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New SABER (Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements)

Score 42
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Source
sam.gov
Posted
5/6/2026

Why this scored 42

The SABER solicitation is a federal base-engineering procurement covering multiple small-scale construction and repair scopes at Shaw Air Force Base. NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) signals building envelope, utilities, and interior fit-out work rather than greenfield infrastructure, which typically means controlled-access perimeters and equipment staging yards vulnerable during after-hours phases. Mobile surveillance towers cover contractor laydown areas and exterior work-zones during nights and weekends when base security patrols thin out. Vehicle monitoring tracks contractor traffic at controlled entry points. The solicitation posted May 6 on SAM.gov. Federal SABER contracts aggregate multiple task orders under a single vehicle, so the buying cycle is long-tail; once the awardee's security subcontractor roster is set, adding a vendor requires a modification. Pre-award engagement is critical. The RFP window is the highest-value timing signal, but SAM listings rarely disclose total obligated value or individual task-order breakdowns. Value undisclosed in the source record. Atlanta branch is the nearest at 198 miles, inside the 300-mile coverage radius. No warm-intro path exists in the immediate footprint. The primary contact is the contracting officer named in the solicitation's point-of-contact block (typically a GS-1102 contract specialist at Shaw's Contracting Squadron). Recommend leading with mobile-tower availability for task-order staging phases and asking whether the prime's security scope is already fixed or still open to subcontractor additions.