The Army Corps of Engineers in Norfolk, VA, intends to award a multiple award contract for construction services in support of the BRAC Program. This is an 8(a) set-aside. The NAICS code is 236220. The contract ceiling is $50 million over five years. Work will be performed in Virginia at Fort Lee, Fort Eustis, Fort Monroe, Fort Story, Langley Air Force Base and Defense Supply Center Richmond. Solicitation number W91236-08-R-0027 will be posted on FedBizOpps around April 15. Contact Debora Gray at 757-201-7551.

The Air Force Space Command plans a solicitation for civil engineering and maintenance services to support operations facilities located at Schriever AFB, CO. This is an 8(a) set-aside. The NAICS code is 561210. Solicitation number FA2550-08-R-1001will be posted on FedBizOpps. Contact Jordan Huggins at 719-567-3446.

The Air Force Reserve Command plans a solicitation for Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements (SABER) services at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station, OH, and the Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station, Coraopolis, PA. This is an 8(a) set-aside. The NAICS code is 236220. Solicitation number FA665608R0003 will be released around April 10 on FedBizOpps. Contact Susan Weaver at 330-609-1212.

The Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District plans a solicitation for a multiple award task order contract to provide environmental consulting services nationwide. This is a partial small business set-aside. One set-aside contract and two full and open contracts are anticipated. The set-aside has a ceiling of $9 million over five years. The NAICS code is 541620. A secret clearance is required. Solicitation number W9126G-08-R-0159 will be released around April 11. Contact cheryl.d.hodge-snead@usace.army.mil.

The National Institutes of Health intends to award an IDIQ contract for a data coordinating and management center. This is a small business set-aside. The NAICS code is 541712. The Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development plans to establish a Web-based data coordinating and management center to support research projects conducted by its investigators. Solicitation number RFP-NIH-NICHD-DESPR-08-29 will be available around April 10 on FedBizOpps. Contact Rukshani S. Fernando at rf212s@nih.gov.

The Transportation Security Administration wants industry to produce a Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bag for air travelers. In a request for information, the agency said, “TSA is seeking prototype laptop computer bags and designs that would reduce, if not eliminate altogether, the unloading and repacking time of laptops at security checkpoints in airports.”

TSA said more than one-quarter of airline passengers carry laptops. The requirement that they be removed from bags for inspection is a common source of complaints. Responders are invited to submit a written proposal or prototype bags and designs to TSA by April 17.

The RFI is HSTS04-08-RFI-MC. Contact MelissaConley@dhs.gov.