Microgrid - United States Army Garrison (USAG) Ansbach; Bavaria, Germany – Katterbach Kaserne

A market survey is being conducted to determine if there are a reasonable number of interested businesses for the below future project. If your firm is an Other than Small, Small Business, certified HUBZone, 8A, Woman-Owned Small Business or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business and you are interested in this project please respond appropriately.

Project Location: United States Army Garrison (USAG) Ansbach; Bavaria, Germany – Katterbach Kaserne

Project Description: This is a Design/Bid/Build project. The US Government intends to solicit to construction firms to perform military construction and other Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization (SRM) projects in the country of Germany as described within this announcement for the state of Bavaria.

Construct a fully functional, islandable, and black start capable microgrid. The microgrid will include solar photovoltaic (PV) power production to provide daily, on-site renewable energy generation to offset incoming power from the local utility. Additionally, this project will also include diesel fuel generators, a battery energy storage system (BESS), and a microgrid controller to control all energy generation assets and manage electrical loads. This microgrid system will connect and distribute power on a government owned electrical distribution system. This microgrid is to provide resilient power to facilities at Katterbach/Bismarck Kaserne.

Contract duration is estimated at 743 calendar days. The estimated cost range is between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000.  NAICS code is 237130. All interested Other than Small, Small Business, certified HUBZONE, 8A, Woman-Owned Small Business or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business contractors should respond to this survey via the form link or QR code provided on this posting by Friday, October 09, 2026 by 2:00 PM Eastern Time.

Responses should include:

1. Identification and verification of the company’s size status.
2. Contractor’s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and CAGE Code(s).
3. Identification of firm’s current single and aggregate performance and payment bond limits.
4. Description of Experience – Provide descriptions on up to three (3) projects completed by you as the prime contractor or if the offeror is a Small Business, they can provide Past Performance of affiliates in accordance with DFARS 215.305(a)(2)(C). Submissions of Past Performance from affiliates shall include documentation of the affiliation to the offeror. To be relevant, the projects submitted should be greater than 95% construction complete or completed within the last five (5) years and are similar to this project in scope and complexity. Demonstrate experience including self-performing 15% of the construction. Provide documentation demonstrating experience for projects of similar type projects.  Each project must include the name, title, project role, e-mail address, and telephone number of at least one reference. References may be used to verify project size, scope, dollar value, percentages and quality of performance.

• Projects similar in scope shall include construction of a microgrid demonstrating a majority of the following scope elements:
  
  (1) Installation of diesel centralized generators to power multiple buildings and fuel tank farm system
  
  (2) Installation of necessary breakers and switchgears
  
  (3) Installation of photovoltaic systems
  
  (4) Installation of electrical and telecommunication duct bank
  
  (5) Installation of a BESS (Battery Energy Storage System)
  
  (6) Information and communication systems
  
  (7)Commissioning of microgrid systems
   
• Projects similar in size to this project include: Construction of microgrid systems that meet or exceed the following:
  
  (1) Construction and installation of diesel generators able to handle loads of .5 to 2.5MW
  (2) Construction and installation of a PV Array of power production of 500 kW to 1.5 MW
  (3) Construction and installation of a BESS of 2 MWh to 10 MWh
   
• Based on definitions above, for each project submitted include:
  
  (1) Current percentage of construction complete and the date when it was or will be completed.
  (2) Size of the project
  (3) Scope of the project
  (4) The dollar value of the construction contract
  (5) The percentage of work that was self-performed as project and/or construction management services or physical construction type work.
  (6) Whether the project was design build or design/bid/build
  (7) Identify the number of subcontractors by construction trade utilized for each project.

      5. Small Businesses are reminded under RFO 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting; they must perform at least 15% of the             cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with the firm’s own employees for general construction-type                            procurement. Include the percentage of work that will be self-performed on this project, and how it will be accomplished.

Submission Requirement: The only authorized transmission method of responses is via filling out the survey form. No other transmission method will be accepted. Please limit your capability statement to the space provided within the form. The Market Survey Form can be accessed at https://forms.osi.apps.mil/r/1uE70uE03H via the QR Code provided in SAM.gov.

This is NOT a Request for Proposal and does not constitute any commitment by the Government.  Responses to this sources sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested sources must respond to future solicitation announcements separately for responses to this market survey.

NOTICE: The following information is provided for situational awareness and is not required to respond to this Sources Sought.

All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (www.SAM.gov) prior to award of a contract. All proposed contractors are highly encouraged to review RFO Clause 52.232-33 Payments by Electronic Funds Transfer – System for Award Management, which indicates “All payments by the Government under this contract shall be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT).” Those not currently registered can obtain registration by going to the website http://www.SAM.gov. The process can usually be completed from 24 to 48 hours after submission. Contractors will need to obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (formerly DUNS number) for processing their registration. If you do not already have a Unique Entity Identifier, one can be obtained from http://www.SAM.gov. Refer to www.SAM.gov for information formerly found in CCR, EPLS, ORCA and FedReg.

Please begin the registration process immediately in order to avoid delay of the contract award should your firm be selected.

ALERT: You must submit a notarized letter appointing the authorized Entity Administrator before your registration will be activated. This requirement now applies to both new and existing entities. Effective 29 April 2018, the notarized letter process is now mandatory on all CURRENT registrants at SAM who have a requirement to update data on their SAM record.  The notarized letter is mandatory and is required before the GSA Federal Service Desk (FSD) will activate the entity's registration. 

Effective 29 June 2018, vendors creating or updating their registration can have their registration activated prior to the approval of the required notarized letter.  However, the signed copy of the notarized letter must be sent to the GSA Federal Service Desk (FSD) within 30 days of activation or the vendor risks no longer being active in SAM. Vendors can check whether an account is active by performing a query by their CAGE or Unique Entity Identifier The new registration process may now take several weeks, so vendors are highly encouraged to begin registering as soon as possible to avoid any possible delays in future contract awards. Remember, there is no cost to use SAM. To find out additional information about the changes of the SAM registration process, contractors should visit the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) link located at the top of the SAM homepage (www.sam.gov).