Presolicitation
Lactation Room renovation at Udall Building
Department of the Interior
AI summaryThe Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center plans a small business set-aside construction solicitation to renovate a lactation room in the Stewart Lee Udall Building, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC. It will be a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) contract awarded on lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA: the lowest-priced quote that meets the requirements wins). This is a presolicitation; the solicitation is expected to be released by November 5, 2026. More in the summary
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The Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center plans a small business set-aside construction solicitation to renovate a lactation room in the Stewart Lee Udall Building, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC. It will be a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) contract awarded on lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA: the lowest-priced quote that meets the requirements wins). This is a presolicitation; the solicitation is expected to be released by November 5, 2026.
Who can bid
- Small business under NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction); this is a total small business set-aside
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Serious: Small business set-aside. Only small businesses can win this construction contract.
- Worth checking: Solicitation date versus SAM.gov response date. The notice says the solicitation is expected by November 5, 2026, after SAM.gov's response date of November 2, 2026, so the date offers are due is unclear.
- Minor: 90-day completion. All work must be done within 90 days of authorization to proceed, which sets a fixed schedule for the renovation.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Renovation of a lactation room in the Stewart Lee Udall Building, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240
- Complete all work within 90 days of authorization to proceed
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP), construction
- Period of performance
- All work completed within 90 days of authorization to proceed
- Place of performance
- Stewart Lee Udall Building, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA); quotes evaluated without discussions unless the contracting officer decides they are needed
- Offers due
- November 2, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern
Not in the notice text
- Whether there is a site visit is not stated
- Which wage rule applies, such as a Davis-Bacon wage determination (the federal pay rates for construction workers), is not stated
- Bonding, insurance and the quote format and submission method are not stated; they are expected in the solicitation
- The size of the renovation and the estimated value are not stated
- The solicitation is expected by November 5, 2026; its response due date is not stated
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 and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- 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
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- Ibc Acq SVCS Directorate (00004), Herndon, VA
- Product/service code
- Z2AA · Repair or Alteration of Office Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- 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 read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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