Request for Lease Proposal (RFLP) Enhanced Use Leasing Project Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, AZ

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Installation and Mission Support Center is soliciting proposals for an Enhanced Use Lease of approximately 500 acres at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson, Arizona, for private commercial development, with proposals due November 2, 2026. No set-aside applies.

Place of performance is Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. The property is subject to a Master Lease with the City of Tucson expiring June 30, 2052; subleases may not exceed that term unless the Master Lease is extended. The Government intends to extend the Master Lease to support subleases of up to 50 years with possible renewal, though such extension is not yet executed.

A mandatory Combat Arms Training and Maintenance (CATM) facility relocation is a pre-condition to development at the lessee's sole expense. The lessee must construct a new CATM facility on an undeveloped Air Force site outside the leased property, including two 50-meter by 50-meter small arms ranges (supporting 5.56mm and 9mm day and night operations to 30 meters, each with 28 covered firing points and elevated instructor tower), one 800-meter range for 7.62mm training, and one 10,000 square-foot administration, classroom, armory, and range control facility accommodating up to 30 students. All ranges require berms, non-ricochet materials, and full round containment. The lessee must submit preliminary CATM cost estimates, annual maintenance costs, site plans, floor plans, and project timelines with proposals.

Proposals must not exceed 40 pages (excluding financial pro formas, drawings, mandatory clauses, resumes, and specifications) and 10 megabytes total, submitted via email to jeffrey.blankenship.2@us.af.mil and afcec.eul@us.af.mil. The Government will evaluate proposals using a two-phase best-value process with four equally-weighted factors: Project Description (market analysis and feasibility), Return to the Government (proposed consideration and financial pro forma), Organization, Experience, and Capability, and Integrated Project Plan and Schedule. The Government's preferred consideration structure is guaranteed base cash rent with additional revenue sharing plus in-kind consideration. The lessee must pay $250,000 for Government transaction costs at lease execution, assume all property taxes, obtain permits, provide utilities and emergency services, establish a demolition reserve, and maintain comprehensive insurance. Congressional notification under 10 U.S.C. 2667 and 2662 is required prior to final execution.