THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL NOTICE ONLY The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Pacific West Area Office has a construction requirement to replace six existing rooftop air handling units with new units at USDA-ARS-PWA Horticultural Crops Research Unit 3420 NW Orchard Avenue Corvallis OR 97330. The Contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, materials, supplies, transportation and supervision performing all required work in accordance with the plans and specifications for this requirement. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.204 the magnitude of this construction project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. USDA will issue a Firm Fixed Price Construction Contract. The Request for Proposal (RFP), 12905B23R0021, may be issued on or around 22 August 2023. The requirement will be a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside, under NAICS Code 236220 with a size standard of $45M. Information concerning the REE policies and procedures regarding the definitization of equitable adjustments for change orders under construction contracts and the time required for definitization of those actions per 15 U.S.C. 644 is available at https://www.ars.usda.gov/afm/apd/acquisitions/. Completion timeframe for the resulting contract is to be determined. The RFP will be accessible via https://sam.gov/ in the "Contracting Opportunities" section. Potential Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for release of the RFP package and any amendments. All offerors shall have an active status of registered with the System for Award Management Registration per FAR Clause 52.204-7 and 52.204-8 or their offer will not be considered for award. No paper copies of the solicitation will be mailed and telephone requests will not be honored. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.