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IND-36 / Property, construction and housing

Use construction other transactions and successful follow-on awards

New §2808a permits non-contract/grant/cooperative-agreement transactions for facility construction or repair, including design, prototyping, piloting and execution.

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Authority / instrument · IND-36

Alternative construction transactions

Property, construction and housing

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary concerned

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Separate from emergency §2808; no emergency declaration prerequisite

Recorded executor

USACE district real-estate/construction offices; NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands; AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates

Continue to actor →

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedStatutorily available MILCON, O&M or RDT&E funds; availability/purpose and CR analysis still required. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProcess sourcedNew construction OT authority has concrete 2026 operating frameworks and solicitations; a master CSO is not itself an invitation for unsolicited projects. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Possible toolIND-36 · Other transactions

Authority holder: Secretary concerned

Other transactions

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Conditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.

Program process and intake

Checked 2026-10-04 · program documented. Program evidence is separate from legal authority, available funds and transaction approval.

New construction OT authority has concrete 2026 operating frameworks and solicitations; a master CSO is not itself an invitation for unsolicited projects.

USSF construction OT Master CSO

Who this route serves
Commercial construction performers responding to a published project AOI
Administering office / routing lead
USSF Space Operational Contracting HQ and project-specific Agreements Officer; Senior Contracting Official approval
Direct implementation

The master notice explicitly confines its construction scope to 10 USC 2808a.

What this evidence label means
Framework active; project-specific intake required

September 29 master notice is active with no single response date. Camp Pendleton’s separate § 2808a AOI had an October 1 deadline despite still being marked Active.

Status reference date: 2026-10-04 · research checked 2026-10-04

MCB Camp Pendleton industrialized-construction barracks AOI, N6247326R0072 · Title; General Information; October 2 update; offer deadline October 1, 2026official solicitation notice · published 2026-10-02 · Evidence record

Program eligibility

Steps and preparation

  • Respond to a published AOI: the standard sequence is white paper, oral pitch and full commercial proposal; use its designated Agreements Officer.

    USSF Construction CSO, USSF-CSO-FY 26-2808A · Description §§ 1–4; updated September 29, 2026official solicitation/framework notice · published 2026-09-29 · Evidence record
Funding, limits and authority relationship

Funding and financial terms

  • project-specific OT funding · Published process; checked 2026-10-04

    The master framework states no available project amount; an AOI and award determine terms.

    USSF Construction CSO, USSF-CSO-FY 26-2808A · Description §§ 1–4; updated September 29, 2026official solicitation/framework notice · published 2026-09-29 · Evidence record

Exclusions and limits

  • This is § 2808a construction authority, not § 3458 commercial-solutions opening authority or an automatic § 4022 follow-on.

    USSF Construction CSO, USSF-CSO-FY 26-2808A · Description §§ 1–4; updated September 29, 2026official solicitation/framework notice · published 2026-09-29 · Evidence record

Authority relationship source

USSF Construction CSO, USSF-CSO-FY 26-2808A · Description §§ 1–4; updated September 29, 2026official solicitation/framework notice · published 2026-09-29 · Evidence record

USSF construction OT master framework →

solicitation framework: Monitor separate AOIs; this master notice explicitly rejects unsolicited submissions.

Source access and verification notes
Research scope and sources checked

Searched exact2808a construction/AOI terms; followed aggregator leads to original SAM records; reconciled current updates against deadlines rather than trusting Active labels.

What remains unverified

  • No completed award under the reviewed AOIs verified; attachments with project-specific selection factors and current amendments require separate review.

A dated source check is not continuing monitoring. Recheck the linked official notice before preparing a submission. Browse program research →

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • §2853 remains applicable
  • Notify congressional defense committees at least 14 days before transaction with project/cost/fund/rationale
  • Noncompetitive follow-on requires originally competitive selection and successful usable facility/improvement

Limits & exclusions

  • Separate from emergency §2808; no emergency declaration prerequisite
  • Express waivers are chapters221/223 and §2851(a), not all law

Funding conditions

  • Statutorily available MILCON, O&M or RDT&E funds; availability/purpose and CR analysis still required.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Installation commander and Service facilities/real-estate staff
  • Service installation secretariat / ASD(EI&E) policy

Resources

  • Military Department installation budgets / project sponsor

Approval

  • Secretary concerned or properly delegated real-estate/construction official

Execution

  • USACE district real-estate/construction offices
  • NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands
  • AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates

Partners & review

  • Landowners / developers / local governments
  • Environmental regulators and real-estate counsel

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

Requirement sponsor → named planning office → resource owner and counsel → statutory approving official → authorized executing/contracting office.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

What this research establishes

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedStatutorily available MILCON, O&M or RDT&E funds; availability/purpose and CR analysis still required. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProcess sourcedNew construction OT authority has concrete 2026 operating frameworks and solicitations; a master CSO is not itself an invitation for unsolicited projects. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Confidence: High on statutory permission; execution roles are organizational routing, not verified individual delegations.

Currentness: Full enacted FY26 §2802 read; applies to transactions on/after Dec.18,2025.

Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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