Fall Protection Platforms and/or Anchorages

Past New Requirement Updated

Agency
Solicitation expected
Estimated value
$251,000 to $500,000
Set-aside
No set-aside

Forecast facts

Anticipated award
Through
NAICS code
541330 Engineering Services
Place of performance
Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
Forecast number
60624
Points of contact

Forecast details come from the Commerce Department's procurement forecast. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.

About this forecast

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking design and construction services for fall protection platforms and anchorages in Gaithersburg, MD. The contract aims to address current safety challenges where workers are currently climbing on large pipes to access overhead and pipe-mounted valves and equipment without proper work platforms or fall protection measures. The estimated solicitation release date is May 15, 2026, with an anticipated contract award date of August 15, 2026.

The forecasted contract is valued between $251,000 and $500,000 and will be competed under the Engineering Services NAICS code 541330. The contract is expected to be an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) vehicle, with the primary point of contact being Fiona C. Turgeon from NIST, who can be reached at fiona.turgeon@nist.gov. The work will be performed at NIST's facilities in Gaithersburg, Maryland, with the goal of implementing comprehensive fall protection solutions for worker safety.

Forecast text

There is currently a lack of safe access to overhead and pipe-mounted valves/equipment. Workers used to climb onto large pipes and walk on them to access valves. There are no work platforms or fall protection anchorages in this area. We would like to contract out work for designing and building such fall protection measures.

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