Solicitation
General Construction Services for Elevator Modernization at the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY
General Services Administration · Public Buildings Service
AI summaryThe General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service, is seeking a general contractor to modernize 17 elevators and upgrade mechanical, electrical and fire protection equipment in the elevator machine rooms at the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY. The courthouse stays open, so disruptive work must be done after business hours. It is a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) contract, with a total project size at award of $20,000,000 to $40,000,000. Proposals are due December 4, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 16, 2026. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 14, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 16, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. Some details are in the notice's attachments, which this summary didn't read. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service, is seeking a general contractor to modernize 17 elevators and upgrade mechanical, electrical and fire protection equipment in the elevator machine rooms at the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY. The courthouse stays open, so disruptive work must be done after business hours. It is a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) contract, with a total project size at award of $20,000,000 to $40,000,000. Proposals are due December 4, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern.
Who can bid
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) when the offer is submitted, and kept through award, performance and final payment
How to submit: Email, as PDF files. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
- Worth checking: Some documents are restricted. Some solicitation documents are Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), so a company must request access through SAM.gov before it can read them.
- Worth checking: Work in an occupied courthouse. The courthouse stays fully operating, so work must be phased and disruptive work done after business hours, which affects scheduling and labor cost.
- Worth checking: Large project size. The project is in the $20,000,000 to $40,000,000 range at award, which affects bonding and capacity for a small business.
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- Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wages likely apply. Federal construction over $2,000 in the U.S. pays at least the Davis-Bacon wage rates in the wage determination attached to the solicitation. This summary doesn't name one: find it on SAM.gov and price your labor from it.
- Minor: Contracting officer email looks incomplete. The contact address is written without an @ sign, so check SAM.gov for the correct address before sending questions.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Modernize 17 elevators
- Upgrade mechanical, electrical and fire protection equipment in the elevator machine rooms
- Phase the work to limit interruptions, with disruptive work, mostly inside elevator shafts, done after business hours
- Follow the construction drawings and specifications, the Public Buildings Service Interim Core Building Standards and the U.S. Courts Design Guide
- Meet the Government's access and security rules
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP), with a lump sum base item and option line items
- Place of performance
- Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY
- Estimated value
- Between $20,000,000 and $40,000,000 (total magnitude of the project at award)
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff (the Government may pay more for a better offer)
- Offers due
- December 4, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern (from the version posted Oct 14, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Email, as PDF files
What to include when you submit
- Send the proposal by email in portable document format (PDF)
- Proposals must be received by the stated due date and time
- Request access through SAM.gov to the controlled documents before preparing the offer
Not in the notice text
- The evaluation factors and their order are in the attached solicitation files
- The construction schedule and performance period are not stated in the notice text
- Bonding and insurance requirements are not stated in the notice text
- The drawings, specifications and option line items are in the attached solicitation files, some of them restricted
- Whether there's a site visit: this summary doesn't say. Check the solicitation and its amendments on SAM.gov.
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: Email, as PDF files. 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 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- PBS Project Delivery Capital Construction - Branch Northeast, Washington, DC
- Product/service code
- Y1AA · Construction of Office Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 16, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Dec 4, 2026
- Oct 14, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due Dec 4, 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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