Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Federal Highway Office Renovations, Carson City Federal Building
General Services Administration · Public Buildings Service
AI summaryThe General Services Administration (GSA) Public Buildings Service is asking small businesses for quotes to renovate Federal Highway office space (FHWA) in the Carson City Federal Building, Nevada. The work is a sound-rated wall around Office 225, roller shade work, video-conference equipment mounting and corridor sound masking. It is a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) job of 60 calendar days from the notice to proceed (NTP: the written order to start), with a stated price range of $50,000 to $100,000. The response due date is November 2, 2026, 4:00 PM Pacific. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 22, 2026. It moves the due date from Oct 14, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
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Summary of another version of this notice: check what changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 2 of 12 attachments weren't read (Attachment E_Carson City 2005 Asbestos Survey Report.pdf, Attachment F_Floor Plan Drawing.pdf). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The General Services Administration (GSA) Public Buildings Service is asking small businesses for quotes to renovate Federal Highway office space (FHWA) in the Carson City Federal Building, Nevada. The work is a sound-rated wall around Office 225, roller shade work, video-conference equipment mounting and corridor sound masking. It is a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) job of 60 calendar days from the notice to proceed (NTP: the written order to start), with a stated price range of $50,000 to $100,000. The response due date is November 2, 2026, 4:00 PM Pacific.
Who can bid
- Small business: this is a total small business set-aside under NAICS 236220
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM)
How to submit: Email to the Contracting Officer, Kasey Wilkie (kasey.wilkie@gsa.gov), and the Contract Specialist, Erica Lal (erica.lal@gsa.gov). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Serious: Date passed (Oct 22, 2026): Must use SF 1442 version 2. A quote on any other version of the SF 1442 will not be accepted, so use the version issued October 22, 2026.
- Serious: Payment bond or letter of credit for 100 percent of price. A small firm needs a surety or bank able to back the full contract price within 10 days of award.
- Worth checking: Quantities and sizes left to the bidder. The Government will not give wall dimensions, so each bidder takes off its own quantities and prices at its own risk.
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- Worth checking: Asbestos possible; abatement likely by change order. The Government does the testing, but the winner may have to abate asbestos and the 2005 survey report is access-controlled.
- Worth checking: Roller shade count is a placeholder. The Government says the number and locations of shades to replace are unknown and may change by contract modification.
- Minor: Sound masking area differs between documents. The scope of work says the whole office, while the posted answers limit sound masking to the common corridor, so confirm which governs.
- Minor: Work in an occupied office, 7 AM to 5 PM. The FHWA office stays occupied, so noise and dust control and daytime-only work must be priced in.
- Minor: Strict page limits. The technical volume is limited to 2 pages and annexes not required by the solicitation count toward page limits.
- Minor: Contractor badges are issued in Las Vegas. Staff must get badges at the GSA Field Office in Las Vegas, a trip from Carson City.
Read from the notice and 10 attachments. 2 of 12 not read. Show which files.
- SF30_Solicitation Amendment 47PD5526Q0051_0003_2026 10 22.pdf (read)
- SF30_Solicitation Amendment 47PD5526Q0051_0002_2026 10 08.pdf (read)
- SF30_Solicitation Amendment 47PD5526Q0051_0001_2026 10 02.pdf (read)
- Solicitation 47PD5526Q0051_Federal Highway Office Renovations.pdf (read)
- Pre-Bid RFIs 47PD5526Q0051_2026 10 02.pdf (read)
- Pre-Bid RFIs Round 2_47PD5526Q0051_2026 10 19.pdf (read)
- Attachment D_Supplement SOW Documents_2026 10 02.pdf (read)
- Attachment B_SOW_FHWA Carson Office Renovation_rev2026 09 28.pdf (read)
- Attachment A_SF1442 v2.pdf (read)
- Attachment C_Wage Determination NV20260090_2026 07 30.pdf (read)
- Attachment E_Carson City 2005 Asbestos Survey Report.pdf: not read (access is restricted): request it on SAM.gov
- Attachment F_Floor Plan Drawing.pdf: not read (access is restricted): request it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Demolish and rebuild the wall around Office 225 as a sound-rated wall (STC-45, a sound-blocking rating), running structure to structure and jogging around existing ductwork
- Install one new sound-rated door and frame (STC 45) in the new wall
- Remove and reinstall all roller shades in the office and replace four to match the existing ones as closely as possible; the count of four is a placeholder for pricing
- Mount Government-furnished video teleconference equipment in Office 225; add new data drops and power at the equipment height
- Install a stand-alone sound masking system in the common corridor only, per the posted answers to questions
- Work around asbestos testing that the Government will do; any abatement would most likely come as a change order
- Send a construction schedule within 3 working days of the notice to proceed, weekly written schedule updates, and copies of material orders with tracking numbers for lead items
- Field verify all measurements and conditions, work 7 AM to 5 PM in an occupied office, clean up daily, and give a one-year warranty
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price construction (request for quotation)
- Period of performance
- 60 calendar days after the notice to proceed; the SF 1442 lists a period of performance of November 18, 2026 to January 18, 2027
- Place of performance
- Carson City Federal Building, 705 N Plaza St, Carson City, NV 89701
- Estimated value
- Price range is between $50,000 and $100,000 (stated in the solicitation)
- How they'll choose
- Best value to the Government by comparative evaluation (quotes are compared with each other); the Government may award without discussions, so the first quote should hold the best terms.
- Offers due
- November 2, 2026, 4:00 PM Pacific (PST)
- How to submit
- Email to the Contracting Officer, Kasey Wilkie (kasey.wilkie@gsa.gov), and the Contract Specialist, Erica Lal (erica.lal@gsa.gov)
- Page limits
- Volume II Technical Approach: 2 pages. Volume III Experience on Similar Projects: 2 pages (two one-page project narratives).
What they'll judge offers on
- Factor 1: Technical Approach: a narrative (no more than 2 pages) of the construction approach, any improvements beyond the requirements, what the firm self-performs versus subcontracts, and risks and how they are reduced
- Factor 2: Experience on Similar Projects: two one-page project narratives of similar size, scope and complexity completed within the past three years
- Factor 3: Price: total evaluated price with a detailed labor and material breakdown, checked for reasonableness and for unbalanced pricing
- Factor 4: Past Performance: the Government may review Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) records
What to include when you submit
- Use the SF 1442 version 2 (issue date October 22, 2026) as Volume I; quotes on any other SF 1442 version are not accepted
- Send PDFs split into six volumes: I SF 1442; II Technical Approach; III Experience on Similar Projects; IV Price Breakdown; V Acknowledgement of Amendments; VI Representations and Certifications (if applicable)
- Email subject line: RFQ - 47PD5526Q0051 - [Firm Name]; each email must stay under 25MB, and multiple emails are allowed if labeled in sequence (1 of 3, 2 of 3, etc.)
- No password protection or security restrictions on files; marketing materials and letters of support or recommendation are prohibited
- Price Breakdown: for each line item give the description, labor hours, labor rates, material descriptions, material quantities, unit costs and extended totals, with labor and materials shown separately
- Experience: two one-page project narratives of projects completed in the past three years, each giving project title, location, awarding agency, contract award date, date of substantial completion, dollar amount at award and a scope narrative; a joint venture partner's or subcontractor's experience may be used if they will do major or critical work
- Acknowledge all amendments (0001, 0002, 0003) in block 19 of the SF 1442; Amendments 0001 and 0002 asked for signed SF 30 blocks 15A-15C, and Amendment 0003's correction says to acknowledge on the SF 1442
- Disclose any potential, actual or apparent organizational conflicts of interest
- Hold prices firm for 90 calendar days after the response due date
- Confirm receipt with both the Contracting Officer and the Contract Specialist; contact only these two people about the solicitation
After award, you must have
- Payment protection: a payment bond (preferred) or an irrevocable letter of credit for 100 percent of the contract price, due within 10 days of award and covering the performance period plus one year From Solicitation 47PD5526Q0051_Federal Highway Office Renovations.pdf:
Bonding Required FAR (RFO) 52.228-13 Alternative Payment Protections (JULY 2000)
- Proof of insurance for work on a Government installation, given to GSA within 10 days of award From Solicitation 47PD5526Q0051_Federal Highway Office Renovations.pdf:
Must be provided to GSA within 10 days of award.
- Security clearance and badges for contract staff on site; no convicted felons on site From Attachment B_SOW_FHWA Carson Office Renovation_rev2026 09 28.pdf:
Appropriate security clearances will be required.
Not in the notice text
- Attachment E (2005 Carson City asbestos survey report) and Attachment F (floor plan drawing) are attached but not read: both are access-controlled, so request access on SAM.gov.
- Attachment D (supplemental scope documents: roller shade specification, jogged wall detail, STC 45 wall detail) and the wage determination were only partly read.
- The relative importance of the four evaluation factors is not stated.
- Wall length and height, the number and sizes of roller shades, and the sound masking layout are not given; the Government will not provide dimensions.
- The notice to proceed date is not given; the SF 1442 lists November 18, 2026 to January 18, 2027 as the period of performance, while the scope of work counts 60 calendar days from the notice to proceed.
- Whether site walk attendance was required is not stated; the walk was set for September 22, 2026 at 9:00 AM Pacific.
- Who pays for asbestos abatement if found is not settled beyond 'most likely a change order'.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 236220
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to the Contracting Officer, Kasey Wilkie (kasey.wilkie@gsa.gov), and the Contract Specialist, Erica Lal (erica.lal@gsa.gov). Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Construction contracts over $2,000 pay at least the local Davis-Bacon wage rates, from the wage determination in the solicitation. Price your labor from it: How to price a government contract, and how Davis-Bacon differs from the Service Contract Act.
Notice details
- Posted
- Sep 8, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- PBS Project Delivery West - Branch E, Washington, DC
- Product/service code
- Z2AA · Repair or Alteration of Office Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
4 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0003Due Nov 2, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 8, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Oct 28, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 2, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 14, 2026
- Sep 8, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (this version)Due Oct 14, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
To provide several modifications and upgrades to office 225 and office wide systems. See full scope of work. 10/2/2026 - Amendment 0001 10/8/2026 - Amendment 0002 10/22/2026 - Amendment 0003
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