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SERE Sun Shade (Canopy Replacement) — Tents and Tarpaulins

Issued by DEPT OF DEFENSE · DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE · AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND · FA4855 27 SOCONS LGC · via SAM.gov — US federal contract opportunities

Published
23 Sept 2026
Closes
29 Sept 2026, 16:00 UTC
Reference
FA485526Q0083
Location
NM, United States
Sector
Manufacturing & Supply

This notice was amended

Details changed after publication. Re-check the official notice before bidding.

  • Submission deadline changed from 25 Sept 2026, 16:00 UTC to 29 Sept 2026, 16:00 UTC
    First seen by FreeTender on 24 Sept 2026 — most portals don’t publish when a corrigendum was issued.

Details

DEPT OF DEFENSE · DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE · AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND · FA4855 27 SOCONS LGC is soliciting SERE Sun Shade (Canopy Replacement) — Tents and Tarpaulins. Solicitation number FA485526Q0083 . Classified under NAICS 314910 — Textile Bag and Canvas Mills. Product/service code 8340 — TENTS AND TARPAULINS. Place of performance: NM, USA. Responses are due by 29 September 2026 16:00 UTC. Posted on SAM.gov, the US federal contract opportunities system; registration is required to bid.

This solicitation has been Amended to change the response deadline and date of the site visit. See below for information. 27 SOSS requires the acquisition of fabric canopy covers for the SERE training to be used in the outdoor all-season parachuting laboratory. See attached salient characteristics for more details. A site visit for this requirement will be held at Cannon AFB on Monday, 28 September at 1:00PM MDT. See attached Combo for location. You can reach out to the CO, SrA Jeffery Reagan for access to base the day of the event at 575-784-1359 or [contact details removed]. Please let us know if you plan to attend the site visit by COB Friday 25 September 2026 4:30PM MDT. NOTICE: The purpose of this site visit is to take measurements of the structure to determine the size of canopy we will need. Please plan to bring neccessary equipment to take a measurement if you so desire, the government will not be furnishing any lift equipment and any equipment you bring you will bare the cost of its transportation and use. IN ADDITION: We are providing the coordinates of the structure here as they can pull up the location on google maps to give vendors an idea of what the structure looks like ahead of time. Coordinates are as follows: 34.3937 degrees North, 103.32038 degrees West. The image on google maps shows the structure 2 years ago when it still had a cover, since then it has been torn away by storm damage.

Context for bidders

We hold 11 notices from DEPT OF DEFENSE · DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE · AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND · FA4855 27 SOCONS LGC, going back to September 2026 — 5 of them still open. They buy mostly in Manufacturing & Supply, Construction & Infrastructure and Facility Management & Cleaning. There are 2,884 open Manufacturing & Supply tenders in United States. This one closes in 4 days.

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