Third Party Special Inspection Services

The District of Columbia (“District”) Department of General Services (“Department” or “DGS”) is issuing this Request for

Proposal (“RFP”) to solicit Contractors (“Contractor or Consultant”) approved by the District’s Department of Buildings (DOB)

to provide special inspection services for the Department’s portfolio of projects. The Consultant shall provide special inspection

and material testing services in accordance with Applicable Document No. 1, District of Columbia Third Party Program

Procedure Manual 2018 (Revised April 14, 2023) and Applicable Document No. 2, DOB Special Inspections Policy Manal.  In

addition, the Contractor shall utilize the DOB’s Tertius platform, Applicable Document No. 3, for project registration, scheduling

of all inspections, geolocation feature, reporting of meeting minutes/testing and inspections results (approvals and

rejections)/unsafe conditions, and final reporting.

Project Details

• Reference ID: DCAM-26-CS-RFP-0002B
• Department: Contracts and Procurement
• Department Head: Eric Njonjo (Deputy Chief Procurement Officer)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-04-07T20:00:00.000Z
• Pre-Proposal Meeting: 2026-03-31T18:00:00.000Z — DGS Headquarters 1st Floor - Chuck Brown Conference Room

Addenda

• Addendum #1 (released 2026-03-23T20:32:21.375Z) —

  Addendum No. 1 is being issued and is effective upon release. Except as modified hereby, all terms and conditions of this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) remains unmodified.

  Item No. 1: The Solicitation Schedule is hereby modified as follows: 

  • Pre-proposal Conference has been rescheduled from March 26, 2026, at 2:00 PM EST to March 31, 2026, at 2:00 PM EST.

  Please use the See What Changed link to view all the changes made by this addendum.

• Official Notice #1: Announcement #1 - Pre-proposal Conference (released 2026-03-28T19:22:58.832Z)
• Addendum #2 (released 2026-04-01T01:27:32.599Z) —

  Addendum No. 2 is being issued and is effective upon release. Except as modified hereby, this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) remains unmodified.

  Item No. 1:  The attendance/ Sign-In sheet from the Pre-proposal conference conducted on March 31, 2026, by 2:00 P.M. EST at the Department of General Services ("DGS") building, located at 3924, Minnesota Avenue, Washington, DC 20019 is hereby attached to this Addendum as Exhibit A.

  Item No. 2:  The Pre-proposal conference Presentation is hereby attached to this Addendum as Exhibit B.

  Item No. 3: The Solicitation Timeline is hereby modified as follows: 

  • The Question Submission Deadline has been extended from April 2, 2026, at 4:00 PM EST to April 7, 2026, at 4:00 PM EST.
  • The Proposal Submission Deadline has been extended from April 21, 2026, 2:00 PM EST to April 28, 2026, at 2:00 PM EST.

  Please use the See What Changed link to view all the changes made by this addendum.

Evaluation Criteria

• Important Instructions for Electronic Submittal —

  The Department of General Services (DGS), DC is accepting electronic bid submissions. Bidders shall create a FREE account with OpenGov Procurement by signing up at https://procurement.opengov.com/signup. Once you have completed account registration, browse back to this page, click on "Submit Response", and follow the instructions to submit the electronic bid.

• Project Details —

  Refer to the Attachments section to download project documents.

Submission Requirements

• Vendor's Response Upload (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE Proposal here (excluding pricing).

• Vendor's Pricing Upload (required)
• Evaluation Committee? (required) —

  Will there be an evaluation committee to review the proposals and score them based on weights and multiple criteria?

• How would you like to receive vendor pricing? (required)