Apache Alert Mission Complex

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Southwestern Middle East District, seeks design-bid-build construction services for the Apache Alert Mission Complex at Ali Al Salem Airbase, Kuwait, on behalf of the Kuwait Air Force, with proposals due January 8, 2027. The procurement is a Full and Open Firm Fixed-Price Contract with no set-aside.

Place of performance is Ali Al Salem Airbase, Kuwait. The scope encompasses 17 base bid line items and 5 optional items spanning site survey, mobilization/demobilization, four alert shelters with aprons, logistics readiness center, maintenance supply warehouse, guard house, pilot readiness facility, petroleum oil lubricant shed, fire water pump house with water tank, forward arming and refueling point, parking sunshades, bunkers, three electrical substations, storage shade, wash rack sunshade, taxiway construction, and site development and utilities. Optional items include an alert magazine, west side diamond-shaped structure rehabilitation, hardened aircraft shelter demolition, forward arming and refueling point expansion, and paved access road to practice runway. All line items use lump-sum pricing.

Contractors must maintain security compliance with the Kuwait Ministry of Defense, including employee and vehicle identification and badging through the KMOD J-2 office, and must appoint a security manager fluent in English and Arabic. Standard working hours are 0700–1700 Sunday through Thursday, excluding U.S. and Kuwaiti holidays. The contractor superintendent must have minimum ten years construction experience and five years as superintendent on similar projects. Contractors must develop a detailed Critical Path Method schedule using Primavera P6, with preliminary schedule due within 15 days of notice to proceed and initial schedule within 42 days; monthly updates with narrative reports, activity coding, and cost loading are mandatory. The contractor is responsible for utility locates and unexploded ordnance protocols. The project involves four concurrent construction phases on an active Apache AH-64 alert mission with significant operational constraints and restricted site access.

The NAICS code is 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction; the PSC code is Y1BZ, Construction Of Other Airfield Structures. Construction documents comprise 14 volumes of drawings and 5 volumes of specifications, all dated July 2026, covering structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and telecommunications systems. All work must comply with Kuwait Fire Forces regulations, International Building Code 2021, NFPA standards, and Unified Facilities Criteria. Seismic Design Category C and D apply depending on facility; basic wind speeds range from 161 to 174 kilometers per hour. Offerors must submit financial standing questionnaires, past performance overviews with up to ten projects, corporate authority certificates, and cost breakdowns by direct labor, equipment, materials, subcontractor, and overhead categories for each line item.