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This solicitation requests quotes for a firm fixed-price construction contract to perform structural steel beam rust remediation at the National Cold-Water Marine Aquaculture Center in Franklin, Maine. The United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service seeks to award a single contract valued between $1 million and $5 million, with a period of performance of 365 days from the notice to proceed. The contractor must furnish payment and performance bonds for awards exceeding $150,000. The solicitation is set aside for small businesses and has a NAICS code of 236220 for commercial and institutional building construction, with a small business size standard of $36.5 million. The contractor must use biobased products where reasonably available and meeting standards. The agency will evaluate proposals based on past performance, technical merit, and price using the best value tradeoff process.