The agency is announcing an upcoming solicitation. Watch for the actual RFP/RFQ to be posted later.
The Air Force needs a small business to install a new LMR tower at Shaw AFB.
Key Details
What exactly do they need?
The Air Force needs a small business to install a new LMR tower at Shaw AFB, including antennas, antenna cables, an ice bridge, and a ground ring.
What's the contract structure and timeline?
This is a 100% Small Business Concern Set Aside for North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 238160. The contract is valued between $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00 and has a period of performance of 240 calendar days after Notice to Proceed issuance.
How will they pick the winner?
The notice doesn't say.
When and how do you bid?
Bids are due electronically through this solicitation posted on PIEE. Bids may be accepted at email addresses mallory.cary@us.af.mil and carlos.griggs.1@us.af.mil ONLY after attempts to post bid through SAM.gov are unsuccessful and prior coordination is done with 2nd Lt. Mallory Cary or Mr. Griggs.
Who can apply
- Must be a certified small business
Heads up — easy to miss
- Site visit attendance for prime contractors competing for award is mandatory.
- All questions for this solicitation will be due no later than Thursday, 14 May 2026 / 2:00 P.M. (local) EST.
- Answers to questions will be returned no later than Thursday, 21 May / 2:00 P.M. (local) EST.
- Bids for this solicitation are due no later than Tuesday, 16 June 2026 / 2:00 P.M. (local) EST.
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your small business certification is still active in SAM.gov.
- RSVP for the site visit on Thursday, 07 May 2026 / 10:00 (local) EST at Rosemary Fire Tower, Sumter, SC 29144.
- Submit questions to the Contracting Officer, 2nd Lt. Mallory Cary at mallory.cary@us.af.mil and Mr. Carlos Griggs at carlos.griggs.1@us.af.mil.
- Find a teaming partner who already has the required certification.