Solicitation
Con | Z2DA | Replace Chiller 1 B104 | 580-24-111 | Solicitation
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryOnly service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid. The VA's Network Contract Office 16 is buying construction to remove and replace Chiller 1 in Building 104 at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, TX (project 580-24-111, solicitation 36C25626R0131), over 180 calendar days. The magnitude is $2,000,000 to $5,000,000, and SAM.gov gives the response due date as December 8, 2026, 2:00 AM Central. More in the summary
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Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid. The VA's Network Contract Office 16 is buying construction to remove and replace Chiller 1 in Building 104 at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, TX (project 580-24-111, solicitation 36C25626R0131), over 180 calendar days. The magnitude is $2,000,000 to $5,000,000, and SAM.gov gives the response due date as December 8, 2026, 2:00 AM Central.
Who can bid (4)
- Service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), verified with SBA VetCert and registered there under NAICS 238220
- Registered in SAM with online representations and certifications completed before the due date
- Small under NAICS 238220's size standard of $19 million in average annual receipts
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- Bid bond with the proposal; performance and payment bonds from the awardee
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 30, 2026.
- Serious: SDVOSB set-aside. Only SDVOSBs verified in SBA VetCert can bid, and at least 15 percent of personnel cost must go to your own or other SDVOSB employees.
- Serious: Bonding required. A bid bond comes with the proposal and performance and payment bonds after award, on a $2 million to $5 million job, which needs real bonding capacity.
- Worth checking: Notice type conflict. SAM.gov lists this as a Solicitation, but the text calls itself only a Pre-Solicitation Notice, so confirm whether the RFP and documents are posted yet.
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- Minor: Unusual due time. SAM.gov shows 2:00 AM Central as the due time, so check the time in the RFP itself.
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Full summary
What they want
- Remove and replace the chiller in Building 104, per the issued-for-construction drawings and specifications
- General construction, demolition, architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and HVAC work the documents call for
- All supervision, labor, material, tools and equipment
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) construction contract
- Period of performance
- 180 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed
- Place of performance
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Building 104, Houston, TX
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction between $2,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00
- Offers due
- December 8, 2026, 2:00 AM Central
What to include when you submit
- Submit a bid bond with the proposal
- Keep the proposal open for acceptance for 90 days
- Download the specifications and drawings from SAM.gov and check often for amendments; hard copies will not be mailed
- Send questions only after the solicitation is published
Not in the notice text
- The RFP, drawings and specifications are posted on SAM.gov and not in the notice text, so evaluation factors and submission instructions are not known here
- Whether there is a site visit and whether it is required
- Which Davis-Bacon wage determination applies
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 238220
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- 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 30, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- 256-Network Contract Office 16 (36C256), Ridgeland, MS
- Product/service code
- Z2DA · Repair or Alteration of Hospitals and Infirmaries
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238220)
- 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 respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Open SDVOSB set-aside contracts
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, SDVOSB (service-disabled veteran-owned small business), Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES. The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) in Houston, Texas, has a requirement titled "Replace Chiller 1 B104” for project number 580-24-111, per issue for construction Drawings and Specifications. This acquisition will be solicited pursuant to the Veterans' First Public Law 109-461 as a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (SDVOSB). At least 15 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel shall be spent on the concern's employees or the employees of other eligible SDVOSB concerns. Please do not send questions to this notice as it is only a Pre-Solicitation Notice. Questions will be accepted only after the solicitation has been published. A Firm-Fixed Price construction contract award is anticipated. Contractor shall furnish all supervision, labor, material, tools, and equipment to remove and replace chiller in Building 104. Work includes general construction, demolition, architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC and certain other items as required by provided construction documents. The period of performance will be 180 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed. Solicitation documents, including specifications and drawings, are available electronically on this website. Hard copies will not be mailed. The solicitation will be issued as a Request for Proposals (RFP). INTERESTED PARTIES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF ACTIONS INCLUDING POSTING OF THE SOLICITATION AND ANY AMENDMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, OFFERORS ARE ADVISED TO CHECK THE SITE FREQUENTLY AS THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING AMENDMENTS TO THE SOLICITATION NOTICE. A 90-day proposal acceptance period will be required. A bid bond must be submitted with the proposal. Performance and Payment bonds will be required from the contractor receiving the award. The magnitude of construction is between $2,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. North American Industrial Classification Standard (NAICS) code assigned to this construction project is 238220 with a small business size standard of $19 million in average annual receipts for the past three (3) years. Offerors shall be registered with SBA VetCert at Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov), in System for Award Management (SAM) database at www.sam.gov and have completed online Representations and Certifications prior to the solicitation due date. Offerors shall be registered with the NAICS code assigned to this acquisition in VetCert.
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