Building Automation System Maintenance

The United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is seeking quotations for building automation system maintenance and support services at the National Center for Applied Plant Protection (NCAPP) facility in Laurel, Maryland. The contractor must provide factory-authorized service by a certified technician trained in both Distech Controls and American Auto-Matrix building automation systems, including inspection, testing, system-wide backup, and maintenance on a complex control system managing critical equipment for BSL-2 and BSL-3 containment operations. Key qualifications require the technician to hold current certifications in both Auto-Matrix and Distech Controls, possess site-specific knowledge of the 176-unit controller system, maintain Distech Controls authorization, and pass a Security Risk Assessment and Select Agent training. The government will evaluate quotations using a lowest price, technically acceptable approach, with only the lowest-priced quote initially evaluated for technical acceptability, considering price realism analysis and past performance with references. Quotations must be submitted by April 8, 2026, at noon Central Time to james.g.roloff@usda.gov, and quote packages must include a completed price schedule, demonstration of relevant experience, and past performance information with detailed references.

This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside with a small business size standard of $34 million, and no incumbent contractor is identified in the solicitation documents. The contract is structured as a firm-fixed price service purchase order consisting of a base year plus two option years, with the base year requiring 960 hours of annual technician labor at a bidder-quoted hourly rate, 50 hours of after-hours and emergency repair work at a quoted hourly rate, and specialized controllers on a not-to-exceed basis of $24,000 annually. The work will be performed at the NCAPP facility in Calverton, Maryland 20705, with normal hours scheduled from 6:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and a minimum two-day work week (approximately 80 hours monthly), supplemented by 50 additional overtime hours for 24/7 emergency response capability. The contractor must supply critical spare parts for both American Auto-Matrix and Distech controllers and maintain the facility's mission-critical building automation system to ensure 24/7 operational stability and prevent containment breaches of agricultural Select Agents.