B-21 Utilities & Site Improvements, Communications and Electric Infrastructure, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Fort Worth District is conducting market research via a sources sought notice for a firm-fixed-price, Design-Bid-Build project at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, to add electrical distribution and fiber optic communications infrastructure supporting B-21 beddown. The scope includes underground concrete-encased duct, single-mode fiber, telephone system expansion, power cabling, pole-mounted conductors, transformers, switchgear, duct banks, manholes, and associated equipment, subject to DoD UFC, antiterrorism, and cybersecurity requirements. The target price estimate is between $27,000,000 and $34,000,000, and the estimated project duration is 600 days, though the actual solicitation duration may change. Responses are sought from industry, including Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, and WOSB firms, to help determine the acquisition strategy; the planned source selection approach is Highest Technically Rated Offeror with a fair and reasonable price determination. Anticipated solicitation issuance is early December 2026, and the applicable NAICS code is 237130 with a $45,000,000 small business size standard.