Presolicitation
MACH1 AOI FA890327M1006 F-47 Future Campus at Nellis AFB
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
AI summaryPhase 1 Solution Briefs: due November 18, 2026; only respondents invited after Phase 1 give Phase 2 oral presentations (December 14–17, 2026), and only those invited after that send Phase 3 submissions (due January 15, 2027). The Air Force (772d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center) seeks progressive design-build teams for the F-47 Rapid Delivery Projects at Nellis AFB, Nevada, under the MACH1 program (FA890327M1006). Any award is an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA: a flexible agreement outside the normal contract rules), not a standard contract. More in the summary
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Phase 1 Solution Briefs: due November 18, 2026; only respondents invited after Phase 1 give Phase 2 oral presentations (December 14–17, 2026), and only those invited after that send Phase 3 submissions (due January 15, 2027). The Air Force (772d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center) seeks progressive design-build teams for the F-47 Rapid Delivery Projects at Nellis AFB, Nevada, under the MACH1 program (FA890327M1006). Any award is an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA: a flexible agreement outside the normal contract rules), not a standard contract.
How to submit: Email to 772ESS.PKA.MACH1@us.af.mil. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
- Serious: Three-phase selection; later phases by invitation only. Only respondents invited after the Phase 1 Solution Brief give oral presentations, and only those invited after that send Phase 3 submissions.
- Serious: Very large program, likely one team. The Government strongly prefers one team for all Rapid Delivery Projects, which suits large design-build firms more than most small businesses.
- Worth checking: Other Transaction Agreement, not a standard contract. OTAs follow different rules from FAR contracts, so terms, protections and pricing may differ from what bidders expect.
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- Minor: No set-aside. Small businesses compete against large firms.
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Full summary
What they want
- Progressive design-build (the team designs with the Government first, then prices and builds) of the Rapid Delivery Projects, Milestones 2 through 4
- Combined Operations and Maintenance Hangar
- Reprogramming Laboratory
- Simulator Facility
- Aircraft Apron with Sunshades
- Supporting utilities and infrastructure for permanent operation of the Rapid Delivery facilities
- Design and preconstruction work with AFCEC and its Owner's Advisor, then a firm-fixed-price construction agreement at about 65% design
- Contract type
- Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) under 10 U.S.C. § 2808a; a firm-fixed-price construction agreement is contemplated at about 65% design completion
- Place of performance
- Nellis AFB, NV, USA
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Contract vehicle
- MACH1 (Modernized Agile Construction Horizons) Umbrella Program Notice, FA8903-OT-MACH1
- How they'll choose
- Three-phase selection: Phase 1 Solution Brief on ten project-specific technical factors, Phase 2 oral presentations by invitation, Phase 3 full submission and direct negotiations
- Offers due
- November 18, 2026, 9:00 PM Central Standard Time (SAM.gov shows November 18, 2026, 4:00 PM Central) (from the version posted Nov 1, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Email to 772ESS.PKA.MACH1@us.af.mil
- Page limits
- Phase 1 Solution Brief: 20 narrative pages, with separately permitted appendices
What they'll judge offers on
- Ten project-specific technical factors set in the attached Area of Interest (AOI); not listed in the notice text
What to include when you submit
- Submit Phase 1 as one unclassified, searchable PDF with the required bookmarks and appendices
- Put the assigned Nellis F-47 Campus AOI Notice ID in the email subject line
- Show the capabilities of your actual proposed design and construction organizations
- No construction price or rough-order-of-magnitude estimate is required in Phase 1
- Follow the attached AOI and the MACH1 Umbrella Program Notice for eligibility, qualification sheets and cybersecurity provisions
Not in the notice text
- The AOI, the MACH1 Umbrella Program Notice and Attachment F (construction markups and commercial pricing parameters) are attachments that weren't read; the ten technical factors, eligibility and qualification-sheet rules are there.
- The value of the construction agreement under this AOI is not stated; the $1.057 billion is the whole F-47 Campus program.
- Whether there will be a site visit, and whether it's required, is not stated.
- Which Davis-Bacon wage determination (the minimum wages for construction workers) applies is not stated.
- Bonding requirements and the performance period are not stated in the notice text.
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: Email to 772ESS.PKA.MACH1@us.af.mil. 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
- Nov 5, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- FA8903 772 Ess PK, JBSA Lackland, TX
- Product/service code
- Y1JZ · Construction of Miscellaneous Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
4 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 5, 2026 · Amendment 0003 (this version)Due Nov 18, 2026
- Nov 5, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 18, 2026
- Nov 1, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 18, 2026
- Oct 30, 2026 · PresolicitationDue Nov 18, 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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Full notice text from SAM.gov
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