Solicitation
33330226RF0010010 Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) for Construction Services in Washington DC Metropolitan Area
Smithsonian Institution
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AI summaryThe Smithsonian Institution plans to award one or more small business indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) construction contracts for projects of $1 million to $8 million each (33330226RF0010010). An IDIQ sets terms now and orders the actual projects later. Work covers Smithsonian facilities in the Washington, DC area, plus sites in Front Royal, VA and Edgewater, MD; qualifications go to a Dropbox link by November 9, 2026, 3:00 PM ET. More in the summary
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The Smithsonian Institution plans to award one or more small business indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) construction contracts for projects of $1 million to $8 million each (33330226RF0010010). An IDIQ sets terms now and orders the actual projects later. Work covers Smithsonian facilities in the Washington, DC area, plus sites in Front Royal, VA and Edgewater, MD; qualifications go to a Dropbox link by November 9, 2026, 3:00 PM ET.
Who can bid
- Small business under NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction); the buy is a total small business set-aside.
How to submit: Upload to the Dropbox link given in the notice: https://www.dropbox.com/request/gy0wr7le8oqp3rmm3o6x. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 29, 2026.
- Serious: Small business set-aside. Only small businesses can win these IDIQ contracts.
- Worth checking: Three amendments in attachments. Amendments 1 to 3 extended dates, removed clauses, updated the link and answered RFIs (requests for information), and their text isn't shown here.
- Minor: No site visit arranged. No site visit is planned; firms that want one must ask by email.
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- Minor: Dropbox submission. Qualifications are uploaded to a Dropbox request link, and Amendment 3 says the link was updated, so use the latest one.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Construction services for Smithsonian facilities in the Washington, DC metropolitan area
- Projects of $1 million to $8 million each, ordered under the IDIQ
- Work may include the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (Front Royal, VA) and Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (Edgewater, MD)
- Contract type
- Indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ), multiple awards
- Place of performance
- Washington, DC metropolitan area and surrounding Smithsonian facilities, including Front Royal, VA and Edgewater, MD
- Estimated value
- $1 million to $8 million per project
- Offers due
- November 9, 2026, 3:00 PM ET
- How to submit
- Upload to the Dropbox link given in the notice: https://www.dropbox.com/request/gy0wr7le8oqp3rmm3o6x
What to include when you submit
- Send questions in Word format to ColemanSI@si.edu, numbered in sequence across rounds (1, 2, 3, then 4, 5, 6).
- Check Amendment 3 for the updated link, removed clauses and RFI responses.
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation, its three amendments, evaluation criteria and submission requirements are in attachments not shown here.
- The question deadline given is October 12, 2026, 3PM ET, but Amendment 2 says it extended the RFI due dates; the new date is in the amendment.
- Which Davis-Bacon wage determination applies is not stated.
- The number of awards, contract length and total ceiling are not stated.
- Bonding requirements are 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 to submit, from the AI summary: Upload to the Dropbox link given in the notice: https://www.dropbox.com/request/gy0wr7le8oqp3rmm3o6x. 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 29, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- Smithsonian Institution, Arlington, VA
- Product/service code
- Z1JA · Maintenance of Museums and Exhibition Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 29, 2026 · Amendment 0003 (this version)Due Nov 9, 2026
- Oct 6, 2026 · AmendmentDue Nov 9, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 1, 2026 · SolicitationDue Oct 6, 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
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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