be cited. Extra CPARS or surveys count toward the page limit
- Bid guarantee: 20 percent of the seed project bid price
- Complete the FAR 52.204-24 telecommunications representation
- Offer must allow at least 90 calendar days for Government acceptance after the response due date
- Wage and pricing assumptions may be stated in the 4-page Pricing Assumptions without being treated as exceptions to the solicitation
After award, you must have
- Fill prime contractor positions that can respond in person within 60 minutes (SABER 2027 SOW sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.5; text not read) From Solicitation_Q_and_A_14_Sep_2026.pdf:
SOW which identifies prime contractor positions with mandatory in-person…
Not in the notice text
- Section L (instructions), Section M (evaluation factors), the basic SABER 2027 SOW and the Building 586 drawings are attached but not read; Amendment 0005 is a scanned file with no readable text; the Revision 2 seed project SOW was only partly read
- How many contracts will be awarded, the IDIQ ceiling and its length of term
- Whether attending the seed project site visit on September 15, 2026 was required; the FOPR asks for an attendee list of up to three people, and subcontractors could not attend that visit
- Where to send the proposal (email address or portal)
- Exact Technical Volume subfactor names and how Section M rates them
- Which wage determination applies to task orders other than the Davis County seed project
- The documents give no Nevada work; a Q&A answer says service work will not take place in Nevada
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: Electronic files (Adobe PDF, Word or PowerPoint), each volume as its own file. Where to send them is in Section L (not read). Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- 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
- Aug 31, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- FA8201 AFSC OL H Pzio, Hill AFB, UT
- Product/service code
- Z2JZ · Repair or Alteration of Miscellaneous Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
9 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2026 · Amendment 0008Due Nov 5, 2026
- Oct 21, 2026 · Amendment 0007Due Nov 5, 2026
- Oct 13, 2026 · Amendment 0006Due Nov 5, 2026
- Oct 9, 2026 · Amendment 0005Due Nov 5, 2026
- Sep 17, 2026 · Amendment 0004Due Nov 5, 2026
- Sep 14, 2026 · Amendment 0003Due Nov 5, 2026
- Sep 10, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 5, 2026
- Sep 1, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 5, 2026
- Aug 31, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due Nov 5, 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 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. 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.