BOWST Addition/ OFT Renovation, Building 321, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station
Closed Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- W912QR25BA008
- Agency
-
ENDIST Louisville
US Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- Place of performance
- Niagara Falls, New York 14304, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Louisville seeks construction of a 2,500 square-foot Boom Operator Weapons System Trainer (BOWST) addition to Building 321 and renovation of the building to accommodate an Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) simulator at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York, with proposals due June 9, 2025. This procurement is a total small business set-aside and is restricted to firm-fixed-price bidding. Bid opening occurred June 9, 2025; five bids were received ranging from $6,929,202 to $19,751,191, with the lowest bidder at $6,929,202 (approximately 29% below the government estimate of $9,787,175).
Place of performance is Niagara Falls, New York. The project is estimated at $5 million to $10 million under DFARS 236.204 construction magnitude thresholds, NAICS code 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), and PSC Z2JZ (Repair or Alteration of Miscellaneous Buildings). The contract duration is estimated at 745 calendar days from the Administrative Notice to Proceed. The government intends to award without discussions but reserves the right to conduct discussions if warranted.
Amendments extended the due date twice: Amendment 0001 (May 27, 2025) extended to June 4; Amendment 0002 (June 2, 2025) extended to June 9 and provided updated section specifications, drawings, and wage decision. The solicitation includes site work, utility modifications, HVAC system upgrades, electrical infrastructure improvements, fire protection system installation, stormwater management (total disturbance under one acre, bioretention basin design), and provisions for potentially contaminated materials management. Sole-source justifications were executed for BEST Standard CORMAX door keying, Andover Continuum HVAC direct digital controls, and Simplex fire monitoring systems based on compatibility with existing base infrastructure. Funds are not presently available; no award will be made until appropriated funds are available.
Notice text
8 versions
Update #8 · Latest ·
***9 June 2025- Bid Opening Results have been added as an attachment.
***2 June 2025- Amendment 0002 to provide updated section specifications and drawings, updated wage decision, and extend the proposal due date to 09 June 2025 is hereby issued. Please see the attached documents for more information.
***27 May 2025 - Amendment 0001 to provide updated Section Specifications and drawings and extend the proposal due date to 04 June is hereby issued. Please see attached documents for more information.
***Note - 23 May 2025 - Please be aware an Amendment will be forthcoming to extend the due date to 04 June 2025.
****The Site Visit Sign In Sheet has been added to the attachments.
Invitation for Bids, Solicitation No. W912QR25BA008, is issued for a construction contract (Design/Bid/Build) for a 2,500 SF (232.3 SM) Boom Operator Weapons System Trainer (BOWST) addition to Building 321 located at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, NY and renovations of B321 to meet facility design requirements for the Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) simulator.The contract duration is estimated at 745 calendar days from contract Administrative Notice to Proceed (NTP).Funds are not presently available for this acquisition. No contract award will be made until appropriated funds are made available.
TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This Invitation for Bid is for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 236220 ? Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.
TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition is only open to small businesses.DISCUSSIONS: The Government intends to award without discussions, but reserves the right to conduct discussions should it be deemed in the Governments best interest.
CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $5 million and $10 million in accordance with DFARS 236.204.
Update #7 ·
***2 June 2025- Amendment 0002 to provide updated section specifications and drawings, updated wage decision, and extend the proposal due date to 09 June 2025 is hereby issued. Please see the attached documents for more information.***27 May 2025 - Amendment 0001 to provide updated Section Specifications and drawings and extend the proposal due date to 04 June is hereby issued. Please see attached documents for more information.***Note - 23 May 2025 - Please be aware an Amendment will be forthcoming to extend the due date to 04 June 2025.****The Site Visit Sign In Sheet has been added to the attachments.Invitation for Bids, Solicitation No. W912QR25BA008, is issued for a construction contract (Design/Bid/Build) for a 2,500 SF (232.3 SM) Boom Operator Weapons System Trainer (BOWST) addition to Building 321 located at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, NY and renovations of B321 to meet facility design requirements for the Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) simulator.The contract duration is estimated at 745 calendar days from contract Administrative Notice to Proceed (NTP).Funds are not presently available for this acquisition. No contract award will be made until appropriated funds are made available.TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This Invitation for Bid is for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 236220 ? Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition is only open to small businesses.DISCUSSIONS: The Government intends to award without discussions, but reserves the right to conduct discussions should it be deemed in the Governments best interest.CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $5 million and $10 million in accordance with DFARS 236.204.
Update #6 ·
***2 June 2025- Amendment 0002 to provide updated section specifications and drawings, updated wage decision, and extend the proposal due date to 09 June 2025 is hereby issued. Please see the attached documents for more information.
***27 May 2025 - Amendment 0001 to provide updated Section Specifications and drawings and extend the proposal due date to 04 June is hereby issued. Please see attached documents for more information.
***Note - 23 May 2025 - Please be aware an Amendment will be forthcoming to extend the due date to 04 June 2025.
***The Site Visit Sign In Sheet has been added to the attachments.
Invitation for Bids, Solicitation No. W912QR25BA008, is issued for a construction contract (Design/Bid/Build) for a 2,500 SF (232.3 SM) Boom Operator Weapons System Trainer (BOWST) addition to Building 321 located at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, NY and renovations of B321 to meet facility design requirements for the Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) simulator.
The contract duration is estimated at 745 calendar days from contract Administrative Notice to Proceed (NTP).
Funds are not presently available for this acquisition. No contract award will be made until appropriated funds are made available.
TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This Invitation for Bid is for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 236220 ? Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.
TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition is only open to small businesses.DISCUSSIONS: The Government intends to award without discussions, but reserves the right to conduct discussions should it be deemed in the Governments best interest.
CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $5 million and $10 million in accordance with DFARS 236.204.
Update #5 ·
27 May 2025 - Amendment 0001 to provide updated Section Specifications and drawings and extend the proposal due date to 04 June is hereby issued. Please see attached documents for more information.***Note - 23 May 2025 - Please be aware an Amendment will be forthcoming to extend the due date to 04 June 2025.****The Site Visit Sign In Sheet has been added to the attachments.Invitation for Bids, Solicitation No. W912QR25BA008, is issued for a construction contract (Design/Bid/Build) for a 2,500 SF (232.3 SM) Boom Operator Weapons System Trainer (BOWST) addition to Building 321 located at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, NY and renovations of B321 to meet facility design requirements for the Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) simulator.The contract duration is estimated at 745 calendar days from contract Administrative Notice to Proceed (NTP).Funds are not presently available for this acquisition. No contract award will be made until appropriated funds are made available.TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This Invitation for Bid is for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 236220 ? Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition is only open to small businesses.DISCUSSIONS: The Government intends to award without discussions, but reserves the right to conduct discussions should it be deemed in the Governments best interest.CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $5 million and $10 million in accordance with DFARS 236.204.
Update #4 ·
***Note - 23 May 2025 - Please be aware an Amendment will be forthcoming to extend the due date to 04 June 2025.***
*The Site Visit Sign In Sheet has been added to the attachments.
Invitation for Bids, Solicitation No. W912QR25BA008, is issued for a construction contract (Design/Bid/Build) for a 2,500 SF (232.3 SM) Boom Operator Weapons System Trainer (BOWST) addition to Building 321 located at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, NY and renovations of B321 to meet facility design requirements for the Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) simulator.
The contract duration is estimated at 745 calendar days from contract Administrative Notice to Proceed (NTP).
Funds are not presently available for this acquisition. No contract award will be made until appropriated funds are made available.
TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This Invitation for Bid is for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.
TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition is only open to small businesses.
DISCUSSIONS: The Government intends to award without discussions, but reserves the right to conduct discussions should it be deemed in the Government's best interest.
CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $5 million and $10 million in accordance with DFARS 236.204.
SOLICITATION WEBSITE: The official solicitation, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at the Contract Opportunities website, https://www.sam.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Telephone, email, and fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offeror’s responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.
REGISTRATIONS:
Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the following database:
System for Award Management (SAM): Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the SAM database at https://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have a valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.
Update #3 ·
*The Site Visit Sign In Sheet has been added to the attachments.
Invitation for Bids, Solicitation No. W912QR25BA008, is issued for a construction contract (Design/Bid/Build) for a 2,500 SF (232.3 SM) Boom Operator Weapons System Trainer (BOWST) addition to Building 321 located at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, NY and renovations of B321 to meet facility design requirements for the Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) simulator.
The contract duration is estimated at 745 calendar days from contract Administrative Notice to Proceed (NTP).
Funds are not presently available for this acquisition. No contract award will be made until appropriated funds are made available.
TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This Invitation for Bid is for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.
TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition is only open to small businesses.
DISCUSSIONS: The Government intends to award without discussions, but reserves the right to conduct discussions should it be deemed in the Government's best interest.
CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $5 million and $10 million in accordance with DFARS 236.204.
SOLICITATION WEBSITE: The official solicitation, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at the Contract Opportunities website, https://www.sam.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Telephone, email, and fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offeror’s responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.
REGISTRATIONS:
Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the following database:
System for Award Management (SAM): Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the SAM database at https://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have a valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.
Update #2 ·
Invitation for Bids, Solicitation No. W912QR25BA008, is issued for a construction contract (Design/Bid/Build) for a 2,500 SF (232.3 SM) Boom Operator Weapons System Trainer (BOWST) addition to Building 321 located at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, NY and renovations of B321 to meet facility design requirements for the Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) simulator.
The contract duration is estimated at 745 calendar days from contract Administrative Notice to Proceed (NTP).
Funds are not presently available for this acquisition. No contract award will be made until appropriated funds are made available.
TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This Invitation for Bid is for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.
TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This acquisition is only open to small businesses.
DISCUSSIONS: The Government intends to award without discussions, but reserves the right to conduct discussions should it be deemed in the Government's best interest.
CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $5 million and $10 million in accordance with DFARS 236.204.
SOLICITATION WEBSITE: The official solicitation, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at the Contract Opportunities website, https://www.sam.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Telephone, email, and fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offeror’s responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.
REGISTRATIONS:
Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the following database:
System for Award Management (SAM): Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the SAM database at https://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have a valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.
Update #1 ·
This solicitation will be available on 15 April 2025. The solicitation and all attachments will be uploaded by close of business (5:00 PM) on 15 April 2025.
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Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| BOWST Addition/ OFT Renovation, Building 321, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Solicitation | |
| Construction of BOWST Addition & Renovations for OFT B321, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station (ARS) | Pre-Solicitation | |
| Industry Day – RVKQ210026 BOWST Addition B321 & RVKQ 220010 Renovations for OFT B321, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station (ARS) | Special Notice | |
| NFARS Projects; BOWST & OFT Renovation B321 | Pre-Solicitation |
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