Duluth Replace Retaining Wall Project, located at the Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building, US Courthouse, and Custom House
Archived on June 12, 2026. Original response deadline: . Full description on SAM.gov.
Description
THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS - FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY
The purpose of this Sources Sought notice is to determine the availability and capability of qualified General Contractors (GC).
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is seeking information on technically capable, and otherwise responsible, General Contractors for the anticipated solicitation for the Duluth Retaining Wall Replacement Project.
Per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responses do not affect a potential offeror's ability to respond to any future synopsis/solicitation. This notice is intended strictly for market research only. Depending on market research and other influences, GSA anticipates issuing a solicitation for this project around Jun 2026. The full extent of the work will be described in the solicitation when posted. No additional information will be available before the solicitation is posted.
This is not a request for offers or proposals. The Government does not intend to award a contract based on responses and the Government is not obligated to and will not pay for information received because of this announcement.
Project Location:
G.W. Heaney Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, 515 W. First St., Duluth, MN.
Description of Intended Contract: FIRM FIXED PRICE
Scope Summary: The construction scope of work includes all labor and materials required for the General Contractor (GC) to provide construction services for the Duluth Retaining Wall Replacement Project. The services requested of the GC shall cover a wide range of construction activities, as described below.
Project Summary: This is a complex construction project involving the exterior replacement of a large, 25-foot tall retaining wall located on bedrock within a constrained urban site. The scope includes the demolition and removal of the existing wall structure and associated site improvements, significant cast-in-place concrete work, site excavation, utility coordination, and the mandatory maintenance of public traffic and pedestrian flow. The project is classified as construction services.
Size Standard: Sources are being sought for firms with a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) of 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. The estimated magnitude of total construction costs are between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.
Period of Performance: 429 calendar days.
Acquisition Strategy: This procurement will be conducted via Full and Open Competition.
Selection Procedures: The anticipated contract will be procured utilizing source selection procedures as described in FAR Part 15.3 to select the firms offering the best value to the Government in terms of price and technical merit and whose performance is expected to best meet stated Government requirements. Accordingly, award will be made using best-value, source-selection procedures incorporating tradeoffs between price-related and non-price related factors where non-price factors are considered more important than price.
Key Contractor Requirement:
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Firms must demonstrate recent and relevant experience, including:
- Successful completion of not fewer than three projects within the last five years, each valued at $1,000,000 or more, involving structural cast-in-place retaining wall construction, site excavation, utility coordination, and traffic maintenance.
- Capability to employ a specialty installer for the temporary soil nail wall.
- Utilize a Delegated Design Engineer registered in the State of Minnesota.
Response Information:
Interested contractors shall complete the form linked to this notice: https://forms.gle/5RCJF99Gx7L5b2Cp9, via google suite, no later than 03:30 pm eastern, on Thursday, May 28, 2026.
If the contractor is unable to complete this form through the google suite, complete the attached form and return to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer by the deadline, via email at dana.douglas@gsa.gov and alicia.flueger@gsa.gov. The subject line of the email shall reference the project name and GC Sources Sought Response. Oral communications, telecommunications, and faxed inquiries or comments are NOT acceptable as a response to this Notice. Only email responses will be accepted.
Responses to this Sources Sought announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. After review of the information received, a solicitation may be published on www.SAM.Gov.
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47PD052026MN- Market Research
Pre-solicitation or formal solicitation typically follows within 30–180 days. (estimate)
- Market ResearchCurrentMay 19, 2026
Duluth Replace Retaining Wall Project, located at the Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building, US Courthouse, and Custom House
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This is a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI). Place of Performance: The 50 States of the United States of America and U.S. Territories NAICS Code: 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction The U.S. General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (GSA PBS) is seeking information regarding the below potential requirement. Firms that are considered either a small business or other than small business under NAICS code 236220 may submit a response to this RFI. This RFI is issued solely for planning purposes. It is not a Request for Proposals, and there is no bid package or solicitation document associated with this RFI. The requested information does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will be issued. The Government shall not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for proprietary information not properly identified. Proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable Government regulations. Responses to this RFI are not offers, and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a request seeking contractors to be placed on a mailing list. Data submitted in response to this RFI will not be returned, and those who respond to this RFI should not anticipate feedback regarding any submission. The Government reserves the right to determine how to proceed as a result of this RFI. GSA PBS seeks comments and suggestions that may be used in planning support of potential requirements. Any information provided to the Government in response to this RFI is strictly voluntary and at no cost to the Government. The information provided in this RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. GSA PBS is contemplating a solicitation for General Construction with Design Build and Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc) capabilities and is seeking information about contractors’ ability to provide timely, cost-effective, and quality general construction services with the optimum geographic coverage for numerous states. The anticipated multiple award Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contracts would service geographic locations within the 50 States of the United States of America and the U.S. Territories. IDIQ contracts would be awarded by pre-established zones. The Government shall endeavor to utilize this contract to the maximum practical extent. However, the Government reserves the right to perform, or have performed by others, any services required, and doing so shall not breach or otherwise violate this contract. These IDIQ contracts would have a period of performance of at least five years, with 1 five-year base period and 5 one-year option periods for a potential 10-year period of performance. GSA PBS anticipates awarding multiple IDIQ contracts (potentially 40-50), and the cumulative maximum ordering limitation (MOL) is currently being determined. The total MOL will be available at award to be utilized over 10 years if all options are exercised. Typical task orders would range from $20,000,000 and up, however task orders could be awarded at amounts under $20,000,000. GSA anticipates that the IDIQ contracts would include the ability for contractor on/off-ramping as-needed during the period of performance. GSA PBS is considering using a self-scoring scorecard to evaluate offerors' technical capabilities, past performance and experience. It is anticipated that offerors would submit one scorecard per proposed zone, up to a maximum of 7 scorecards, and must provide supporting documentation for each claimed point. Following solicitation closing, the Government anticipates validating all claimed scoring elements. It is anticipated that IDIQ contracts will be awarded to the highest technically rated offerors in each zone with fair and reasonable pricing. A sample scorecard is attached to this RFI. Task orders will be competed among all contractors in their primary zone, however the Task Order CO reserves the right to compete a Task Order across multiple Zones; however the primary zone will always be competed . GSA anticipates these IDIQ contracts will provide the capability for other Federal agencies (in addition to GSA) to directly place task orders against the IDIQs.The zones will be as follows: Zones Zone 1 Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC Zone 2 Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont Zone 3 Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands Zone 4 Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wisconsin Zone 5 Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming Zone 6 Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas Zone 7 Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, Saipan For the IDIQ price evaluation, GSA anticipates that each offeror will propose a percentage rate to be used as the Profit Rate for each task order proposal. The rate will be applied to the task order summary proposal subtotal. For task order proposals, an offeror may use a profit rate lower than their pre-negotiated profit rate, but not higher. However, for any project for which competition is opened to one or more secondary zones, the pre-negotiated rate is not required for that project, for any offeror under that TO RFP. This rate will remain unchanged throughout the life of the contract, including any extensions, and will apply to the initial task order award and all modifications for projects solicited to only the contractors in the primary zone. The rate which is used in the initial negotiation and award of a task order will continue to be used for all modifications to that task order. The Government anticipates that task orders over the threshold for large-scale construction projects (currently $35 million) would require a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) unless an exception is approved. The Government is considering structuring the IDIQ contracts to provide order-level flexibility for task orders to be placed that are either commercial or non-commercial. If interested in responding to this RFI, please respond by completing and submitting the GSA PBS Large Construction IDIQ RFI Questionnaire no later than 5:00pm Central Standard Time on Monday, October 5, 2026. The form must be completed no later than 5:00pm, Monday, October 5, 2026. All prospective responders are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of all other information pertaining to the RFI and future sources sought or solicitation, if any. NO TELEPHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Attachments: Proposed Zonal Maps PBS Nationwide Large Construction IDIQ Scorecard | Market Research | 236220 | No Set-Aside | 09/17/2026 | 10/05/2026 | Washington, DC | |
10/16/2026: Please be advised that Amendment #1 has been issued. Please refer to the attachments section to access the updated documents. __________________________________________________________________________ The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service, Capital Projects Contracting Division, is pleased to announce the issuance of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a project at the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, situated at 40 Foley Square in New York, NY. This project will include scope to modernize seventeen (17) elevators, as well as upgrade mechanical, electrical and fire protection equipment within the elevator machine rooms. The Courthouse will remain fully operational throughout the duration of the project. To ensure minimal disruption to Government operations, the work must be phased to limit interruptions to operations and any disruptive work must be executed after business hours, predominately work taking place within the elevator shaftways. The selected General Contractor will be required to ensure full compliance with the Government’s requirements for access and security. Additionally, the General Contractor will be required to complete this project in accordance with the construction drawings and specifications that will be issued for this project. The selected General Contractor will be required to ensure full compliance with the Public Buildings Service Interim Core Building Standards, and the U.S. Courts Design Guide. Contract Type: The contract type for this procurement will be Firm-Fixed price. The line item schedule will include a lump sum item for the Base. There will be option line items for this procurement. Price: The total magnitude of this project at award is between $20,000,000 and $40,000,000. Selection and Schedule: This requirement will be competitively procured in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.1–Source Selection Processes and Techniques ((GSA Class Deviation RFO-2025-15) and FAR 36.101-2 (GSA Class Deviation RFO-2025-36)). The awardee will be competitively chosen using best value tradeoff procedures in accordance with FAR Subparts 15.1 and 15.2 (GSA Class Deviation RFO-2025-15). NAICS: This procurement will be conducted under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 236220--Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. The Small Business size standard is an average annual sales and receipts for the past three (3) years that are equal to or less than $45,000,000. All offerors are required to have an active registration in the System for Award Management (www.SAM.gov) at the time of offer submission, and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract. Interested offerors - See all attached solicitation file packages for full details. Some of the solicitation documents are Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). To access these documents your company must request access through www.sam.gov. Proposals for this Solicitation must be submitted via e-mail in portable document format (PDF). Proposals MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN stated due date and time in this solicitation. Inquiries concerning this solicitation must be routed to Contracting Officer Natalia Lugo-Vina at natalia.lugo-vinacruz.gsa.gov. Prospective offerors bear sole responsibility for tracking and retrieving the RFP alongside all associated amendments. | Solicitation | 236220 | No Set-Aside | 10/16/2026 | 12/04/2026 | New York, NY | |
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service, Capital Projects Contracting Division, is pleased to announce the issuance of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a project at the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, situated at 40 Foley Square in New York, NY. This project will include scope to modernize seventeen (17) elevators, as well as upgrade mechanical, electrical and fire protection equipment within the elevator machine rooms. The Courthouse will remain fully operational throughout the duration of the project. To ensure minimal disruption to Government operations, the work must be phased to limit interruptions to operations and any disruptive work must be executed after business hours, predominately work taking place within the elevator shaftways. The selected General Contractor will be required to ensure full compliance with the Government’s requirements for access and security. Additionally, the General Contractor will be required to complete this project in accordance with the construction drawings and specifications that will be issued for this project. The selected General Contractor will be required to ensure full compliance with the Public Buildings Service Interim Core Building Standards, and the U.S. Courts Design Guide. Contract Type: The contract type for this procurement will be Firm-Fixed price. The line item schedule will include a lump sum item for the Base. There will be option line items for this procurement. Price: The total magnitude of this project at award is between $20,000,000 and $40,000,000. Selection and Schedule: This requirement will be competitively procured in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.1–Source Selection Processes and Techniques ((GSA Class Deviation RFO-2025-15) and FAR 36.101-2 (GSA Class Deviation RFO-2025-36)). The awardee will be competitively chosen using best value tradeoff procedures in accordance with FAR Subparts 15.1 and 15.2 (GSA Class Deviation RFO-2025-15). NAICS: This procurement will be conducted under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 236220--Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. The Small Business size standard is an average annual sales and receipts for the past three (3) years that are equal to or less than $45,000,000. All offerors are required to have an active registration in the System for Award Management (www.SAM.gov) at the time of offer submission, and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract. Interested offerors - See all attached solicitation file packages for full details. Some of the solicitation documents are Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). To access these documents your company must request access through www.sam.gov. Proposals for this Solicitation must be submitted via e-mail in portable document format (PDF). Proposals MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN stated due date and time in this solicitation. Inquiries concerning this solicitation must be routed to Contracting Officer Natalia Lugo-Vina at natalia.lugo-vinacruz.gsa.gov. Prospective offerors bear sole responsibility for tracking and retrieving the RFP alongside all associated amendments. | Solicitation | 236220 | No Set-Aside | 10/14/2026 | 12/04/2026 | New York, NY | |
Amendment 0008 is hereby posted. =============================================================================================== Amendment 0007 is hereby posted. =============================================================================================== Amendment 0006 is hereby posted. =============================================================================================== Amendment 0005 is hereby posted. =============================================================================================== Amendment 0004 is hereby posted. =============================================================================================== Amendment 0003 is hereby posted. =============================================================================================== The planned project is to design and construct a U.S. Land Port of Entry that will reflect the critical importance of this crossing as a gateway to the United States of America. The DB scope of work includes all labor and materials required to provide design and construction services for the BOTA LPOE project pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Two-Phase Design Build Selection Procedures and incorporating Art in Architecture Program, and Design-Construction-Operational Excellence policies and procedures. The resultant contract will be firm fixed price. The project is funded under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Phase 1 is complete. The shortlisted offerors were announced via www.sam.gov. Phase 2 RFP is hereby issued under Amendment 0002 with an award anticipated January 2027. This is a negotiated, best value procurement. Any questions regarding this notice shall be directed to the Contracting Officer whose name appears herein. Shortlisted offerors are responsible for monitoring and downloading the solicitation and any potential amendments, if any, to the RFP/solicitation. | Solicitation | 236220 | No Set-Aside | 10/08/2026 | 10/15/2026 | El Paso, TX | |
Amendment 0007 is hereby posted. =============================================================================================== Amendment 0006 is hereby posted. =============================================================================================== Amendment 0005 is hereby posted. =============================================================================================== Amendment 0004 is hereby posted. =============================================================================================== Amendment 0003 is hereby posted. =============================================================================================== The planned project is to design and construct a U.S. Land Port of Entry that will reflect the critical importance of this crossing as a gateway to the United States of America. The DB scope of work includes all labor and materials required to provide design and construction services for the BOTA LPOE project pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Two-Phase Design Build Selection Procedures and incorporating Art in Architecture Program, and Design-Construction-Operational Excellence policies and procedures. The resultant contract will be firm fixed price. The project is funded under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Phase 1 is complete. The shortlisted offerors were announced via www.sam.gov. Phase 2 RFP is hereby issued under Amendment 0002 with an award anticipated January 2027. This is a negotiated, best value procurement. Any questions regarding this notice shall be directed to the Contracting Officer whose name appears herein. Shortlisted offerors are responsible for monitoring and downloading the solicitation and any potential amendments, if any, to the RFP/solicitation. | Solicitation | 236220 | No Set-Aside | 10/05/2026 | 10/15/2026 | El Paso, TX |
Additional Details
Solicitation Number
47PD052026MN
Archive Date
Jun 12, 2026
Office Address
Washington, DC, 20405