Safety Shower and Eyewash Corrections Phase 1
Contract Overview
Solicitation details, issuing organization, response deadlines, documents, and interested companies for this government contract opportunity.
AI Contract Overview
The contract entails a Design-Build project aimed at correcting and bringing into compliance the emergency safety showers and eyewash fixtures across multiple buildings on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Boulder, Colorado. This initiative follows an annual assessment that revealed numerous fixtures failing to meet the ANSI Z358.1-2014 standard, primarily due to deficiencies during simultaneous operation of shower and eyewash combinations. While some corrective actions have already been addressed by NIST staff, certain buildings including Building 22, Building 25, Building 42 (Central Utility Plant), Building 1, and Building 2 require contracted construction services to address remaining issues. The project’s base scope focuses on Building 22, with four additional option contract line item numbers (CLINs) covering the other facilities. The contractor is responsible for evaluating existing recommendations, confirming their feasibility, developing engineered designs, and executing all construction work to ensure full compliance with the relevant safety standards. The Department of Commerce, through NIST’s Office of Facilities and Property Management, oversees this effort to maintain a safe campus environment that includes laboratories, office spaces, and utility areas. The work will take place exclusively at the NIST Boulder campus, with responses to the solicitation due by June 23, 2026. This procurement is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 238220, covering plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contractors.
General Info
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Place of Performance
Boulder, CO, 80305, USASet-Aside
Timeline
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Organization & Contact Information
Full Description
June 12, 2026 - added attachment for site visit attendance
REFER TO ATTACHMENTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING SOLICITATION: 1. 1333ND26RNB190015 Eyewash Phase 1 NIST Boulder CO.pdf, and 2. OFPM Site Standards.zip
Background Information
The Department of Commerce (DOC) campus is a research and development complex located at 325 Broadway in Boulder, Colorado. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the primary occupant, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) also have a presence on campus. NIST’s Office of Facilities and Property Management (OFPM) is responsible for maintaining and renovation of spaces which consist of laboratories, office space and facilities maintenance areas throughout the campus.
Annual testing of safety showers and eyewashes across campus have shown a significant number of fixtures failing to meet the ANSI Z358.1-2014 (Emergency Eyewash & Shower Standard), mostly shower/eyewash combination fixtures that fail during simultaneous operation. OFPM conducted a study which identified deficient fixtures, determined the cause of failure, and recommended necessary actions to bring the fixtures into compliance.
Purpose
Many of the deficiencies identified have been remedied by NIST OFPM employees completing the recommended corrective actions. However, the scope in some buildings/areas is large enough to warrant contracted construction: Building 22 (B22), Building 25 (B25), Building 42 (B42/Central Utility Plant – CUP), Building 1 (B1), and Building 2 (B2) all have emergency fixtures needing attention. The intent of this project is to remedy the remaining deficiencies such that all emergency fixtures are compliant with ANSI Z358.1-2014. This Design-Build project is structured with B22 as the base scope and four option CLINs for the other abovementioned areas. Recommendations presented in this SOW and supporting documents are intended to be an optional starting point. Additional design and coordination will be necessary to proceed with any of the recommendations. It is the responsibility of the contractor to evaluate and confirm the viability of the recommendations, provide an engineered design, and execute the construction to successfully bring all fixtures within project scope into compliance.
PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: NIST Boulder Campus, Boulder, CO