Sources Sought
USCG ISA Tenant Improvement Construction Project
General Services Administration · Public Buildings Service
AI summaryGSA is doing market research for a tenant fit-out for the U.S. Coast Guard Northeast District at the JFK Federal Building in Boston, MA, including a secure SCIF. This is a sources sought notice only, not a solicitation, to help decide whether to set the work aside for a socio-economic group. The estimated construction cost is $15 million to $25 million over about 36 months from Notice to Proceed. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Public Buildings Service who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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Summary of the version posted Oct 5, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 5, 2026. The due date moved from Oct 22, 2026 to Nov 23, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov.
GSA is doing market research for a tenant fit-out for the U.S. Coast Guard Northeast District at the JFK Federal Building in Boston, MA, including a secure SCIF. This is a sources sought notice only, not a solicitation, to help decide whether to set the work aside for a socio-economic group. The estimated construction cost is $15 million to $25 million over about 36 months from Notice to Proceed.
Who can bid
- Interested firms should be an SDVOSB, HUBZone, EDWOSB or 8(a) small business, and show proof
- Small business under NAICS 236220 (size standard $45 million)
- Relevant experience on similar-size projects in the last five years
How to submit: Email capability statement to Molly A. Lewis, Contract Officer, at Molly.Lewis@gsa.gov, due Oct 22, 2026 2:00 PM Local Time. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
- Serious: Large, complex secure construction. A $15-25 million fit-out including a SCIF and mission systems calls for strong past performance on similar projects and likely bonding capacity.
- Worth checking: SCIF construction. Building a SCIF needs secure construction practices and specialized coordination that many small contractors have not done.
- 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.
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- Minor: Not a solicitation and no set-aside decided yet. Responding does not get you an award, and the set-aside type, if any, is still undecided.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Repair and alteration (tenant improvement) construction in the JFK Federal Building, Boston
- Build a specialized Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF)
- Operational, administrative, secure, forensic and mission-support spaces
- Mission systems: reliable power, 24/7 HVAC, communications/IT, security systems, laboratory support and an emergency generator
- Capabilities package from interested small businesses
- Contract type
- Sources sought (market research only); future construction contract type not stated
- Period of performance
- Approximately 36 months from Notice to Proceed
- Place of performance
- JFK Federal Building, 15 New Sudbury St, Boston, MA 02203
- Estimated value
- Estimated construction cost range $15,000,000 to $25,000,000.00
- Offers due
- Oct 22, 2026 2:00 PM Local Time (from the version posted Oct 5, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Email capability statement to Molly A. Lewis, Contract Officer, at Molly.Lewis@gsa.gov
What to include when you submit
- Projects from the last five years of similar size, scope, complexity and duration, noting prime or subcontractor role, contract value, how it relates, and an agency or owner point of contact
- Company profile: number of employees, annual receipts, office locations and SAM UEI
- Evidence of SDVOSB, HUBZone, EDWOSB or 8(a) status under the applicable NAICS
- Explain how you will provide a fair market price given the project location
- A positive statement of intent to bid if the work is set aside for your group
Not in the notice text
- Whether the work will be set aside and for which group
- Solicitation, specifications and evaluation method (none available yet)
- Bonding and clearance requirements for the actual solicitation
- Contract type and solicitation date
- 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 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
- Nov 5, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- PBS Project Delivery Capital Construction - Branch Northeast, Washington, DC
- Product/service code
- Z2AA · Repair or Alteration of Office Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 5, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 23, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 5, 2026 · Sources SoughtDue Oct 22, 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
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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