Presolicitation
NRM CONST - 528A7-18-707 - Replace Boiler Stack Rome CBOC
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThis is a pre-solicitation notice: the Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 02 plans to post solicitation 36C24227R0008 on SAM.gov on or about October 30, 2026 (passed), for the Replace Boiler Stack project at the Rome Community Based Outpatient Center (CBOC) in Rome, New York. The work is demolishing two boiler exhaust stacks, one generator steam relief stack and the masonry chimney, sealing the roof, and installing new steel stacks and supports. It is a total small business set-aside with an estimated construction value of $500,000 to $1,000,000, and a bid bond will be required. More in the summary
Advance notice of a coming solicitation, not a bid yet. If it asks for capability statements, sending one is free and puts you on Department of Veterans Affairs's list before the solicitation is posted. See the contact
A newer version of this notice was posted Nov 2, 2026. It moves the due date from Oct 28, 2026 to Dec 2, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 14, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 2, 2026. The due date moved from Oct 28, 2026 to Dec 2, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. The notice looks incomplete: The solicitation itself is not posted yet: the specifications, drawings, contract forms, evaluation method and the actual offer due date are expected on SAM.gov on or about October 30, 2026. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
This is a pre-solicitation notice: the Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 02 plans to post solicitation 36C24227R0008 on SAM.gov on or about October 30, 2026 (passed), for the Replace Boiler Stack project at the Rome Community Based Outpatient Center (CBOC) in Rome, New York. The work is demolishing two boiler exhaust stacks, one generator steam relief stack and the masonry chimney, sealing the roof, and installing new steel stacks and supports. It is a total small business set-aside with an estimated construction value of $500,000 to $1,000,000, and a bid bond will be required.
Who can bid
- Small business under NAICS 238220 (Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors), with a size standard of $19 million; this is a 100 percent small business set-aside
- Bid bond (a guarantee from a surety that you will sign the contract if you win) to respond to the solicitation; the amount is not stated
How to submit: By email only to the contract specialist, Ryan Seburn, Ryan.Seburn@va.gov, due October 28, 2026, 10:00 AM Eastern. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
- Serious: Small businesses only. This is a total small business set-aside under NAICS 238220 with a $19 million size standard, so larger firms cannot bid.
- Serious: Bid bond required. You need a bid bond from a surety before you can respond, which takes time and credit standing to arrange; the bond amount will be in the solicitation.
- Minor: Site visit details not yet given. A site visit is scheduled, but when and whether it is required will only be stated in the solicitation, so watch for it when the documents are posted.
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- Minor: No mailing list or attendee list will be provided. The contract specialist will not prepare a list of interested firms or site visit attendees, so teaming with others means finding them yourself, and you are responsible for catching every amendment on SAM.gov.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- 36C24227R0008.docx (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Demolish two existing boiler exhaust stacks and one generator steam relief stack
- Demolish the concrete and masonry chimney structure and seal the existing roof
- Build and install two new steel boiler exhaust stacks and their steel support structure
- Install one new steel generator exhaust pipe
- Supply all labor, materials, tools, equipment and supervision for project 528A7-18-707
- Place of performance
- Rome Community Based Outpatient Center (CBOC), 125 Brookley Road, Rome, NY 13441
- Estimated value
- $500,000 to $1,000,000 (the notice's estimated construction value)
- Offers due
- October 28, 2026, 10:00 AM Eastern (from the version posted Oct 14, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- By email only to the contract specialist, Ryan Seburn, Ryan.Seburn@va.gov
What to include when you submit
- Wait for the solicitation: the notice says it will be posted on SAM.gov on or about October 30, 2026, with the specifications, drawings and contract forms in electronic form only
- Get and acknowledge every amendment, and attach the acknowledgments to your proposal; amendments are posted on SAM.gov and not mailed
- Send a bid bond with the offer; the notice says bid bonding will be required once the solicitation is released
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation itself is not posted yet: the specifications, drawings, contract forms, evaluation method and the actual offer due date are expected on SAM.gov on or about October 30, 2026
- The bid bond amount and the bonding requirements for the award
- Contract type, performance period or completion time, and wage rate requirements
- The date, time and whether attendance is required for the site visit
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 238220
- How to submit, from the AI summary: By email only to the contract specialist, Ryan Seburn, Ryan.Seburn@va.gov. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Construction contracts over $2,000 pay at least the local Davis-Bacon wage rates, from the wage determination in the solicitation. Price your labor from it: How to price a government contract, and how Davis-Bacon differs from the Service Contract Act.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- 242-Network Contract Office 02 (36C242), Albany, NY
- Product/service code
- Z1DA · Maintenance of Hospitals and Infirmaries
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238220)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 2, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Dec 2, 2026 (changed)
- Nov 2, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 30, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 14, 2026 · Presolicitation (this version)Date Oct 28, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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