Yuma, Arizona and El Centro, California Sectors-TI Maintenance Solicitation

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection is soliciting maintenance services for tactical infrastructure (TI) at the Yuma, Arizona and El Centro, California border sectors. Services encompass roads and bridges, fences and gates including concertina/razor wire, vegetation control and debris removal, border lighting and electrical systems, drainage and grate systems, tunnel remediation, and TI attributes such as cameras, shelters, and generators. The contractor must establish offices in each sector, provide qualified personnel including a Senior Program Manager with ten years of experience and separate Project Engineers for each location, and maintain 24-hour availability for urgent work response. Evaluation will employ a best-value trade-off approach across four factors: Experience (Phase 1 corporate interview via Microsoft Teams, advisory down-select), Management Approach (Phase 2, maximum 15 pages), Technical Capabilities (Phase 2, maximum 25 pages), and Price, with non-price factors significantly more important than price. The final proposal deadline is March 4, 2026 at 11:30 AM EST, with questions due by January 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET and corporate questionnaires due by January 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET.

This solicitation is set aside for small businesses under the 8(a) program and uses NAICS code 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction). The contract is structured as a firm fixed-price/fixed unit-price hybrid with scheduled maintenance at firm fixed rates and unscheduled maintenance capped at $750,000 per activity, totaling estimated values ranging from approximately $17 to $22 million across the five-year contract term (one base year plus four one-year option periods). The contract period runs from April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2031, with the base period covering April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027. Services will be performed at the Yuma, Arizona and El Centro, California border sectors, with contractor personnel requiring favorable criminal background checks and full Background Investigation clearance for system access. The Contracting Officer is Kevin Sarff (Kevin.P.Sarff@cbp.dhs.gov) and the Contracting Officer's Representative is Joseph Lawson (Joseph.A.Lawson@cbp.dhs.gov), with invoices to be submitted electronically through the Invoice Processing Platform.