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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
F-35 Composite Repair and Training Facility and F-35 Maintenance Facility, Hill AFB, Utah
Responses due November 12, 2026Due today
USACE Sacramento District. Two F-35 facilities with $371.6M in combined program funding, one Other Transaction competition (progressive design build or CM at risk), down select to three, hangar, paint and de-paint bays, clean rooms and an ICD 705 secure area.
Outside border barrier work, 8 firms have won a single federal building award of $150M or more in Utah and six surrounding western states since FY22
The largest aircraft hangar award in the region since FY22 was $184.4M, and every hangar award of $100M or more was in California
General Services Administration
Alaska Construction IDIQ: small repair and alteration with design build, federal buildings throughout Alaska
Responses due November 19, 20267 days left
GSA Public Buildings Service. Planned multiple award IDIQ for small repair and alteration in federal buildings and land ports, task orders primarily $50K to $4M, design build capability, three territories (South Central, Interior, Southeast).
304 firms have won a federal construction award of $50K to $4M performed in Alaska since FY22, 214 of them based in the state
Only 7 firms have won awards of that size in all three proposed territories; 43 in two or more
Department of the Air Force
Electrical switching stations modernization and high voltage redundancy cable, Joint Base Anacostia Bolling, Washington, DC
Responses due November 30, 2026
Air Force contracting, Joint Base Anacostia Bolling. Planned progressive design build under an Other Transaction: switchgear replacement at two switching stations, building hardening, an eight cable high voltage interconnect and wireless SCADA; no set aside named, no value stated.
62 firms have won a federal construction award naming switchgear, switching station or substation work in DC, Maryland and Virginia since FY22; 6 at $5M or more
The largest regional switchgear or substation award since FY22 was $35.1M; the largest electrical award at the base was $3.8M
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Providence River confined aquatic disposal cell and maintenance dredging, Providence, RI ($80M to $100M)
Responses due December 3, 2026
USACE New England District. Planned single construction contract: build a new confined aquatic disposal cell and access channel, then maintenance dredge the Providence River federal navigation channel, about 5.5 million cubic yards by closed clamshell over two years at 300,000 cubic yards a month, with placement at four sites including Rhode Island Sound; two mechanical production projects and winter open water placement in New England asked for; bid bond required.
No dredging award performed in New England since FY22 passed $24.9M; this job is estimated at $80M to $100M
8 firms have won a single federal dredging or placement award of $80M or more since FY22; only 3 firms combine New England dredging work with a $25M award
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Kennedy Space Center beach renourishment, Brevard County, FL ($25M to $100M)
Responses due December 22, 2026
USACE Jacksonville District. Planned firm fixed price contract by Invitation for Bid: dredge about 2.5 million cubic yards of beach compatible sand from up to three offshore borrow areas (about 1.7 to 10 miles out) to rebuild about 4.1 miles of beach berm and dune, with beach tilling, turbidity and species monitoring and munitions support; three comparable projects, bonding and Project Labor Agreement answers asked for.
No Florida beach placement award since FY22 passed $45.1M; five firms won all 15 of them
Only two firms hold a federal beach award of $50M or more, and no small firm appears on a federal award naming hopper dredging
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
National small business dredging MATOC, USACE Enterprise Dredge Delivery Center (maintenance and new work dredging and placement nationwide)
Responses due January 12, 2027
USACE Enterprise Dredge Delivery Center. Planned national small business multiple award task order contract: maintenance and new work dredging, placement by beach nourishment, open water, CDF, DMDF and beneficial use, placement site maintenance, surveying and protected species observers; owned cutter suction or mechanical dredge and three maintenance dredging projects required in the draft criteria; virtual industry day in January.
47 small firms have won three or more federal dredging awards since FY22; 26 of them in two or more USACE districts
32 small firms have a federal dredging award of $10M or more, 10 at $25M; no small firm holds a hopper dredging award
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