About this opportunity
AI summaryThe U.S. Air Force 377th Contracting Division is conducting market research to assess the feasibility of executing technical redesign and construction requirements under a single Progressive Design-Build Other Transaction Agreement. The planned scope entails demolishing three substations and constructing two upgraded substations with new 12.47 kV distribution systems at Kirtland Air Force Base. Work includes establishing a modern substation facility within a 100-foot by 150-foot footprint for Substation 9, removing retired infrastructure, and maintaining grid reliability during construction. Participation in this Request for Information is strictly voluntary and serves market intelligence purposes only. The announcement does not constitute a formal solicitation or request for proposals, and the buyer will not reimburse respondents for preparation costs or obligate itself to award an agreement.
Scope of work
- Design and construct a new medium-voltage electrical substation on a 100ft x 100ft to 150ft x 150ft site
- Install one 5000kVA, 46 kV - 12.47/7.2 kV substation transformer
- Install one 72 kV rated SF6 puffer circuit breaker configured for differential protection
- Install a 15 kV rated metal-clad switchgear lineup housing three vacuum circuit breakers
- Construct a conditioned-space control house with relay and metering cabinets and 125 VDC battery system
- Install engineered steel tap pole, gang-operated disconnect switch, and incoming conductors
- Erect a 12-foot-high concrete masonry unit perimeter wall with two 24-foot double-leaf access gates
- Decommission, demolish, and remove legacy Substation 9, poles, hardware, and conductors
Minimum qualifications
- All final drawings sealed, stamped, signed, and dated by a project architect/engineer/principal registered in architecture and/or engineering
Documents to include with your response
- Qualifications package
- Basis of Design Report (65%)
- Design Plans and Specs (65%)
- Cost Estimate/Estimated Cost for Construction
- Construction Schedule
- Risk Register
- Conceptual Design package (35%)
- Pre-Final Design package (95%)
- Final Design package (100%)
- Phasing and Outage Plan
Key dates
- Document date
- 19 October 2026
- KAFB Time on Target (TOT) date to establish Final Contract Price/GMP
- May 2027 or sooner
Contract details
- Term
- Two phases: Phase 1 (Validation, Preconstruction, and Design Services) and Phase 2 (Final Project Scope and Construction)
- Estimated value
- $ 13.1M
- Place of performance
- Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB), New Mexico
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- MHMV200009-MHMV120009-MHMV08002
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- Dept of the AIR Force › FA9401 377 MSG PK
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Nov 19, 2026, 6:30 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Nov 6, 2026
- NAICS
- 237130 · Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction
- Product/service code
- Y1MZ
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Place of performance
- Kirtland AFB, NM, 87117
- Contracting contact
- Emmanuel Cobian
emmanuel.cobian@us.af.mil
5058464914 - Additional contact
- Alexander Ramsower
alexander.ramsower.1@us.af.mil
5058461153
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction). This is not this requirement's award history.
Recent similar awards: Department of Defense, NAICS 237130, performed in NM
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| L & R COMM & CONSTRUCTION INCW912PP22P0045 · DTRA BLDG 20414 WAREHOUSE POWER UPGRADE, KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, BERNALILLO COUNTY, NEW M | $233.0K | Sep 1, 2023 |
Top vendors in this category: Department of Defense, NAICS 237130, since Oct 1, 2024
370 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
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Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.