Presolicitation
P110 Cape Canaveral Railhead and Transfer Facilities at Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryThis is a presolicitation (an advance notice, not yet a bid package) from the Navy's NAVFAC Southeast office for a design-bid-build (DBB: the Government supplies the design, the contractor builds) construction project at Kennedy Space Center, Florida: railroad track and a covered missile-motor transfer facility. The solicitation is expected on or about November 5, 2026, open to all sizes of business; SAM.gov's response date is November 4, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern. Project magnitude is between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000. More in the summary
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This is a presolicitation (an advance notice, not yet a bid package) from the Navy's NAVFAC Southeast office for a design-bid-build (DBB: the Government supplies the design, the contractor builds) construction project at Kennedy Space Center, Florida: railroad track and a covered missile-motor transfer facility. The solicitation is expected on or about November 5, 2026, open to all sizes of business; SAM.gov's response date is November 4, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern. Project magnitude is between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000.
Who can bid
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), or in the process of registering
- Large businesses must submit a subcontracting plan before award
How to submit: Electronic solicitation downloaded from SAM.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 21, 2026.
- Worth checking: Solicitation not yet released. There is no bid package yet; the solicitation is expected on or about November 5, 2026, and proposals are due no earlier than 30 days after it is released.
- Worth checking: Date passed (Sep 10, 2026): Full and open competition. A sources sought notice posted on September 10, 2026 led the Navy to compete this for all sizes of business, so small firms face larger rivals.
- Worth checking: Large project: $25,000,000 to $100,000,000. A project this size can strain a small firm's capacity; the notice does not say whether bonding is required.
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- Minor: Site visit is optional. The date and time will be set in the solicitation, and only firms that choose to take part attend.
- Minor: Two dates for the solicitation. SAM.gov's response date is November 4, 2026, while the text says the solicitation will be available on or about November 5, 2026.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Build railroad track connecting commercial rail to the on-base processing facility at Cape Canaveral
- Build an open-air standing-seam metal roof canopy (Motor Transfer Facility) on a reinforced shallow foundation for a Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile Processing Facility
- Provide superflat floors for air pallet operations, used for receiving and shipping missile motors, components and Active Inert Missiles
- Estimated period of performance is 527 calendar days
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing), negotiated under FAR Part 15
- Period of performance
- Estimated 527 calendar days
- Place of performance
- Merritt Island, FL, USA (SAM.gov); Kennedy Space Center, Florida (notice text)
- Estimated value
- Project magnitude between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000 (Government's range)
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff (the Government may pay more for a better technical offer)
- How to submit
- Electronic solicitation downloaded from SAM.gov
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical proposal
- Past performance and experience information
- Price proposal
What to include when you submit
- Proposals are due no earlier than 30 days after the solicitation is released; the exact date and time will be in the solicitation
- Proposals will be solicited in a two part submission for a single solicitation
- Submit a technical proposal, past performance and experience information, and a price proposal
- Large businesses must submit a subcontracting plan before award
Current contractor
No incumbent: the notice says this is a new procurement that does not replace an existing contract. A sources sought notice posted on September 10, 2026 led to the full and open decision.
Not in the notice text
- The Davis-Bacon wage determination (federal minimum construction wages) is not mentioned in the notice text.
- The site visit date and time will be in the solicitation.
- Bonding requirements are not stated.
- Evaluation factor order and weights are not stated.
- The proposal due date is not set; it will be in the solicitation.
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 solicitation downloaded from SAM.gov. 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
- Oct 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- Navfacsyscom Southeast, NAS Jacksonville, FL
- Product/service code
- Y1LB · Construction of Highways, Roads, Streets, Bridges, and Railways
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237990)
- 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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