# Construction of addition to BSL-3 lab Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/jr1147758 - Solicitation number: JR1147758 - Notice type: Sources sought - Status: Closed. Deadline was April 14, 2025 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 - Place of performance: Ames, Iowa - County: Story County (FIPS 19169). https://abierto.us/counties/story-county-ia-19169 - City: Ames. https://abierto.us/cities/ames-ia-1901855 - First posted: March 25, 2025 - Last posted: March 25, 2025 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/53d4307602df4678906406cd47af9ce3/view ## Description Sources-Sought Notice for Animal and Zoonotic Disease Center, Ames, Iowa The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service anticipates advertising a project to construct a building addition that will house an Animal and Zoonotic Disease Center laboratory. This biosafety level-3 lab addition on the campus of USDA’s National Centers for Animal Health in Ames, Iowa, would comprise approximately 13,500 square feet. The project includes a crawl space of approximately 6,400 sf beneath the BSL-3 lab spaces, incorporating 2,200 sf of office space, and converting another building, which houses the current Mycobacteriology lab, into a storage facility. The NAICS code for this project is 236220, with a small business size standard of $45 million. The estimated magnitude of the project is more than $10 million. If your firm has experience in the construction of BSL-3 or -4 labs, experience in the commissioning of major capital improvement projects, including BSL-3 lab space, and you’re interested in this project, please provide the following information: your detailed experience in the construction and commissioning of BSL-3 or -4 labs of a similar size and scope; company name, UEI, telephone number; physical address, email address, website; business size and type of ownership (woman-owned small business, 8(a), HUBZone small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business). Submit the above information to james.g.roloff@usda.gov by 12 p.m. CT, April 14, 2025. There is no solicitation at this time. This request for information does not constitute a request for proposals. Submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary. The government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. Whether a solicitation is posted on this site is dependent on the availability of funding. Should a solicitation be posted, it will specify proposal evaluation criteria that includes offerors’ demonstrated experience in the construction and commissioning of BSL-3 or -4 labs. Offerors with this experience would be rated more favorably than those without. Based on the responses to this sources-sought notice/market research, this requirement may be set aside for small businesses or procured through full and open competition. No feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. ## Publications - March 25, 2025: Sources sought, due April 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 53d4307602df4678906406cd47af9ce3. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/53d4307602df4678906406cd47af9ce3/view ## Points of contact - Jim Roloff, james.g.roloff@usda.gov, 6125907603 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/jr1147758.