Norquest Conservation Studio LLC

Norquest Conservation Studio LLC, a woman-owned small business sole proprietorship based in Winchester, Virginia, provides specialized conservation treatment and restoration of historical artifacts to federal agencies and cultural institutions as a prime contractor operating full-and-open (no set-asides used across recent awards).

The vendor's federal footprint is concentrated among three customer agencies. The Smithsonian Institution dominates with four awards totaling $63 thousand in combined potential value across exhibitions and general artifact preservation work. The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Overseas Building Operations has awarded one contract worth $3.1 thousand for ceramic object conservation treatment destined for the America 250 Exhibit, scheduled for completion by September 30, 2027. The U.S. Marine Corps placed one small-business set-aside purchase order for $5.92 thousand in leather artifact conservation services. All six awards in the recent footprint are firm fixed-price purchase orders; no subcontract work, IDVs, or grant participation is present in the source data.

Norquest's concrete capability portfolio centers on conservation treatment of ceramics, leather artifacts, and historical objects for museum exhibitions and federal commemorative initiatives. Recent representative work includes the $3.11 thousand State Department ceramic conservation purchase order for the America 250 Exhibit, a $18 thousand Smithsonian object conservation purchase order awarded April 10, 2025, an $11.25 thousand Smithsonian conservation services purchase order for the Trunk Tales exhibition awarded October 1, 2024, and a $5.92 thousand Marine Corps leather artifact conservation purchase order awarded June 27, 2024.

Award activity is sparse and episodic — one award in 2017, one in 2019, two in 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2026 — with no recurring annual pattern. All six awards (combined potential value $72 thousand) are obligated. One award worth $3.1 thousand faces ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months.