Pre Solicitation Notice: NAF128F27B0001
United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), Varsity Baseball Stadium, Colorado Springs Colorado
On or about 27 November 2026, this office intends to issue a solicitation for the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) Varsity Baseball Stadium, Colorado Springs Colorado. This procurement is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside conducted as a Two-Step Sealed Bidding action pursuant to AR 215-4 and DoDI 4105.67. The solicitation will close on or about 30 December 2026.
Project Description:
This project will consist of construction on a new baseball stadium at Erdle Field, at The USAF Academy, to create a functional and accessible modern stadium to meet NCAA baseball stadium requirements associated with intercollegiate operations.
The existing Press Box and Dugouts will be eliminated to build new concrete grandstands, press box, restrooms, concessions, dugouts, and home team facilities. The home team facilities include a new locker room, showers and restroom for the USAFA baseball team, a replay booth, and a lounge space, a new locker room for the USAFA baseball coaching staff with showers and restrooms, a satellite sports medicine training room, and an equipment mud room attached to the first base dugout.
Construction will consist of concrete slab on grade and seat risers on grade, concrete retaining walls, structural steel framing with steel roof deck, exterior masonry load-bearing walls, concrete foundations, and concrete columns and roof structures. Scope also includes demolition of the 1,000 SF press box and dugouts. Total building area to be reconstructed is about 10,000 SF. Limited work will be done on the existing baseball field. Construction of a new access road entering the site from the east roadway will provide maintenance and emergency vehicle access to playing field level. Please see the attached document for full details.
Procurement Method: Two-Step Sealed Bidding
This acquisition will be conducted using Two-Step Sealed Bidding in accordance with AR 215-4, Paragraph 5-19 and DoDI 4105.67:
Step 1 (Technical Evaluation): Offerors submit technical proposals, qualification statements, and past performance documentation (without pricing). Step 1 proposals are evaluated for technical acceptability against the criteria defined in the solicitation.
Step 2 (Sealed Bidding): Only those offerors evaluated as technically acceptable in Step 1 will be invited to submit sealed price bids under Step 2. Award will be made to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder.
The Period of Performance: for this effort is 480 days from date of notice to proceed; this is subject to possible change after solicitation issuance.
Estimated Construction Costs:
The estimated construction cost of this project is between $10,000,000.00 and $15,000,000.00.
Site Visit:
A Site Visit will be scheduled and additional information regarding the site visit will be provided in the solicitation. The site visit is tentatively scheduled for Friday, 04 December 2026 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Mountain Time.
NAICS Code:
The Primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code anticipated for solicitation is 237990 – Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (Sports Field Construction, with a size standard for Small Business of 45M.
Obtaining Solicitation Documents:
Solicitation documents will be posted to PIEE Solicitation Module.
Find solicitation announcement in SAM.gov (sam.gov).
Solicitation documents, plans, and specifications will be released via the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module and referenced on SAM.gov.
Instructions for Accessing Documents:
Contracting Office Address:
USACE Omaha District
1616 Capital Ave,
Omaha, NE 68102-4901
Point Of Contact:
All questions regarding this pre-solicitation should be made to the Contract Specialist, who can be reached by email: Sarah.A.Martin@usace.army.mil
Place of Performance:
Erdle Field, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado
Note:
Offerors please be advised that an online registration requirement in SAM.gov database exists and directed solicitation provisions concerning electronic annual Representations and Certifications on SAM. Representations and certifications are required to be up-dated annually as a minimum to keep information current, accurate and complete. The electronic annual representations and certifications are effective for one year from date of submission or update to SAM. Solicitation documents will be posted to SAM.gov or information on how to obtain those documents will be provided with the solicitation. Registration is
required to access solicitation documents. SAM.gov provides secure access to acquisition-related information, synopsis or pre-solicitation notices and amendments.
Please direct procurement questions to the Contracting Specialist, Sarah Martin via email at
Sarah.A.Martin@usace.army.mil, add the Solicitation Number and Name in the Subject Line of the email.
PHONE CALLS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. DATES ARE ESTIMATES AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.