Presolicitation
Presolicitation Notice Court Security Project Construction Colmer FBCT Hattiesburg, MS
General Services Administration · Public Buildings Service
AI summaryThe General Services Administration (GSA) Public Buildings Service plans a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) construction contract for court security work at the William M. Colmer Federal Building in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The notice is a presolicitation (an early heads-up before the real solicitation): it says the site visit will be required and performance and payment bonds will be needed. The estimated magnitude is $15,000,000 to $20,000,000, and the full and open solicitation is expected on or about November 16, 2026. More in the summary
Advance notice of a coming solicitation, not a bid yet. If it asks for capability statements, sending one is free and puts you on Public Buildings Service's list before the solicitation is posted. See the contact
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The General Services Administration (GSA) Public Buildings Service plans a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) construction contract for court security work at the William M. Colmer Federal Building in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The notice is a presolicitation (an early heads-up before the real solicitation): it says the site visit will be required and performance and payment bonds will be needed. The estimated magnitude is $15,000,000 to $20,000,000, and the full and open solicitation is expected on or about November 16, 2026.
Who can bid
- Performance and payment bonds from the successful contractor, as the solicitation will specify
How to submit: The solicitation will be posted at sam.gov; no paper copies will be issued. 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 19, 2026.
- Serious: Site visit expected and attendance required. The notice says attending the site visit is required, but its date, time, registration and security steps will be in the solicitation.
- Serious: Performance and payment bonds. The winner must provide bonds (guarantees from a surety company), which can be hard for a small business to get on a project this size.
- Worth checking: SAM.gov response date differs from the solicitation release date. SAM.gov lists November 6, 2026, 4:00 PM Central, but the text says the solicitation is expected on or about November 16, 2026; offers can't be due before the solicitation is posted.
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- Worth checking: Large project in an occupied building. The work must be phased around court operations and building occupants, with safety and security controls.
- Minor: Scope not final. The scope, drawings and specifications will come with the solicitation, so costs can't be judged yet.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Court security construction and related building changes at the Colmer Federal Building, 701 North Main Street, Hattiesburg, MS 39401
- Interior renovation and reconfiguration of existing spaces
- Install or modify security infrastructure and access control features
- Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and life safety system changes
- Structural and architectural improvements
- Phase the work to limit disruption to people and operations in the occupied federal building
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP) construction contract (anticipated)
- Place of performance
- William M. Colmer Federal Building, 701 North Main Street, Hattiesburg, MS 39401
- Estimated value
- Between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000 (estimated magnitude of construction, per the notice)
- How to submit
- The solicitation will be posted at sam.gov; no paper copies will be issued
What to include when you submit
- Watch SAM.gov for the solicitation, amendments and related notices; proposal content and the response due date will be set in the solicitation
After award, you must have
- Possible security screening, background checks, badging and escorts for contractor personnel, because the work is in an occupied federal facility From the notice:
…contractor personnel may be subject to security screening, background checks, badging requirements, escort requirements, and other access controls…
Not in the notice text
- The wage rule (whether a Davis-Bacon wage determination applies) is not stated in the notice text.
- The site visit date, time, location and registration steps will be in the solicitation.
- Evaluation factors, the response due date, drawings, specifications and contract length are in the solicitation, not yet posted.
- The small business size standard is to be checked when the solicitation is issued.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: The solicitation will be posted at sam.gov; no paper copies will be issued. 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
- Oct 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- PBS Project Delivery Capital Construction - Branch East, Washington, DC
- Product/service code
- Y1AA · Construction 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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