Army & Air Force Exchange Service

The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) is a non-appropriated fund instrumentality of the United States Department of Defense that operates a retail service for active duty, guard, reserve, retired members of the military and their families. It oversees over 12,000 facilities worldwide including convenience stores, movie theaters, restaurants, and lodging on Army and Air Force installations.

The CBQ / Ngis Division of AAFES, operating as Combined Bachelors Housing Fort Worth, provides temporary berthing and lodging services to the Department of the Navy Reserve through multiple blanket purchase agreements and firm fixed price contracts. The awarded contracts primarily cover berthing at the AAFES facility on Coody Drive in Westworth Village, Texas near Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth. Contracts range from providing short-term berthing for a few days to month-long accommodations from October 2022 through September 2023. Some contracts also covered berthing in Gulfport, Mississippi; Kansas City, Missouri; and Springfield, Missouri for Navy Reserve personnel completing duty training events. The vast majority were awarded as small business set-aside contracts under the GSA Schedule or as direct awards. Partnering with the Department of the Navy Reserve allows AAFES to support the training and temporary housing needs of active and reserve sailors.

AAFES holds multiple single-award blanket purchase agreements issued by the Department of the Navy Reserve to provide berthing and temporary accommodations. The largest is a $250,000 BPA for berthing Navy Reserve personnel in Fort Worth and Kansas City through September 2023, with over $249,000 in awarded call contracts for monthly berthing. Another $250,000 BPA covers berthing for Selected Reserve personnel engaged in training missions in Springfield, Missouri and Gulfport, Mississippi, with over $2,500 in calls already placed. AAFES also had a prior $249,000 BPA for NOSC FORT WORTH NGIS Berthing covering 2020-2021. Through these vehicles, AAFES leverages its lodging facilities to serve as a prime vendor for the temporary housing needs of the Navy Reserve as it executes training and operations nationwide.