Presolicitation, total small business set-aside, first published as sources sought
Construction Airfield Blast Shield
FA466126R0008
Department of the Air Force, FA4661 7 Cons CD. Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors.
Response deadline
September 2, 2026 at 6:00 PM EDT
Closed 14 days ago. Posted August 18, 2026, first published August 5, 2026. Scheduled to archive September 17, 2026.
Description
As published on SAM.gov.
1. Action Code: This is a Pre-Solicitation notice.
2. Date:
18 August 2026 3. PSC Code: Y1BZ - Construction of other Airfield Structures 4. Subject Title: Construction of Apron Blast Shield, Dyess AFB, TX 5. Solicitation Number:
FA466126R0008 6. Important: This notice does not constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. The intent of this notice is to provide the pre-solicitation notice required by Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 5.101, Presolicitation Notice in preparation for release of the Request for Proposal (RFP) on a later date.
7. Description: The RFP for this project is expected to be issued on or about middle of September 2026. The Proposal due date is planned on or about, end of October 2026. The North American Industry Code Standard (NAICS) is NAICS 238120 Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors, and the size standard is $19M. The planned procurement method is contracting by Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA).
The resulting contract is planned to be a firm-fixed price (FFP) contract for the work described in the Statement of Work which is attached and will be provided with the solicitation. Dyess AFB is seeking the construction of blast deflector fenses for the B1-Bomber. Work under this project shall consist of providing all plant, labor, equipment, appliances, materials, and performing all operations required to cover the fabrication and erection of new Blast Deflector Fences.
All work shall comply with the contract specifications and shall be in accordance with the latest International Building Code (IBC), National Fire Codes, Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC), Engineering Technical Letters (ETL’s), and all applicable Federal, State and local regulations/codes. The blast fence shall be capable of withstanding the afterburner throttle at 30,000 lbs thrust of a B1-B Bomber engine nozzle 90 ft/ (min.) from front of deflector foundation. Extrapolated temperature is approx. 1400 ? velocity @ 900 MPH.
8. Place of Contract Performance: Dyess AFB, Texas.
9. Set Aside Status: This will an 100% Small Business Set Aside. Prospective Offerors must also be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov in order to participate in this procurement. Interested parties can register under the Interested Vendors List at SAM.gov.
10. Period of Performance (POP): The POP is estimated to be 60 days after the Notice to Proceed. Electronic files (PDFs of drawings/specs) are attached directly to the presolicitation notice for public access. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow up information requests.
Notice to Offeror(s)/Supplier(s): Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this soliciation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this soliciation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs.
Publications
Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.
August 5, 2026
Sources sought
Due August 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice ba79329aaafc4a0ebf047ea1a60a5a8b
August 7, 2026
Sources sought
Due August 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice ca1619a1576b4c85970aa23b7bc5d0ea
August 18, 2026
Presolicitation, originally sources sought
Due September 2, 2026 at 6:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 2946120541a34c9ea319ada79e61bb63
Points of contact
- James Lynchjames.lynch.18@us.af.mil3256961457
- Abigail Spiersabigail.spiers@us.af.mil3256963862
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