Sources Sought
EC-ECAO Exterior Door Replacement
Department of the Interior
AI summaryThe Bureau of Reclamation (Department of the Interior) is doing market research on replacing 10 commercial door assemblies at its Eastern Colorado Area Office in Loveland, Colorado. This is a sources sought notice, not a request for quotes. The response due date is November 4, 2026, 3:00 PM Mountain, by email. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of the Interior who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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The Bureau of Reclamation (Department of the Interior) is doing market research on replacing 10 commercial door assemblies at its Eastern Colorado Area Office in Loveland, Colorado. This is a sources sought notice, not a request for quotes. The response due date is November 4, 2026, 3:00 PM Mountain, by email.
How to submit: Email to Carlos Quiles at carlos_quiles@ios.doi.gov, subject line "Sources Sought Response – EC-ECAO Exterior Door Replacement." Oral and paper responses are not accepted.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 21, 2026.
- Worth checking: Site visit before quoting (date not given). The draft statement of work says offerors shall attend a Government-scheduled site visit before submitting a quotation; no date or time is given yet, and it applies to a possible later request for quotes.
- Worth checking: Sources sought only; no request for quotes yet. The Government may never issue a solicitation, and responding does not guarantee inclusion or an award.
- Worth checking: Occupied building with security rules. The building stays occupied, work hours are limited, and crews must follow check-in, badging and escort procedures.
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- Minor: Possible hazardous materials in a 1950s building. Asbestos, lead or mold may be present; work stops if it is found, and remediation is outside the scope.
- Minor: Statement of work is a draft. The scope, door details and schedule in the draft statement of work may change if a solicitation is issued.
Read from the notice and 7 attachments. Show which files.
- ECAO_SOW_draft_1.pdf (read)
- Sources_Sought_ECAO_Door_Replacement_1.pdf (read)
- Attachment_1_-_Main_Existing_Floor_Plan_1.pdf (read)
- Attachment_2_-_Basement_Existing_Floor_Plan_1.pdf (read)
- Attachment_3_-_2nd_Existing_Floor_Plan_1.pdf (read)
- Attachment_5_-_Project_Specific_Requirement_Matrix_1.pdf (read)
- Attachment_4_-_Annotated_photographs_1.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Replace 10 door assemblies (single and double doors, full-lite and half-lite, sidelights, transoms), with new frames where required
- Install commercial-grade hardware, weather seals and thresholds; improve seals at the east door to reduce pest entry
- Connect new hardware to the existing key-card access system at card-access doors
- Keep or reconnect and test existing automatic door operators and push-button actuators; the main entrance gets new ADA-compliant operators and actuators
- Remove and dispose of old doors; restore walls, frames, thresholds and finishes
- Work in an occupied building with the Government's check-in, badging and escort rules
- Meet building, fire, accessibility and emergency-exit code requirements
- Contract type
- Not finalized (sources sought; the notice says contract type has not been finalized)
- Period of performance
- Not finalized in the sources sought notice; the draft statement of work says 180 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed
- Place of performance
- Eastern Colorado Area Office, 11056 W. County Road 18 E., Loveland, CO 80537
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Not stated; this is market research, and the acquisition strategy, including a possible small business set-aside, has not been decided.
- Offers due
- November 4, 2026, 3:00 PM Mountain
- How to submit
- Email to Carlos Quiles at carlos_quiles@ios.doi.gov, subject line "Sources Sought Response – EC-ECAO Exterior Door Replacement." Oral and paper responses are not accepted.
- Page limits
- Capability statement: 5 pages (the three project examples may be inside the five pages or in a separate attachment)
What to include when you submit
- Company name and address, Unique Entity ID (UEI), point of contact (name, phone, email)
- Business size under NAICS 238350 and any socioeconomic status (8(a), SDVOSB, HUBZone, WOSB, other small business)
- Describe experience with commercial door and frame replacement, aluminum storefront, sidelights and transoms, hardware and seals, and card-access, automatic operator and push-button integration
- Describe experience working in occupied office buildings
- Provide at least three (3) similar projects completed within the last five (5) years, each with project title, customer, contract value, brief description, completion date and contract number if available
- Identify any information you consider proprietary
- You may recommend a different NAICS code with a brief explanation
Not in the notice text
- Whether a set-aside will apply; SAM.gov shows none and the notice says no set-aside decision has been made
- The date and time of the Government-scheduled site visit are not given
- Whether the Davis-Bacon wage rule applies is not stated in the documents
- Contract type, the final period of performance and the Government's estimate for the work are not stated
- Floor plans and photographs (Attachments 1 to 4) contain little readable text; check them on SAM.gov
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
- 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 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- Reclamation Contracting Activity, Denver, CO
- Product/service code
- Z2AA · Repair or Alteration of Office Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238350)
- 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
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
The Bureau of Reclamation, Eastern Colorado Area Office (ECAO), is conducting market research to identify capable vendors for the replacement of approximately ten (10) existing commercial door assemblies at the ECAO facility in Loveland, Colorado.
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