33330226RF0010043 INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) Planned Maintenance and Inspection Services for Environmentally Controlled Walk-In Units
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
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Where this opportunity stands
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What the notice says
AMENDMENT 002 - See attachments below. AMENDMENT 001 - See attachments below. The Smithsonian Institution is providing this Notice of a Pending Solicitation. The Smithsonian will be seeking Proposals for Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Planned Maintenance and Inspection Services for Environmentally Controlled Walk-In Units. The applicable North American Industry Classification Codes (�NAICS�) is 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, size standard is $45 million. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. Background: The Smithsonian Insti… (show all)
tution (SI) facilities contain approximately seventy (70) Environmentally Controlled Walk-In (ECWs) units of various manufacturers. The ECWs encompass diverse operating conditions and house items such as national collections, specimens, animal food and medicine, preparatory lab items, necropsy products, artifacts, low radioactive material, photographs, biobank material, pest control items, DNA, somatic cells, tissues, blood products, artifacts, germplasm (sperm and eggs), embryos, waste products, as well as other animals, plant, and soil products that support SI�s mission. The ECWs are mechanically diverse with differing electrical supply voltages, refrigerant systems, sizes, purposes, and environmental controls. Period of Performance: The initial period of performance is for one (1) year from the date of award. The Smithsonian Institution hereby reserves the right to renew the resultant contract with the selected Contractor(s) for nine (9) additional one (1) year periods. Locations: SI has a requirement to provide ECWs with routine Planned Maintenance and Inspection (PM&I) for facilities in the following locations: � Washington, DC � Suitland, MD � Front Royale, VA � Edgewater, MD � Chantilly, VA � Landover, MD (Pennsy Drive) Questions/Clarifications: Kindly submit all questions and clarifications in Word format, with each set of questions numbered sequentially. For example, the first set should be numbered 1, 2, 3, the second set 4, 5, 6, to grantCA@si.edu . It is requested that all questions be sent in by Thursday, March 5, 2026 3:00PM ET. Responses will be posted on SAM.gov. Tour of Site: A site visit will of some locations will be scheduled for Tuesday, February 24th at 9:00 AM. Perspective offerors are to meet at Smithsonian�s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute Staff Parking Lot C 3001 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington, DC 20008 No questions pertaining to the RFP will be answered at the site visit. Submittals must be delivered 3:00 PM ET on April 30, 2026 to Dropbox Link: https://www.dropbox.com/request/bMAb8AqJqT6NQe6w8dSu Only the information provided by the contractor will be considered for the award. No contractor websites will be viewed.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 236220.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christman Company | 1 | $18.6M | Sep 3, 2025 |
| GRUNLEY CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. | 1 | $12.0M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| KAPP-CON INCORPORATED | 1 | $10.8M | Sep 3, 2025 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.
- Sep 29, 2026GRUNLEY CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.$12.0MUpgrade Sanitary and Storm Systems at the National Museum of Natural History
- Sep 3, 2025KAPP-CON INCORPORATED$10.8MSmithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO) Dormitory Replacement
- Sep 3, 2025Christman Company$18.6MSmithsonian institution's National Museum of Natural History Renovate Baird Auditorium
Competitive landscape
For the 3 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
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- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 0 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
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- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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