Source Sought for Industry Capabilities to Construct New World Screwworm Facility

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Fort Worth District, is conducting market research via this Sources Sought notice (W9126G26R1AS7) to identify qualified firms capable of constructing a new New World Screwworm (NWS) sterile fly facility at Moore Air Base in Edinburg, Texas. The project involves the design and construction of a specialized facility for mass rearing and sterilization of NWS flies, including laboratory spaces, insect rearing rooms, sterilization facilities, and administrative areas, with an estimated magnitude of construction over $500,000,000. The facility must accommodate BSL biosecurity and Arthropod Containment Level (ACL) protocols with Levels 2 and 3 characteristics. Interested firms should submit their company profile, relevant project experience, bonding capacity (verifying a current bonding capacity of $1 billion), suggested construction methods, and information on Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) execution. Responses are due by October 12, 2025, at 2 pm Central Time via email to nicholas.i.johnston@usace.army.mil and dianne.k.grimes@usace.army.mil, using the subject line "Sources Sought – New World Screw Worm Facility – Moore Air Base". Prime contractors may be invited to a Site Visit/Industry Day at Moore Air Force Base in Texas, date to be determined.

Notice ID

51f3fdb956cb46aaaebfc259bf3f16ab

Solicitation Number

W9126G26R1AS7

NAICS Code

23

Classification Code

Y1DB