Mississippi State University BGAD Phase 1 Truss – Bid MSU2026107 / RFx 3170036592

Mississippi State University has an open invitation for bids for the BGAD Innovation Hub Phase 1 structural truss system at Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, Kentucky. Bid MSU2026107 / RFx 3170036592 is due September 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM; the official deadline line does not state a time zone. The governing Final Truss Design Config.png attachment remains unavailable for authoritative review, so Atlas is holding the record as Verification Pending.

Broad Eligibility

Qualified vendors capable of engineering, furnishing, delivering, and installing the required structural truss system, including structural calculations, engineering review, stamped drawings and/or certification, anchoring/support design, freight, rigging, onsite installation, warranty, and all IFB submission requirements. Full verification is pending the governing Final Truss Design Config.png attachment.

Atlas Analysis

Opportunity Overview

Mississippi State University has issued Bid MSU2026107 for the BGAD Innovation Hub – Phase 1 structural truss system at Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, Kentucky. Mississippi’s procurement portal identifies the related state record as RFx 3170036592. MSU’s current Procurement Services page and the controlling IFB list the opening deadline as September 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM. The deadline line does not publish a time zone, so Atlas does not infer one.

Verified Scope

The controlling IFB requires one complete bid for engineering, furnishing, delivery, and onsite installation of a ground-supported structural truss system supporting Phase 1 motion-capture and precipitation-test systems.

The motion-capture system uses twenty VersaX 120W cameras and related mounts around an approximately 21,500 mm by 9,000 mm truss configuration.
The precipitation system includes an irrigation spray rig weighing approximately 750 pounds wet, plus hanging, piping, cabling, service, and other loads that the bidder must address through stated assumptions.
The vendor must provide structural calculations, engineering review, stamped drawings and/or structural certification, anchoring/support design, freight, onsite installation, rigging/lifting requirements, warranty, schedule, assumptions, exclusions, and deviations.
Bids may be submitted through Bully Buy or by sealed envelope and cannot be emailed.

Verification Hold

The IFB expressly references a governing attachment named Final Truss Design Config.png, which controls overall geometry, member locations, support locations, and equipment interfaces. That design attachment has not been retrieved through the current official public-document path. Atlas therefore keeps this opportunity at Verification Pending and does not publish or advance a pursuit until the referenced design attachment and any subsequent amendments are reviewed.

Atlas Status

Atlas Opportunity Score and N9+ Fit remain held at 0 pending full controlling-attachment verification. No Dr. Miltie/QC direct-vendor path is cleared because the required structural-engineering, fabrication, stamped-design, rigging, and installation qualifications are not established for Dr. Miltie/QC.

Last verified: September 19, 2026.