USDA Domestic New World Screwworm
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- W9126G26RA033
- Agency
-
ENDIST Fort Worth
US Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- W9126G26CA011 Federal contract award
- Awardee
- M.a. Mortenson Company
- NAICS code
- 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, issued this Limited/Sole Source Justification Notice on behalf of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Inspection Service to authorize expedited procurement of design-build services for constructing a New World Screwworm (NWS) Sterile Fly Production Facility in Hidalgo County, Texas. The justification invokes 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(2) for Unusual and Compelling Urgency, limiting Phase I competition to five pre-qualified contractors demonstrating biosafety level (BSL) 2/BSL-3 facility expertise, bonding capacity of $1 billion to $12 billion, and integrated design-build capability. The facility must ultimately produce 300 million sterile flies per week to support the USDA's Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) program to prevent devastating New World Screwworm outbreaks from spreading across the U.S. border from Mexico and Central America, with Phase I design and construction targeting 100 million weekly fly capacity completion within 12-18 months. The procurement justification emphasizes the critical urgency stemming from recent NWS cases discovered just 70 miles from the U.S. border as of September 2025, with an uncontrolled outbreak estimated to cause $1.8 billion in economic damage to Texas alone and significant public health and national security consequences, making the 135-day minimum timeline for full and open competition unacceptable. The specific awarded vendor and contract value remain redacted in the published justification, though the award of contract W9126G26CA011 was executed on March 6, 2026.
Notice text
Award of the USDA New World Screwworm Sterile Fly Facility Moore Air Base TX
Awarded contract W9126G26CA011 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2026-03-06.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SWF JA Phase One Screwworm Redacted.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Limited / Sole Source Justification | |
| USDA Domestic New World Screwworm Sterile Production Facility | Award Notice | |
| USDA Screwworm Facility Phase I | Solicitation |
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