Presolicitation
Corinth National Cemetery, 838CM3036 – Gravesite Expansion and Cemetery Improvements
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryOnly service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid on this planned construction job for the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration. The work expands burial space and builds an administration and maintenance facility at Corinth National Cemetery in Corinth, Mississippi. The solicitation, an invitation for bid (IFB: a sealed-bid request), is expected on or about January 15, 2027. Bids are due 30 calendar days after it is published, and the work is to take 365 calendar days after the notice to proceed. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 4 attachments weren't read (3-838CM3036_Corinth NC_BD Plans.pdf). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid on this planned construction job for the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration. The work expands burial space and builds an administration and maintenance facility at Corinth National Cemetery in Corinth, Mississippi. The solicitation, an invitation for bid (IFB: a sealed-bid request), is expected on or about January 15, 2027. Bids are due 30 calendar days after it is published, and the work is to take 365 calendar days after the notice to proceed.
Who can bid
- Must be a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB); the job is a total SDVOSB set-aside
- Small business size standard for NAICS 237990 is $45.0 million
How to submit: Not stated; the full solicitation, specifications and drawings will be posted on SAM.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 18, 2026.
- Serious: SDVOSB set-aside: only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses can bid. A business that is not an SDVOSB cannot bid as the prime contractor.
- Worth checking: Pre-bid site meeting planned; date and whether it is required not stated. The scope of work says a site meeting will be held before bids, and the specifications say bidder visits are by appointment only, so ask the Cemetery Director how to attend.
- Worth checking: Burials come first and work hours are limited. Work stops near burial services and before holidays such as Memorial Day, and is allowed only on weekdays, which can slow the schedule.
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- Minor: Visits to the site by appointment only. Bidders cannot just walk the site; arrange a visit with the Cemetery Director.
- Minor: Stormwater permit with contractor as operator. The contractor is the operator under a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, a water-pollution control permit, and carries compliance duties.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments. 1 of 4 not read. Show which files.
- S02_36C78626B0023 Presolicitation Notice.docx (read)
- 3-838CM3036_Corinth NC_BD Specifications.pdf (read)
- SOW_Corinth_GSE and Cem Improvements.pdf (read)
- 3-838CM3036_Corinth NC_BD Plans.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Gravesite expansion: site development for in-ground cremains burial sections to add burial capacity for the next 15 years (CLIN 0001, the single priced line of the bid)
- Demolish the existing lodge and maintenance facilities
- Build a combined administration and maintenance facility with public restrooms, a committal service shelter, and a fenced maintenance yard with a materials storage structure
- Install new site furnishings and wayfinding signage, turf and landscaping, new irrigation, and improvements to the existing irrigation system
- Secure all needed permits, protect existing roads, utilities and vegetation, and repair any damage the work causes
- Work only 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, and send a daily progress summary with at least 10 photos to the contracting officer's representative (COR)
- Give a one-year warranty on materials and workmanship from the date of acceptance
- Contract type
- Fixed-price construction contract by invitation for bid (IFB), one line item (CLIN 0001, general construction)
- Period of performance
- 12 months or 365 calendar days after receipt of Notice to Proceed
- Place of performance
- Corinth National Cemetery, 1551 Horton St, Corinth, MS 38834
- Estimated value
- Construction magnitude between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000, as the presolicitation notice states
- How they'll choose
- Invitation for bid (IFB), a sealed-bid method. How the award is decided isn't stated in the text read.
- How to submit
- Not stated; the full solicitation, specifications and drawings will be posted on SAM.gov
What to include when you submit
- No response is required to this presolicitation notice
- Bids are due 30 calendar days after the solicitation is published
After award, you must have
- Before work starts, provide proof that an OSHA certified competent person will be on site whenever the general contractor or subcontractors are present From 3-838CM3036_Corinth NC_BD Specifications.pdf:
Prior to commencing work, general contractor shall provide proof that…
- Before work starts, every employee of the general contractor and subcontractors needs the 10-hour OSHA construction safety course, and training records go to the VA for approval From 3-838CM3036_Corinth NC_BD Specifications.pdf:
…have successfully completed the 10-hour OSHA certified…
- Secure all necessary permits, including any environmental permit From SOW_Corinth_GSE and Cem Improvements.pdf:
Contractor shall secure all necessary permits including any environmental permit required to…
Not in the notice text
- The full solicitation is not posted yet. It is expected on or about January 15, 2027 on SAM.gov, and the bid due date, bid form, bonding and award rules are not in the text read.
- Bid documents attached but not fully read: the plans PDF (too large) and the middle of the specifications PDF. Check them on SAM.gov.
- Site meeting: no date or place is given, and the text read does not say whether attending is required.
- Wage rule: the text read does not say whether a Davis-Bacon wage determination applies; check the solicitation when it is posted.
- Bid bond, performance bond and payment bond requirements are not stated in the text read.
- Whether there's a site visit: this summary doesn't say. Check the solicitation and its amendments on SAM.gov.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) certified through SBA's VetCert can bid as the prime contractor. Not certified through VetCert yet? Apply on VetCert (SBA), or start with the SDVOSB guide. More open service-disabled veteran-owned set-asides under NAICS 237990
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Not stated; the full solicitation, specifications and drawings will be posted on SAM.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 18, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- National Cemetery Admin (36C786), Quantico, VA
- Product/service code
- Y1PZ · Construction of Other Non-Building Facilities
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237990)
- Versions
5 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 18, 2026 · Amendment 0004 (this version)No date on SAM.gov
- Oct 18, 2026 · Amendment 0003No date on SAM.gov
- Aug 24, 2026 · Amendment 0002No date on SAM.gov
- Jun 23, 2026 · Amendment 0001No date on SAM.gov
- Apr 21, 2026 · PresolicitationNo date on SAM.gov
- 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
- Open SDVOSB set-aside contracts
- SDVOSB and veteran-owned contracts
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, SDVOSB (service-disabled veteran-owned small business), Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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