Summary
The Department of the Army issued Solicitation W50S8Q-26-B-A001 on 7/1/26 for the construction of a base-wide microgrid at the 178th Wing of the Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base in Springfield, Ohio. The scope includes design, installation, and integration of a photovoltaic solar array, a Battery Electric Storage System (BESS), two natural-gas generators, and all supporting controls, switchgear, and infrastructure, which must interoperate with the existing Honeywell Niagara 4 Direct Digital Controls platform. The single firm-fixed-price contract, set aside 100% for small businesses (NAICS 237130), is sealed-bid under FAR Part 14 with construction magnitude between $5M and $10M and 450 calendar days of performance.