Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Replace Dental Vacuum Piping
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryOnly verified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid: the Department of Veterans Affairs wants the dental vacuum piping replaced at the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System in North Las Vegas, NV. Award goes to the lowest price for one firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) contract of about 180 calendar days from notice to proceed (NTP). The response due date is November 17, 2026, 12:00 PM Pacific (3:00 PM Eastern), by email, and a bid bond is due with the quote. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 2 of 9 attachments weren't read (Attachment - SOW Appendices Drawings 09-11-26.pdf, Attachment - Stamped Drawings 9-24-26.pdf). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only verified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid: the Department of Veterans Affairs wants the dental vacuum piping replaced at the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System in North Las Vegas, NV. Award goes to the lowest price for one firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) contract of about 180 calendar days from notice to proceed (NTP). The response due date is November 17, 2026, 12:00 PM Pacific (3:00 PM Eastern), by email, and a bid bond is due with the quote.
Who can bid (4)
- Service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) set-aside: verified as an SDVOSB in the SBA database (VetCert/DSBS) and registered in SAM.gov when the quote is submitted and before award. Other firms' quotes will not be considered
- Active SAM registration with current online representations and certifications
- Bid bond (bid guarantee) submitted with the quote
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- Signed VAAR 852.219-75 certificate of compliance with the limits on how much work an SDVOSB may subcontract
How to submit: Email only to David Rovner (david.rovner@va.gov), with a copy to Charee Harris (charee.harris@va.gov). The subject line must cite RFQ: 36C26127Q0072, Replace Dental Vacuum Piping at VA Las Vegas Medical Center. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (12)
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Serious: Open to verified SDVOSBs only. Quotes from firms that are not verified SDVOSBs when they submit, and again before award, are rejected.
- Serious: Bid bond required with the quote. A quote without a bid bond is eliminated, so you need a surety lined up before the response due date. The bond amount is in a part of the instructions that was not read.
- Worth checking: Lowest price wins; incomplete price breakdown is dropped. Award is on price alone, and a quote missing labor and material breakdowns for the required specification divisions is not evaluated.
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- Worth checking: Liquidated damages of $1,715 per day. If work is not done within the 180 calendar days, the contractor pays $1,715 for each day of delay.
- Worth checking: 45-day hard window in the Pulmonary Suite. All work in that suite must finish within 45 days with continuous ICRA Level IV dust and infection controls, and the VA may charge liquidated damages if it runs over.
- Worth checking: After-hours work only. No work may happen during clinical hours, so labor costs more; the price sheet has a separate line for premium after-hours work.
- Worth checking: Separate full-time key staff. The superintendent, project manager, site safety and health officer and QA/QC manager must be four different people, and a full-time safety officer with 3 years of construction safety experience is required each shift.
- Worth checking: Date passed (Jul 29, 2026): Davis-Bacon wages apply. Davis-Bacon wage determination NV20260091 (July 29, 2026) sets the minimum pay for workers on this job.
- Minor: Work in an operating hospital with asbestos. The dental suite stays open, and the contractor must handle any asbestos-containing material in the work area using traditional or glovebag methods only.
- Minor: Pre-solicitation site visit highly encouraged. The text does not call the visit mandatory. Its date and how to sign up are in the instructions to quoters; the SOW says to arrange it with the contracting officer and the contracting officer's representative.
- Minor: Questions due before the response due date. Questions go on the RFI form by email; answers are posted as amendments on SAM.gov.
- Minor: Statement of work carries a different solicitation number. The SOW heading shows 36C26126Q1261 while the solicitation is 36C26127Q0072; ask the contracting officer to confirm the SOW applies.
Read from the notice and 7 attachments. 2 of 9 not read. Show which files.
- 36C26127Q0072_2.docx (read)
- Attachment - Specifications.pdf (read)
- Attachment - SOW revised 10-08-26 36C26127Q0072.pdf (read)
- Attachment - Quote Pricing Breakdown RFQ No. 36C26127Q0072.docx (read)
- Attachment - RFQ 36C26127Q0072_1.docx (read)
- Attachment - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION RFI FORM 36C26127Q0072.docx (read)
- Attachment - Wage Determination NV20260091 07-29-2026.pdf (read)
- Attachment - SOW Appendices Drawings 09-11-26.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment - Stamped Drawings 9-24-26.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Remove the old dental vacuum piping and install new piping from the pumps in the basement, up through the first floor (Pulmonary Suite and Eye Clinic), to the dental suite and rooftop exhaust on the second floor
- Do the related general construction: demolition, architectural changes, fire protection, plumbing, mechanical, electrical and telecommunications work, then restore the areas
- Keep the dental suite working by closing one dental bay at a time, following the VA's phasing diagrams exactly
- Finish all Pulmonary Suite work inside a 45-day window under Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) Level IV; work in the Eye Clinic corridor only after hours
- Do all work outside clinical hours (6:00AM to 6:00PM, Monday through Friday) and price labor as after-hours labor
- Pay for third-party inspections and testing, commission the new systems, and remove any asbestos-containing material inside the work area
- Submit plans and records after award: sequencing plan, site logistics plan, schedule within 10 calendar days of NTP, quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) plan, safety plan, and a Procore project site
- Staff the site with a separate superintendent, project manager, site safety and health officer (SSHO) and QA/QC manager, and get VA identity badges for workers (30 to 45 days expected)
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP) construction contract, single award, price only
- Period of performance
- About 180 calendar days from NTP, including pre-construction work, testing, third-party inspections and commissioning
- Place of performance
- VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, 6900 North Pecos Blvd., North Las Vegas, NV 89086
- Estimated value
- VA gives the project's magnitude as between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price. The Government plans to award without discussions to the responsible quoter with the lowest price; no other factors are evaluated
- Offers due
- November 17, 2026, 12:00 PM Pacific
- How to submit
- Email only to David Rovner (david.rovner@va.gov), with a copy to Charee Harris (charee.harris@va.gov). The subject line must cite RFQ: 36C26127Q0072, Replace Dental Vacuum Piping at VA Las Vegas Medical Center
What they'll judge offers on
- Price only: a detailed price breakdown showing labor and materials for every specification division, for the general contractor and all subcontractors; incomplete breakdowns are not evaluated
What to include when you submit
- Include a cover letter of at least one page
- Include the detailed price breakdown worksheet (Quote Price Breakdown), with labor and material pricing for each specification division and for subcontractors, plus third-party inspections as a line item
- Send a complete copy of the solicitation, with every page, all representations and certifications completed, and acknowledgment of every amendment
- Include the completed and signed VAAR 852.219-75 limitations on subcontracting certificate
- Include one bid bond (bid guarantee) as a scanned copy with the raised seal clearly visible, emailed by the response due date; mailed bonds are not accepted
- No single file may exceed 7MB; send several emails if needed
- Show you are verified as an SDVOSB in the SBA database and registered in SAM.gov
- Send questions on the RFI form, one document for all questions, by email
After award, you must have
- Payment bond and certificate of insurance from the winning firm within 10 calendar days of award From Attachment - RFQ 36C26127Q0072_1.docx:
…the successful contractor is required to submit payment…
Not in the notice text
- Parts of the solicitation, specifications, statement of work and wage determination were attached but only partly read, and the stamped drawings and scanned appendix drawings were not read. Check them on SAM.gov for the site visit date, bid bond amount and wage rates
- The date, time and sign-up steps for the pre-solicitation site visit are in the Instructions to Quoters, which were only partly read
- The bid guarantee amount is in Section 2.2 of the solicitation, which was not fully read
- Whether a performance bond is also required is not clear; the SF 1442 form's checkboxes couldn't be read, so check the form on SAM.gov
- The number of days the Government has to accept a quote is not clear from the form 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 236220
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email only to David Rovner (david.rovner@va.gov), with a copy to Charee Harris (charee.harris@va.gov). The subject line must cite RFQ: 36C26127Q0072, Replace Dental Vacuum Piping at VA Las Vegas Medical Center. 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 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- 261-Network Contract Office 21 (36C261), Mather, CA
- Product/service code
- Z1DZ · Maintenance of Other Hospital Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0002 (this version)Due Nov 17, 2026
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 17, 2026
- Oct 19, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Nov 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
This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for a construction requirement to Replace Dental Vacuum Piping for the VA Las Vegas Medical Center (SNVAHCS) located in North Las Vegas, NV. Quotes shall be submitted only by email to David Rovner, Contract Specialist at email: David.rovner@va.gov and cc d to Charee Harris, Contracting Officer at email Charee.Harris@va.gov , by 12:00 PM PDT on November 17, 2026. Quoters are advised to pay special attention to the sub mission instructions specified in FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Quoters are advised to pay special attention to the sub mission instructions specified in Instructions to Quoters 36C26127Q0072. This requirement is a total set-aside for eligible SDVOSB contractors and will be solicited as a price only procurement. Quotes will only be accepted from certified SDVOSB contractors who are registered in SAM.GOV and SBA's VETCERT at the time the offer is submitted and prior to award. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, and the small business size standard is $45 Million. IAW FAR 36.204, the magnitude of the project is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000. 00. The duration of this project is approximately 180 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed (NTP). **Any quotes received from quoters not mentioned above will not be accepted.** Potential Quoters must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for an award (See Internet Site https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/). Potential Quoters must also have a current Online Representations and Certification Application on file with SAM. See www.Sam.gov , Solicitation No. 36C26127Q0072 if interested.
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