Solicitation
561-26-104 Repair Operating Room (OR) & Bathroom Leaks
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryOnly certified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid, per the solicitation text; SAM.gov states no set-aside. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contract Office 02, for the East Orange VA Medical Center, wants operating room (OR) floors and a leaking third-floor bathroom repaired in New Jersey. Work must finish 99 calendar days after the notice to proceed (NTP: the Government's go-ahead to start). The response due date is November 4, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
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The notice looks incomplete: Parts of 36C24226R0128_1.docx (the solicitation) and Specifications - Project 561-26-104.pdf were attached but not read, including the Past Performance and Price factor details and other bidder instructions. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only certified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid, per the solicitation text; SAM.gov states no set-aside. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contract Office 02, for the East Orange VA Medical Center, wants operating room (OR) floors and a leaking third-floor bathroom repaired in New Jersey. Work must finish 99 calendar days after the notice to proceed (NTP: the Government's go-ahead to start). The response due date is November 4, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern.
Who can bid (7)
- Be a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB): the solicitation is 100% set aside for them, and the business must be verified or certified in the Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Search at the time of submission and before award
- Be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) with a Unique Entity Identifier at the time of submission and before award
- Submit the annual Vets4212 Report
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- Bid guarantee (SF 24) with the offer if the price is over $150,000
- Signed limitations on subcontracting certificate and Buy American certificate with the proposal
- Identify a resinous flooring installer or subcontractor with the qualifications the flooring specification requires
- Before award, show evidence of general liability insurance with no asbestos exclusion; minimums are $500,000 general liability per occurrence, and auto liability of $200,000 per person, $500,000 per occurrence and $20,000 property damage
How to submit: Email to Contract Specialist Delfo Saco Mizhquiri at Delfo.Saco-mizhquiri@va.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (14)
From the version posted Oct 21, 2026.
- Serious: Set aside for SDVOSBs only. Only certified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses can bid; SAM.gov states no set-aside, so check the solicitation and ask the contracting officer if unsure.
- Serious: Bid guarantee and bonds above $150,000. The expected size is $100,000 to $250,000, so a price over $150,000 needs a bid guarantee with the offer and payment and performance bonds if you win.
- Serious: Manufacturer-certified flooring installers. Each worker who installs the resinous floor must hold the product maker's certification, and you must prove it for every worker.
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- Serious: Nine-day OR turnover window. All flooring in both operating rooms, including curing, must fit into one fixed window, with the rooms ready at 7:00 AM the morning after.
- Worth checking: After-hours work in a working hospital. OR demolition and all work in room 2-220A must be done after hours, which raises labor cost and scheduling effort.
- Worth checking: The site visit was Oct 24, 2026. Check the notice and its amendments for whether attendance was required, and whether another visit is offered.
- Worth checking: Certificates due with the proposal. The signed limitations on subcontracting and Buy American certificates must arrive with the offer; the subcontracting form says offers without it are not considered. The posted form shows the 75 percent special trade box marked; confirm with the contracting officer which limit applies.
- Worth checking: Insurance proof before award. The winning bidder must show general liability insurance with no asbestos exclusion before award.
- Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wage rates apply. A Davis-Bacon wage determination (federal construction pay rates) for building work in Essex County, New Jersey is attached, so workers must be paid at least those rates.
- Minor: Amendment 0001 changes site visit rules. Bring and wear your own disposable protective attire to enter the OR areas during the site visit, and acknowledge the amendment with your proposal.
- Minor: Infection control paperwork. Work near sterile areas must follow VA infection control and life safety documentation, with barriers and negative air.
- Minor: Security badges take about three weeks. Workers need a VA security badge with fingerprinting before full access, so start the process early.
- Minor: 99 days covers submittals and equipment lead time. The 99 calendar days include the roughly 60-day submittal and delivery phase, weekends and holidays.
- Minor: Site visit wording differs between documents. The specifications say bidder visits are by appointment with the Engineering Officer, while the solicitation sets one scheduled visit; ask the contracting officer which governs.
Read from the notice and 7 attachments. Show which files.
- 36C24226R0128 0001.docx (read)
- 36C24226R0128_1.docx (read)
- Specifications - Project 561-26-104.pdf (read)
- VAAR 852.219-75 LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING CERTIFICATE.docx (read)
- FAR 52.225-2 BUY AMERICAN CERTIFICATE.docx (read)
- Drawings - Project 561-26-104.pdf (read)
- Wage Determinations.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Remove the cracked OR floors and install approximately 1600sf of resinous (seamless poured) flooring with an integrated cove base in rooms 2-318 (OR5), 2-322 (OR6), 2-320 and 2-321, per VA Spec 09 67 23.40
- Reference flooring product is Stonhard Stonres STR; the VA will consider similar substitutions that meet the intent of the project
- Demolish the third-floor bathroom, then rebuild it with new wall-hung toilets, supply and waste plumbing, a cleanout and access door, sealed floor openings, tile and reinstalled partitions
- Protect nearby OR and sterile areas from dust and vibration with barriers and negative air systems, following the infection control risk assessment (ICRA) rules
- Do all OR demolition and all work in sterile room 2-220A after hours; other work during 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday where possible
- Patch, paint, firestop, restore ceilings, relocate affected mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) devices, and provide updated as-built drawings
- Run moisture tests, testing and closeout documents, daily progress reports to the contracting officer's representative (COR), and a warranty of at least one year
- Phases: submittals and delivery about 60 calendar days (Phase 0), bathroom work 30 days (Phase I), flooring work 9 days (Phase II)
- Contract type
- Construction contract on Standard Form 1442, negotiated request for proposals (RFP); one contract to be awarded. Fixed-price construction payment clauses are listed.
- Period of performance
- 99 calendar days after receiving the notice to proceed (includes all phases, weekends, holidays and equipment lead time)
- Place of performance
- East Orange VA Medical Center, New Jersey: Building 1, 2nd and 3rd floor (VANJHCS East Orange). SAM.gov leaves the place of performance blank.
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction (the VA's size range for the job): between $100,000 and $250,000. Not a Government estimate.
- How they'll choose
- Comparative evaluation: proposals are compared to one another to find the best benefit to the Government, and the Government may pick a proposal other than the lowest price. One contract will be awarded.
- Offers due
- November 4, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to Contract Specialist Delfo Saco Mizhquiri at Delfo.Saco-mizhquiri@va.gov
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Capability: (a) relevant construction experience (up to two projects in the past five years, similar in scope, size and complexity; hospital or occupied-facility work should be identified), (b) resinous flooring capability (the proposed installer and its qualifications under Specification Section 09 67 23.40)
- Past Performance (details are in the part of the solicitation that was not read)
- Price
What to include when you submit
- Email the proposal with a cost breakdown of your firm's price
- Technical Capability: describe up to two projects completed or substantially completed in the past five years, each with title and location, customer, contract value, period of performance and completion date, work performed, your role as prime or subcontractor, and why it is relevant
- Name the proposed resinous flooring installer or subcontractor and describe its qualifications and experience
- Include the signed VAAR 852.219-75 Limitations on Subcontracting certificate and the signed FAR 52.225-2 Buy American certificate with the proposal
- Include copies of signed amendment cover pages and acknowledge all amendments
- Submit your annual Vets4212 Report (the yearly report on veteran hiring)
- If your price is over $150,000, include a bid guarantee on Standard Form (SF) 24 for at least 20 percent of the price, up to $3,000,000
- Send questions in writing to the contract specialist by October 28, 2026, 1:00 PM E.T.
After award, you must have
- If the contract is over $150,000, the awardee must furnish a payment bond and a performance bond From 36C24226R0128_1.docx:
…the offeror to whom award is made will be required to furnish two bonds…
Not in the notice text
- Parts of 36C24226R0128_1.docx (the solicitation) and Specifications - Project 561-26-104.pdf were attached but not read, including the Past Performance and Price factor details and other bidder instructions.
- The order or weight of the three evaluation factors is not stated in the text read.
- Page limits, file format and whether technical and price parts go in separate files are not stated in the text read.
- The Past Performance requirements (how many references and what counts) are in the part of the solicitation not read.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to Contract Specialist Delfo Saco Mizhquiri at Delfo.Saco-mizhquiri@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 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- 242-Network Contract Office 02 (36C242), Albany, NY
- Product/service code
- Z2DA · Repair or Alteration of Hospitals and Infirmaries
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 4, 2026
- Oct 19, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 4, 2026
- Oct 2, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Nov 4, 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Latest amendment note (Amendment 1) from SAM.gov
Amendment 0001
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