Why refurbishment is priced differently from new build
Refurbishment carries a risk new construction does not: nobody knows exactly what is behind the wall. Tender documents in this category are built around that uncertainty. Buyers commission condition and hazardous materials surveys before going to market and issue them with the bid pack, and bidders are normally required to attend a site visit that is a condition of admissibility rather than an option. A price submitted without the site visit is usually rejected, and a price submitted without reading the survey is usually regretted.
The pricing mechanism reflects the same uncertainty. Provisional sums and contingency allowances are written into the bill for work that can be foreseen but not quantified -- structural repair once finishes are stripped, asbestos removal, services that turn out not to match the record drawings. Those sums are expended against instruction and measured at agreed rates, so the rates a bidder offers for opening up and making good can matter more to the final account than the headline tender figure.
The constraint that most often drives cost is occupation. Much of this work happens in buildings that stay in use: schools during term, offices during business hours, wards that cannot close. That produces phased possession, temporary decant space, out-of-hours and weekend working, dust and noise limits, fire and escape route management around a live population, and separate security vetting for operatives. Heritage or listed status adds consents, specified materials and specialist trades on top. Bidders who price the work and not the phasing are the ones who claim for disruption later.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys renovation rehabilitation in United States?
GlobalGov holds 3,698 renovation rehabilitation records from 719 distinct buying organisations in United States. The most frequent publishers are Navfacsyscom Mid-Atlantic (101 records); Navfacsyscom Mid-Atlantic (82 records); 250-Network Contract Office 10 (36C250) (71 records); 250-Network Contract Office 10 (36C250) (52 records); USDA Ars Afm Apd (48 records); 261-Network Contract Office 21 (36C261) (47 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 11% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Navfacsyscom Mid-Atlantic | 101 | 2.7% |
| Navfacsyscom Mid-Atlantic | 82 | 2.2% |
| 250-Network Contract Office 10 (36C250) | 71 | 1.9% |
| 250-Network Contract Office 10 (36C250) | 52 | 1.4% |
| USDA Ars Afm Apd | 48 | 1.3% |
| 261-Network Contract Office 21 (36C261) | 47 | 1.3% |
What are renovation rehabilitation contracts worth in United States?
308 of the 3,698 records publish a contract value. The median is $710,000 and the largest single published value is $1.5B. By size, 60 under $100k, 114 between $100k and $1M, 77 between $1M and $10M, 57 above $10M. The remaining 3,390 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 60 | 19% |
| between $100k and $1M | 114 | 37% |
| between $1M and $10M | 77 | 25% |
| above $10M | 57 | 19% |
How long do bidders get to respond to renovation rehabilitation tenders in United States?
Across the 3,503 United States renovation rehabilitation notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 16 days. A quarter of them allowed 10 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 31. 1,189 of them (34%) closed within a fortnight of being published, so on this market a bidder who reviews notices once a week can lose most of the response window before reading one.
How often are renovation rehabilitation tenders published in United States?
United States publishes about 276 notices a month in this category, 3,318 in the last twelve months. That is 953% more than the 315 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 3,651, spread across 61 separate months of activity since 26 January 2016. April is historically the busiest month. The most recent was published 6 July 2026.
How does United States compare with other renovation rehabilitation markets?
Among the 44 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable renovation rehabilitation market, United States ranks 3rd by number of records. The largest is Kenya (4,730 records against 3,698 here). Within United States itself, renovation rehabilitation is the 11th largest of the 85 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the United States renovation rehabilitation records on this page come from?
These 3,698 records are collected from 3 official sources: SAM.gov (3,678), Simpler.Grants.gov (15), Grants.gov (5). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Open Renovation Rehabilitation tenders in United States
Showing 10 of the 61 notices open in this category today. Openness uses the same definition as the United States market page: active, not marked awarded, cancelled, closed or expired, and either closing in the future or published within the last 90 days with no stated closing date.
Retrofit of Existing Hangar - ADAL Fuel Cell Building 1674
Compound Bathroom Renovations
Replacement of Air Conditioning Systems
FY26 - Maintenance Dredging, Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU)
Presolicitation Synopsis for Grand Forks Fueling System Repairs
General Construction IDIQ MACC
Annual Maintenance Dredging of Morehead City Inner Harbor
GPO G-Street Sidewalk Repair
Maintenance Services at the U.S. Consulate in Florence
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