Department of State Design/Build Construction Services for New Embassy Compound in Tallinn, Estonia

The Department of State's Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations seeks Design-Build Construction Services for a New Embassy Compound in Tallinn, Estonia. This full and open competition is subject to the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, as amended by the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act Section 7214. Key requirements include maintaining active SAM.gov registration throughout the procurement process and obtaining or being eligible for a Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency Secret Facility Clearance with Secret safeguarding capability; notably, foreign firms are ineligible for facility clearances, and firms determined to be under Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence may face ineligibility unless DCSA-approved mitigation actions are implemented. The acquisition will follow a two-phase competitive process: Phase I, for Minimum Mandatory Requirements eligibility determination, is scheduled for release on SAM.gov on or about April 13, 2026, and Phase II technical and pricing proposals will be issued only to offerors determined eligible or conditionally eligible in Phase I. Selected offerors will be invited to attend a mandatory pre-proposal conference and site visit within 10-15 days of Phase II RFP issuance.

This opportunity carries no set-aside designation and involves no identified incumbent contractors. The estimated Design-Build construction cost ranges from $250 to $395 million on a firm fixed-price basis. The project encompasses approximately 14,627 gross square meters of facilities on 1.5 hectares in the Uus Maailm Sub-District, including a chancery building (approximately 10,077 GSM), support annex with maintenance and vehicle shops (approximately 1,386 GSM combined), compound access control facilities (approximately 538 GSM), a mail screening facility, utility building (approximately 1,508 GSM), marine security guard residence (approximately 1,103 GSM), and parking spaces (approximately 1,115 GSM total). The contractor must develop bridging documents to 100 percent final design and complete all construction work, providing comprehensive design and construction services including architecture, civil, structural, geotechnical, seismic, blast, mechanical, electrical, telecommunication, and fire protection engineering, as well as sustainable design, space planning, and physical and technical security services.