SOURCES SOUGHT
Title: Atrium Replacement at Chickamauga Visitor Center, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Project: CHCH 315696
Notice ID: 140P5126R0014
Posted Date: September 9, 2026
Response Date: October 9, 2026
Set Aside: TBD – Market Research Only
NAICS Code: 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
Size Standard: $45,000,000.00
1. DISCLAIMER
This Sources Sought Notice is issued for market research and acquisition-planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation, Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Quote (RFQ), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or commitment by the Government.
The Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation or award a contract as a result of this notice. Responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this notice.
Information received may be used by the Government to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy, including whether the anticipated requirement should be set aside for one or more small business programs.
2. AGENCY INFORMATION
Department of the Interior
National Park Service
Contracting Operations (ConOps) East
Point of Contact:
Edward Dingle, Jr.
Edward_dingle@ios.doi.gov
3. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT
The Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS), is conducting market research to determine the availability and capability of qualified construction contractors to perform the Atrium Replacement at the Chickamauga Visitor Center, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, Project CHCH 315696.
The contemplated project generally consists of replacement of the existing Visitor Center atrium, limited parking-lot modifications, reconfiguration of the north and south plazas, and associated fire-protection, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, communications, fire-alarm, architectural, structural, civil/site, and landscape improvements.
The work is anticipated to be performed under a single prime construction contract and includes multiple interdependent construction disciplines requiring significant coordination by the prime contractor.
Major elements of work include, but are not necessarily limited to:
• Selective demolition and demolition of the existing Visitor Center atrium.
• Construction of the replacement atrium, including structural, architectural, roofing, building-envelope, curtain-wall/glazing, entrance, and interior-finish work.
• Civil, landscape, parking, pedestrian pathway, paving, grading, earthwork, stormwater, and related site improvements.
• Fire-protection modifications, including dry-pipe sprinkler-system work.
• Plumbing and facility drainage improvements.
• HVAC/mechanical modifications, including associated piping, ductwork, equipment, controls, supports, vibration/seismic requirements, and testing and balancing.
• Electrical modifications, including demolition, conductors, raceways, grounding, panelboards, wiring devices, lighting, and associated electrical distribution work.
• Fire-alarm, communications, and related life-safety systems.
• Temporary facilities and controls, environmental protection, construction waste management, testing, commissioning, project documentation, and closeout.
The specifications separately identify contract line items covering site demolition, demolition of the existing Visitor Center atrium, civil and landscape improvements, construction of the new atrium, fire-sprinkler upgrades, plumbing/drainage upgrades, mechanical improvements, and electrical improvements.
Occupied Facility and Public Access
The work will occur at an active National Park Service visitor facility. Areas outside the construction limits are expected to remain occupied by NPS personnel and accessible to park visitors. Construction activities must therefore be planned and coordinated to protect employees and the public, maintain access and required exits, and minimize disruption to park and Visitor Center operations.
Temporary construction controls include fencing, barriers, and separation of construction activities from occupied/public areas.
The project also contains requirements concerning historic-preservation treatment, protection of existing resources, ground-disturbing activities, construction scheduling, quality control, environmental protection, fire/life-safety continuity, and multidisciplinary construction coordination.
Accordingly, the Government is particularly interested in determining whether firms—especially qualified small businesses—possess the experience, personnel, subcontractor resources, bonding capacity, and management systems necessary to serve as the prime contractor and integrator for the complete multidisciplinary requirement.
4. SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS OF INTEREST
The Government is seeking capability statements from firms under the applicable NAICS code 236220, including:
• Small Business
• Small Disadvantaged Business
• 8(a) Business Development Program Participant
• HUBZone Small Business
• Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)
• Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB)
• Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB)
• Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE)
• Other eligible socioeconomic categories
• Large Business
Responses will assist the Government in evaluating the availability of capable firms and determining an appropriate acquisition strategy.
5. REQUESTED INFORMATION
Interested firms should submit a capability statement addressing the following information.
i. Business Information
Name of Firm: ______________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________
Phone Number: ______________________________________
Email Address: ______________________________________
UEI Number: ________________________________________
Cage Code: __________________________________________
Business Size Under NAICS 236220: _____________________
SAM Registration Status:
☐ Yes/Active ☐ Yes/Inactive ☐ No
ii. Size Status/SBA Certification
Mark all that apply:
☐ Small Business
☐ Small Disadvantaged Business
☐ 8(a)
☐ HUBZone
☐ Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)
☐ Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB)
☐ Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB)
☐ Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE)
☐ Other: __________________________
☐ Large Business
iii. Relevant Prime-Contractor Experience
Provide information for up to three comparable projects completed or substantially completed within the past five years.
For each project, provide:
a. Project name and location.
b. Contract number, if applicable.
c. Customer/owner and current point of contact.
d. Original and final contract value.
e. Period of performance.
f. Whether your firm performed as the prime contractor, joint-venture member, or subcontractor.
g. Approximate percentage of work self-performed.
h. Number and types of major subcontractors/trades managed.
i. Description of the work performed and explanation of why the project is comparable to this requirement.
The Government is particularly interested in projects involving visitor centers, museums, historic buildings, public/institutional facilities, or other occupied facilities involving multiple architectural, structural, civil/site, building-envelope, MEP, fire-protection, electrical, and life-safety disciplines under a single prime contract.
iv. Bonding and Financial Capacity
Provide:
a. Single-project bonding capacity.
b. Aggregate bonding capacity.
c. Largest construction project for which the firm has obtained performance and payment bonds.
d. Name of surety or bonding agent, if available.
v. Technical and Management Capability
Describe your firm's capability to serve as the prime/general contractor responsible for managing, coordinating, and integrating multiple construction disciplines on a project of similar size, scope, and complexity.
Address the following areas:
a. Multi-Trade Construction Integration and Coordination
Describe experience managing projects involving architectural, structural, civil/site, fire-protection, plumbing, HVAC/mechanical, electrical, fire-alarm, and communications work.
The project specifications require coordination drawings addressing architectural, structural, mechanical, plumbing, fire-protection, fire-alarm, and electrical elements, including ceiling/plenum coordination, mechanical rooms, structural penetrations, embedded items, electrical equipment, and fire-protection piping. The detailed coordination of these systems is the Construction Contractor's responsibility.
For comparable projects, describe:
1. Number and types of major subcontractors/trades managed;
2. Methods used to coordinate architectural, structural, MEP, and life-safety systems;
3. Experience identifying and resolving conflicts between trades; and
4. How coordination activities were incorporated into the construction schedule.
b. Construction in Occupied and Publicly Accessible Facilities
Describe experience performing major construction or renovation while the facility remained occupied or open to employees, visitors, customers, or the public.
Address experience with:
1. Maintaining public and employee access;
2. Construction barriers and separation;
3. Maintenance of required exits and life-safety systems;
4. Utility and system shutdown coordination;
5. Dust, noise, debris, and vibration control;
6. Construction traffic and deliveries; and
7. Coordination with facility operations.
c. Historic-Preservation Construction
Describe experience performing construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or demolition involving historic buildings, historic materials, National Park Service facilities, National Register properties, or similarly sensitive resources.
The specifications require preservation planning addressing staging and sequencing, disassembly and reassembly techniques, equipment and tools, skilled trades and crafts, anticipated testing and analysis of historic fabric, protective measures, seasonal limitations, and alternative treatment methods.
Existing historic materials must also be protected during construction, and temporary protections may not deface or remove existing materials.
Identify whether your firm or proposed subcontractors have personnel with specialized historic-preservation experience.
d. Archeological and Ground-Disturbing Work
Describe experience managing excavation, grading, foundations, utilities, or other ground-disturbing construction at historic, archeologically sensitive, park, or environmentally sensitive sites.
Address procedures used to:
1. Control and document ground-disturbing work;
2. Protect cultural or archeological resources;
3. Respond to unexpected discoveries;
4. Coordinate with owner/cultural-resource personnel; and
5. Protect existing survey monuments, benchmarks, and site features.
The specifications require existing benchmarks, control points, land corners, and triangulation points to be preserved, with written permission required before removal of interfering monuments.
e. Fire-Protection and Life-Safety Coordination
Describe experience managing sprinkler, fire-alarm, and other life-safety system modifications as part of an occupied-building renovation.
The specifications require sprinkler-system engineering, fabrication, installation, calculations, and testing by qualified personnel and identify compliance with NFPA 13 and NFPA 24.
Existing sprinkler service serving occupied facilities cannot be interrupted without advance notification and written authorization, and temporary sprinkler service may be required.
Describe experience coordinating shutdowns, temporary protection, inspections, testing, commissioning, and restoration of service.
f. CPM Scheduling and Construction Sequencing
Describe your firm's ability to develop and maintain a Critical Path Method (CPM) construction schedule for a multi-trade construction project.
The specifications require a baseline schedule associated with the Schedule of Values and CPM reports containing activity descriptions, cost/resource loading, durations, early/late dates, and total float. Schedule revisions may require Time Impact Analyses and Fragmentary Networks (Fragnets).
The contractor's designated scheduler is required to have prepared and maintained at least five previous schedules of similar size and complexity and demonstrate proficiency in scheduling software.
Indicate whether qualified scheduling personnel are currently available within your organization or would be obtained through a subcontractor or consultant.
g. Quality Control, Testing, and Special Inspections
Describe experience implementing formal construction quality-control procedures on federal or similarly complex institutional construction.
Address experience coordinating:
1. Submittals and shop drawings;
2. Delegated designs;
3. Manufacturer requirements;
4. Preparatory and follow-up inspections;
5. Independent testing;
6. Special inspections;
7. Deficiency tracking and corrective actions; and
8. Testing and closeout documentation.
The specifications identify structural special inspections involving high-load shear walls, anchoring within the seismic-force-resisting system, and wood-frame construction at the high-roof area.
h. Environmental Protection and Construction Controls
Describe experience implementing environmental protection measures at federal, park, historic, or environmentally sensitive sites.
Address experience with erosion and sediment controls, storm-drain protection, construction waste, pollution prevention, dust control, protection of existing vegetation/landscaping, and management of construction-generated materials.
The specifications include measures to protect landscaping, and storm drains and to prevent construction solids and pollutants from entering drainage systems.
i. Prime Contractor Organizational Capability
Describe the project-management organization your firm would anticipate using for a project of this nature.
Identify whether the following functions would be performed by company personnel or subcontracted/consultant personnel:
Project Manager; Superintendent; Quality Control; Site Safety; CPM Scheduling; Historic Preservation; Environmental Compliance; MEP Coordination; and Fire-Protection Coordination.
Describe the firm's experience managing submittals, RFIs, coordination drawings, schedules, testing and inspection documentation, project records, commissioning/closeout activities, and communications with a federal Contracting Officer.
vi. Small-Business Prime Contractor Capability
Small business respondents should specifically address their capability to perform this requirement as the prime contractor.
If your firm is a small business under the applicable NAICS code, provide:
a. A statement as to whether your firm believes it can successfully perform the complete contemplated requirement as the prime contractor.
b. Construction disciplines your firm anticipates self-performing.
c. Major portions of work anticipated to be subcontracted.
d. Whether your firm currently has established relationships with qualified subcontractors capable of performing the anticipated structural, glazing/curtain-wall, roofing, fire-protection, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, fire-alarm, civil/site, landscape, and specialty historic-preservation work.
e. Whether your firm anticipates competing independently or through a joint venture, mentor-protégé joint venture, or other teaming arrangement.
f. The largest comparable project your firm has successfully managed as the prime contractor, including contract value, approximate self-performance percentage, and number of major subcontractors/trades managed.
g. Your firm's ability to obtain the bonding necessary for a project of comparable size.
h. Your firm's anticipated ability to comply with applicable limitations on subcontracting if the acquisition is set aside for small business.
i. Any aspect of the contemplated requirement that could materially limit your firm's ability to compete or perform as the prime contractor.
j. Any acquisition, packaging, scheduling, phasing, or solicitation approach the Government should consider to facilitate meaningful competition among capable small-business prime contractors.
vii. Self-Performance and Subcontractor Availability
All respondents should identify:
a. Work anticipated to be self-performed.
b. Major work anticipated to be subcontracted.
c. Availability of qualified subcontractors in the project region for major specialty disciplines.
d. Any specialty trade or material for which limited market availability could affect competition, price, or schedule.
e. Any anticipated long-lead materials or equipment.
viii. Project Schedule and Constraints
Based on your firm's experience with projects of comparable scope and complexity, provide:
a. Recommended overall construction period.
b. Significant sequencing or phasing considerations.
c. Major long-lead materials/equipment.
d. Potential constraints associated with maintaining Visitor Center and park operations.
e. Any seasonal, environmental, historic preservation, or specialty-trade constraints that could materially affect the construction schedule.
ix. Interest in Future Solicitation
State whether your firm intends to compete for this requirement if a solicitation is issued.
Identify the anticipated role:
☐ Prime Contractor
☐ Joint Venture
☐ Mentor-Protégé Joint Venture
☐ Subcontractor
☐ Other: ______________________
If your firm does not intend to compete as a prime contractor, briefly identify the principal reason(s).
6. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Responses shall be no longer than five (5) pages, excluding the completed business information and certification portion if provided as a separate form, and shall be submitted electronically in PDF format.
The Government is primarily interested in concise, project-specific information demonstrating actual capability. General marketing literature is discouraged.
Submit responses to:
edward_dingle@ios.doi.gov
The subject line shall read:
“Sources Sought Response – Chickamauga Visitor Center Atrium Replacement, CHCH 315696”
Responses are due no later than:
October 09, 2026.
The Government anticipates that any future solicitation will be posted electronically to SAM.gov. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring SAM.gov for subsequent notices regarding this requirement.
7. QUESTIONS
Questions regarding this Sources Sought Notice may be submitted by email to the contracting point of contact identified above.
The Government may elect to provide responses to questions to all interested parties when the information is considered relevant to the market research.
8. NOTICE
This Sources Sought Notice is for informational, market-research, and acquisition-planning purposes only and does not constitute an RFP, RFQ, IFB, or commitment to issue a solicitation.
Submission of a capability statement is voluntary. The Government will not reimburse respondents for costs associated with preparing or submitting a response.
Information obtained through this notice may be used to develop the Government's acquisition strategy, including assessment of the availability of responsible small-business concerns capable of performing the contemplated requirement as prime contractors.
