Demolition, site work and new construction of a laboratory facility in Murphy, Idaho. Completed plans call for the demolition of a laboratory facility; for the construction of a laboratory facility; and for site work for a laboratory facility.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Pacific West Area (PWA) Western Regional Research Center has a requirement for the replacement of the burned Weir building at 20117 Upper Reynolds Creek Road near Murphy, ID 83650. The Contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, and supervision performing all required work in accordance with the plans and specifications for this requirement. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.204 the magnitude of this construction project is between $25,000 and $100,000. USDA will issue a Firm Fixed Price Construction Contract. The requirement will be 100% set aside for Small Businesses, under NAICS Code 238190 with a size standard of $19M. Information concerning the REE policies and procedures regarding the definitization of equitable adjustments for change orders under construction contracts and the time required for definitization of those actions per 15 U.S.C. 644 is available at https://www.ars.usda.gov/afm/apd/acquisitions/. SITE VISIT: A site visit is scheduled for Wednesday June 28, 2023, at 10.00 a.m. Mountain Time. See Section L.5 of attached solicitation for more information and RSVP instructions. PROJECT LOCATON USDA ARS PWA NWRC 20117 Upper Reynolds Creek Road Murphy, ID 83650 Potential Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for any amendments. All offerors shall be registered with the System for Award Management Registration per FAR Clause 52.204-7 and 52.204-8. No paper copies of the solicitation will be mailed, and telephone requests will not be honored. All questions pertaining to this solicitation, including questions that arise during the site visit, must be submitted to Theodore.blume@usda.gov 5:00 p.m. PDT, Thursday, 6 July 2023. Questions that are not submitted in writing or that are not submitted by this deadline above may not receive a response. Questions/answers discussed at the site visit will not be binding on the resultant contract unless submitted in writing and incorporated into the solicitation by amendment. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.