The Radford Army Ammunition Plant (RFAAP) Acid Farm Storage Tanks

The Department of the Army, specifically the Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) at Fort Drum, has issued this sources sought notice for architect-engineering design services to modernize the acid farm storage tanks at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant. The facility requires a modernized acid tank area capable of supporting the capacity requirements for the Nitric Acid Concentrator/Sulfuric Acid Concentrator, the Modernized Nitrocellulose production facility, and the Modernized Nitroglycerin Production Facility. The scope involves developing an advanced 90% design for infrastructure and tanks intended to handle pyro acid, strong sulfuric acid, oleum, and strong nitric acid, all of which are essential for nitrocellulose production.

The project design must address environmental and safety protocols related to the receipt, storage, and dispersal of various acids while incorporating a phased modernize-in-place approach. Where technically and economically feasible, the design will include retrofitting and reuse of legacy structures alongside the demolition of obsolete equipment to ensure the facility can meet a maximum production demand of 28 million pounds of nitrocellulose per year. This requirement falls under NAICS 541330 Engineering Services and PSC C1EA ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING- CONSTRUCTION: AMMUNITION FACILITIES.

Interested parties must submit responses by January 9, 2026, to the identified point of contact, Lyndsie Hall. This notice, identified by solicitation number W911S226RA004, currently includes zero attachments and specifies no set-aside. All services are performed for the Radford Army Ammunition Plant to ensure the storage area supports the modernized concentrators designed to process approximately 100 million pounds of strong nitric acid annually.