Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Amendment 2: Solicitation 36C25227R0001 General Construction MATOC at the VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville, IL
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryOnly service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) can bid. The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contract Office 12 plans at least two multiple award task order contracts (MATOC) for construction at the VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville, Illinois; each winner gets a base contract, then winners compete for each job. Each task order is capped at $3,000,000, with $21,000,000 in total over a five-year ordering period, and the response due date is November 3, 2026, 11:59 PM Central. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 2 of 6 attachments weren't read (S04 site visit october 6.pdf, S04 site visit september 29.pdf). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) can bid. The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contract Office 12 plans at least two multiple award task order contracts (MATOC) for construction at the VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville, Illinois; each winner gets a base contract, then winners compete for each job. Each task order is capped at $3,000,000, with $21,000,000 in total over a five-year ordering period, and the response due date is November 3, 2026, 11:59 PM Central.
Who can bid (4)
- Be a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) with SBA Veteran Small Business Certification, and a small business under the assigned NAICS code, when you send your proposal
- State in your proposal that you are an SDVOSB and a small business under the NAICS code assigned to the acquisition (the solicitation lists NAICS 236220 with a $45 million size standard)
- Minimum bonding capacity of $2,000,000 for the life of the contract
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- Bid bond for the seed project, sent with the offer
How to submit: Return the original and the specified number of copies to the issuing office in Block 8 of the Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442): Great Lakes Acquisition Center, 115 South 84th Street, Suite 101, Milwaukee, WI 53214-1476. There is no public bid opening. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (8)
From the version posted Oct 20, 2026.
- Serious: Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses only. Only SDVOSBs with SBA certification can bid; the offer must state that the firm is an SDVOSB and small under the NAICS code.
- Serious: Bid bond and bonding capacity required. A bid bond is required for the seed project, and winners need at least $2,000,000 in bonding capacity plus payment and performance bonds; a firm without a surety cannot compete.
- Worth checking: Guaranteed minimum is only $2,000. Winning a base contract does not promise work; the Government need not order more than the minimum, and later jobs are competed among the winners.
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- Worth checking: NAICS code differs between SAM.gov and the documents. SAM.gov lists NAICS 238220, while the solicitation lists 236220 with a $45 million size standard; ask the contracting officer which governs.
- Worth checking: Seed project cost range differs between documents. The solicitation gives $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 for the seed project while the notice text gives $1,000,000 to $1,500,000, and neither says it replaces the other.
- Worth checking: Work in occupied buildings and the hospital. Work plans need VA approval first, and outages and shutdowns must be done off-shift, so expect night and weekend labor costs.
- Minor: The site visit was Oct 6, 2026. Check the notice and its amendments for whether attendance was required, and whether another visit is offered.
- Minor: Wage rules set per task order. Payment can be withheld without weekly payrolls that follow the Davis-Bacon Act (construction wage rates) or the Service Contract Act, as applicable.
Read from the notice and 4 attachments. 2 of 6 not read. Show which files.
- 36C25227R0001 0002_1.docx (read)
- S02 36C25227R0001 for 550 MATOC-RB.pdf (read)
- 36C25227R0001 0001_1.docx (read)
- 36C25227R0001.docx (read)
- S04 site visit october 6.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- S04 site visit september 29.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Win a place on the MATOC for maintenance, repair, alteration and new construction work at the Danville VA campus; task orders run from $2,000 to $3,000,000 each
- Price the seed project (the first sample job): Project 550-25-108, renovating bathrooms in Building 103 and Building 64/72, as a lump-sum base proposal plus three alternates that each remove more male restrooms
- The seed project goes to the lowest priced proposal from the MATOC winners, depending on available funds
- Supply all labor, materials, equipment and supervision on each task order, which is firm-fixed-price (FFP): one set price, whatever the work ends up costing
- Work in occupied buildings and the hospital, with VA-approved work plans before any work and off-shift (nights and weekends) work for outages and shutdowns
- Meet VA security rules, including fingerprinting and ID badges for every worker on campus
- Contract type
- New multiple award task order contract (MATOC), an indefinite-delivery contract; each task order is firm-fixed-price (FFP) and individually funded
- Period of performance
- Five-year ordering period from the date of award; each task order sets its own performance period
- Place of performance
- VA Illiana Health Care System, 1900 E. Main Street, Danville, IL 61832
- Estimated value
- Ceiling: $21,000,000 maximum for all task orders and modifications combined; $2,000 to $3,000,000 per task order; $2,000 guaranteed minimum per base contract. The seed project range is $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 in the solicitation (see red flags)
- How they'll choose
- Best-value tradeoff under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15: the agency weighs price against other factors. The evaluation factors section was not in the text read
- Offers due
- November 3, 2026, 11:59 PM Central
- How to submit
- Return the original and the specified number of copies to the issuing office in Block 8 of the Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442): Great Lakes Acquisition Center, 115 South 84th Street, Suite 101, Milwaukee, WI 53214-1476. There is no public bid opening
What to include when you submit
- Complete and sign the SF 1442, the construction solicitation, offer and award form, following its signature rules for individuals, partnerships, corporations, joint ventures and agents
- Send written questions to both Ricky.Bond@va.gov and Kristi.Kluck3@va.gov by October 11, 2026; telephone inquiries are not accepted
- Fill in the seed project pricing schedule: Base Proposal lump sum, plus Alternates 1, 2 and 3
- Include a bid guarantee (such as a bid bond) for the seed project: 20 percent of the bid price or $6,000,000, whichever is less
- Acknowledge each amendment, including Amendment 2, in Block 19 of the SF 1442
- Attend a site visit if possible; both visits cover the same topics and are strongly encouraged, not required
After award, you must have
- Payment and performance bonds from the awardee, each for a penal sum (the amount the surety is bound for) equal to the value of the awarded contract From S02 36C25227R0001 for 550 MATOC-RB.pdf:
Each bond shall be issued for a penal sum…
- OSHA 10-hour construction safety course for all workers and the 30-hour course for the competent person, with documents given to the contracting officer before any work From S02 36C25227R0001 for 550 MATOC-RB.pdf:
…completed the 30-hour OSHA certified construction safety course.
- Fingerprinting and a VA ID badge for every worker on the Danville campus before working there From S02 36C25227R0001 for 550 MATOC-RB.pdf:
All contractors working at Danville VAMC shall be fingerprinted…
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The Government intends to award at least two base contracts and reserves the right to award more.
Not in the notice text
- Part of the solicitation PDF (S02 36C25227R0001 for 550 MATOC-RB.pdf) was not read: its table of contents puts the MATOC RFP preparation instructions and the basis for award and evaluation factors in the middle section. The two site visit PDFs (September 29 and October 6) are scanned files that were attached but not read.
- The evaluation factors, their order of importance, any page limits and the proposal volumes are not in the text read.
- Which forms go back with the offer: the attachment list names contractor general information, subcontractor information and consent, a past performance client questionnaire, contractor safety and experience modification rate (EMR), and a VAAR 852.219-75 certification.
- The seed project statement of work, specifications, drawings and its wage decision (IL20250002) are listed as attachments but were not in the text read, so the exact Davis-Bacon wage rates are not known.
- The time allowed to finish the seed project and how offers are delivered (portal, email or mail) are not stated in the text read.
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 to submit, from the AI summary: Return the original and the specified number of copies to the issuing office in Block 8 of the Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442): Great Lakes Acquisition Center, 115 South 84th Street, Suite 101, Milwaukee, WI 53214-1476. There is no public bid opening. 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 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- 252-Network Contract Office 12 (36C252), Milwaukee, WI
- Product/service code
- Z2DA · Repair or Alteration of Hospitals and Infirmaries
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238220)
- Versions
6 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026 · Amendment 0003 (this version)Due Nov 3, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 22, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Oct 22, 2026
- Sep 22, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 22, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 21, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Oct 21, 2026
- Sep 21, 2026 · SolicitationDue Oct 21, 2026 (changed)
- May 28, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Aug 17, 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 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
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