GSA PBS put its D.C. construction vehicle on the street, and reserved two thirds of the seats

On September 25 GSA PBS issued the solicitation for its D.C. Metro Area multiple award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for construction services. It had been a presolicitation since September 10. Offers are due October 29 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern. The maximum ordering limit is $500 million across all task orders to all holders over five years, one base year and four one-year options, with no maximum per contractor and none per performance period. The general task order range is $350,000 to $10 million, under NAICS 236220 with a $45 million size standard. The geography is all of Washington, D.C.; Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church in Virginia; and Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in Maryland, and GSA reserves the right to expand it.

The structure is the part worth reading twice. The procurement is a total small business set-aside with reserves. GSA intends to award approximately 18 contracts, including a target of 12 reserves — three each for 8(a), HUBZone, women-owned small business and service-disabled veteran-owned small business — while keeping the right to make more, fewer or no awards. On that target, two thirds of the seats sit in socioeconomic lanes and six are open to any small business. How the reserves are competed is not in the notice: GSA points to the solicitation document, which is the first thing to read if you hold one of those four certifications.

The stated scope reaches into laboratories, sensitive compartmented information facilities, high-security data centers and critical infrastructure control systems, alongside office renovation, mechanical, electrical and plumbing work, facades, roofs, elevator modernization and hazardous material abatement. Awards are anticipated in February 2027.