Facilities Acquisitions for Restoration and Modernization (FARM)

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Test Center awarded a Master IDIQ for Facilities Acquisitions for Restoration and Modernization (FARM) to support mechanical, electrical, and controls work for construction and design-build projects at Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Arnold AFB, Tennessee; ordering closed on August 7, 2021, more than four years ago.

The vehicle is no longer active. The last task order was awarded on August 16, 2021, and the ordering period has fully expired. Of the $400 million shared ceiling, $324.8 million has been obligated across 59 task orders, leaving roughly $75 million unexercised before the order deadline passed. Activity peaked early: 24 orders were placed in 2017, declining to nine in 2018, thirteen in 2019, four in 2020, and two in 2021.

Task orders cover plant and infrastructure sustainment, restoration, and modernization work at AEDC's ground testing facilities. Recent orders span system replacements (exhaust units, dewatering systems, hydraulic pumps, electrical substations), facility upgrades (J5 facility infrastructure, high-pressure air systems, cooling and heating equipment), and structural work (tunnel sidewalls, concrete slabs, exterior lighting). Individual order values range from approximately $79,000 to $35.9 million, with most falling between $1 million and $10 million.

Competition is highly concentrated. Healtheon, Inc. leads with 20 orders totaling $159.4 million in combined potential value—roughly 45% of all work awarded. Turner Construction Company holds 15 orders worth $71.3 million, Aptim Federal Services, LLC has 10 orders worth $70.8 million, and Black & Veatch Construction Inc. claims 14 orders worth $48.4 million. These four firms account for all 59 awards. Approximately 84% of funding ($281.8 million of $350 million) supported Arnold AFB's own test center operations; the remainder funded other Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force, and Air Combat Command priorities. All task orders were issued competitively without set-asides.

The Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Arnold AFB TN has awarded a Master IDIQ for the Facilities Acquisitions for Restoration and Modernization (FARM) effort. The FARM includes services for mechanical, electrical, and controls for construction and / or design-build projects for military ground testing facilities. These projects include plant and infrastructure sustainment, restoration, and modernization to support the research, development, test and evaluation (RDT & E) mission at AEDC.