# Renovate Building 6403 Containment Lab

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/12639526q0184

- Solicitation number: 12639526Q0184
- Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation
- Status: Closed. Deadline was September 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Agriculture
- Agency: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Contracting office: MRPBS Minneapolis MN (126395)
- NAICS: 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- Product or service code: Y1JZ Construction Of Miscellaneous Buildings
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Edinburg, Texas
- County: Hidalgo County (FIPS 48215). https://abierto.us/counties/hidalgo-county-tx-48215
- City: Edinburg. https://abierto.us/cities/edinburg-tx-4822660
- First posted: July 10, 2026
- Last posted: September 2, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/54f0ea09b48b4a818249fc0b0ae4b7e1/view

## Description

The Science and Technology Mission Lab’s Arthropod Quarantine (AQ) Facility is a high security containment facility intended to support biological control programs, new insect strain developments, and invasive species testing.

The facility consists of an AQ office, receiving lab, identification lab, three other laboratories, three main hallways, twelve walk-in environmental growth chambers (EGCs), two EGC walkways, a headhouse/potting area adjacent to five separately controlled greenhouses, extended greenhouse foyer, a pot and clothing washing area, storage area, lunchroom, emergency exit room, secured-access exterior autoclave room, interior autoclave room, separate male & female dressing rooms with showers, bathrooms, ante-room, sign-in room, and foyer.

The facility needs major renovation. The project will upgrade mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and refresh interior finishes. Site visit attendance sheet is posted below. RFIs and Responses, and amendment 1 with its attachments are posted below. More RFIs and responses posted below.

Amendment 2 and its atttachments are posted below, along with an updated RFI log. An asbestos survey is being conducted and results will be posted next week.

Amendment 3 is posted below.

Amendment 4 is posted below, along with the first asbestos test results. More test results are forthcoming and will be posted here.

Amendment 5 and its atttachments are posted below.

## Publications

- July 10, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice e4a014cc1b76448fbe3942f2e8da737f. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e4a014cc1b76448fbe3942f2e8da737f/view
- July 30, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 87015d4668df46c5b7a165a9b69664ed. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/87015d4668df46c5b7a165a9b69664ed/view
- August 13, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 860aaa3586ef481b9b513c38bdc887cc. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/860aaa3586ef481b9b513c38bdc887cc/view
- August 14, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice a6f85b3deeba4dd7b3beadd067a234e3. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a6f85b3deeba4dd7b3beadd067a234e3/view
- August 20, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 93a5385b5b0c4328948a3e909626edb8. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/93a5385b5b0c4328948a3e909626edb8/view
- August 21, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 31, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 4eed46627a624351a07e8d967b28d546. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/4eed46627a624351a07e8d967b28d546/view
- August 27, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due September 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 0749f49e68c04569b84b91f6a4957b4e. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0749f49e68c04569b84b91f6a4957b4e/view
- September 2, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due September 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 54f0ea09b48b4a818249fc0b0ae4b7e1. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/54f0ea09b48b4a818249fc0b0ae4b7e1/view

## Points of contact

- Jim Roloff, james.g.roloff@usda.gov

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