U.S. General Services Administration
GSA makes sustainable investments at the Melvin Price FB
GSA Contact: Tanya Schusler, tanya.schusler@gsa.gov
Funded by the Inflation Reduction Act as part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda
EAST ST. LOUIS, Illinois – The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced an $880,939 contract award to Supplied Industrial Solutions for repairs at the Melvin Price Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse parking lot in East St. Louis, Illinois. The company is, among other classifications, a Minority-Owned 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned small business, based in Granite City, Illinois.
This award highlights GSA’s commitment to collaborating and building more robust outreach to promote opportunities for small, disadvantaged entities.
The project consists of parking lot repairs using low-embodied carbon asphalt and concrete materials. The work is funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, as part of President Biden’s investing in America agenda.
“The planned work at the Melvin Price Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse is a critical project for building occupants and visitors,” said Denise Maes, Regional Administrator, GSA Great Lakes Region. “GSA is proud to use sustainable building materials while investing in the East St. Louis community.”
The project at the Price building is one of more than 150 projects across the country that GSA announced in November 2023. The work at the building is scheduled to begin in Spring 2025 and completed by Fall 2025.
The announcement furthers the Biden-Harris Administration’s Federal Buy Clean Initiative, under which the federal government is, for the first time, prioritizing the purchase of low-embodied carbon asphalt, concrete, glass and steel that have lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions associated with their production, use and disposal. These investments aim to expand America’s industrial capacity for manufacturing goods and materials of the future, address the climate crisis and create good-paying jobs for American workers.
The Inflation Reduction Act includes $3.4 billion for GSA to build, modernize, and maintain more sustainable and cost-efficient high-performance facilities. This funding includes $2.15 billion specifically for LEC construction materials. GSA’s Inflation Reduction Act projects will implement new technologies and accelerate GSA’s efforts toward achieving a net-zero emissions federal building portfolio by 2045. Through these investments, GSA estimates a total greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 2.3 million metric tons, the same amount that 500,000 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles produce each year.
This project is part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, focused on growing the American economy from the bottom up and the middle-out – from rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure, to creating a manufacturing and innovation boom, to building a clean-energy economy that will combat climate change and make our communities more resilient.
To learn more, visit GSA’s Inflation Reduction Act web page.
About GSA:
GSA provides centralized procurement and shared services for the federal government, managing a nationwide real estate portfolio of nearly 370 million rentable square feet, overseeing over $100 billion in products and services via federal contracts, and delivering technology services that serve millions of people across dozens of federal agencies. GSA’s mission is to deliver the best customer experience and value in real estate, acquisition, and technology services to the government and the American people. For more information, visit GSA.gov and follow us at @USGSA.