Bronze Door Restoration

The Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center seeks services to restore historic bronze doors at the Stewart Lee Udall Building in Washington, DC, with quotes due May 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time. This is a total small business set-aside under NAICS 238350 (Finish Carpentry Contractors), with a small business size standard of $19 million.

Place of performance is the Stewart Lee Udall Building, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC. Work covers cleaning, polishing, and sealing bronze door thresholds and patinated and polished metal doors and associated hardware at two locations (C Street and E Street entrances). The base requirement includes 10 door thresholds and 10 patinated door leaves; Option 1 adds 10 interior polished metal door leaves; Option 2 adds 10 additional interior polished metal door leaves and 10 additional thresholds at E Street. Work must comply with the GSA Specification for Cleaning and Applying Protective Coatings to Bronze Architectural Elements (updated February 27, 2026) and is restricted to nighttime and weekend hours (Monday–Thursday 9 PM to 6 AM, Friday 9 PM through Monday 6 AM), with C Street and E Street work unable to occur simultaneously.

The contractor must maintain a supervisory employee with a minimum of five years historical preservation experience onsite at all times, possess HSPD-12 compliant identification, submit detailed work plans and six-inch-by-six-inch mockups for government review, and provide Quality Control, Management, and Health and Safety Plans as part of the quote. No bonding is required. The period of performance extends from May 15, 2026 to June 30, 2026 (or within 60 days of award). Evaluation is lowest-price technically acceptable without exchanges. Questions are due April 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET. An organized site visit is scheduled for April 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM at the C Street entrance. Amendment 0001 updated the performance work statement, provided Q&A responses, and extended the closing date.