# Lab Renovation, National Centers for Animal Health, Ames, IA Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/jr1153996 - Solicitation number: JR1153996 - Notice type: Presolicitation - Status: No response deadline - 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: Y1DB Construction Of Laboratories And Clinics - 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: June 10, 2025 - Last posted: June 10, 2025 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/fcf8c7a8cbba4384a784b7408ca6cecb/view ## Description The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has 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. Construction will be procured on an unrestricted basis. The estimated magnitude of the project is more than $10 million. The solicitation will be posted on or about June 24, 2025. It is the responsibility of interested parties to monitor this site for the solicitation and amendments, if any. Questions concerning this synopsis should be directed to Jim Roloff, contracting officer, at james.g.roloff@usda.gov. ## Publications - June 10, 2025: Presolicitation. Notice fcf8c7a8cbba4384a784b7408ca6cecb. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/fcf8c7a8cbba4384a784b7408ca6cecb/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/jr1153996.