Solicitation
Real Estate Acquisition Support Services (REASS) Recompete
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryOnly Small Business Administration (SBA) certified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) can bid, per the solicitation, though SAM.gov shows no set-aside. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) wants real estate brokers to help it lease space, under multiple-award indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts: pools of approved firms that later compete for task orders. Awards are made region by region, and the response due date is November 16, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
AI summary Beta
This summary may miss requirements: 6 of 15 attachments weren't read (Firm_Name_Attachment M - RFP Questions.xlsx, Attachment N - Price Cost Schedule Commission Rates.xlsx and 4 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only Small Business Administration (SBA) certified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) can bid, per the solicitation, though SAM.gov shows no set-aside. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) wants real estate brokers to help it lease space, under multiple-award indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts: pools of approved firms that later compete for task orders. Awards are made region by region, and the response due date is November 16, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern.
Who can bid (5)
- SBA-certified service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB); only these firms can bid under the 100% set-aside.
- SBA certification must be held on the date proposals are submitted and again on the date of award.
- Prime contractor registered under NAICS code 531210 (North American Industry Classification System code for real estate agents and brokers).
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- Broker license or other lawful authority (such as a state exemption, partnership, co-brokerage agreement or subcontract) in each state, territory or jurisdiction of the region you are awarded.
- Compliance with the limits on subcontracting, which cap how much of the work can go to other firms.
Things to watch (8)
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Serious: SDVOSB-only set-aside. Only SBA-certified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses can bid, and certification is checked at both proposal submittal and award.
- Serious: Broker license or lawful authority needed in every state of the region. You must hold a license or another lawful arrangement in each jurisdiction of the region you win, and a co-brokerage license is needed for a project outside your license state.
- Worth checking: SAM.gov shows no set-aside, but the solicitation says SDVOSB. SAM.gov lists the set-aside as not stated, while the solicitation says 100% SDVOSB. Confirm with the contracting officer before relying on either.
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- Worth checking: Pay is a commission from the lessor, not from VA. VA pays only the $1,000.00 contract minimum; your income is a commission paid by the winning lessor, mostly 75 percent at lease signing and 25 percent at space acceptance.
- Worth checking: No guaranteed work beyond the minimum. Task orders compete among awardees for each region, and the project forecast is not a promise of any work.
- Worth checking: Strict limits on dual agency and VA lease bidding. For the whole contract term you and your affiliates cannot work for private parties on VA lease projects, which may cut into your other brokerage business.
- Worth checking: Travel at the contractor's expense. You may need to travel for market surveys and Technical Evaluation Boards, and VA does not pay for it unless it says so in writing.
- Minor: Questions were due Oct 27, 2026. Check the amendments for the agency's answers.
Read from the notice and 9 attachments. 6 of 15 not read. Show which files.
- 36C10F26R0045.docx (read)
- Attachment G Exhibit 7 - Consolidated QASP and Broker Evaluation Sheet - Template.docx (read)
- Attachment K - Region Coverage Areas.docx (read)
- Attachment I Exhibit 9 - Commission Verification Worksheet.docx (read)
- Attachment H Exhibit 8 - Broker Commission Agreement - Template.docx (read)
- Attachment D Exhibit 4 - OCI.docx (read)
- Attachment C Exhibit 3 - Individual COI and NDA Revised 02.docx (read)
- Attachment A Exhibit 1 - Laws and Regulations.pdf (read)
- Attachment J - Past Performance Questionnaire.docx (read)
- Firm_Name_Attachment M - RFP Questions.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment N - Price Cost Schedule Commission Rates.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment L - Licensing Lawful Authority Sheet.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment F Exhibit 6 - Master Lease File Checklist SEPT 2026.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment E Exhibit 5 _ Forecast of Potential Broker Projects by Region.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment B Exhibit 2 - Approved Training Course Providers.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Support VA's Office of Real Property, contracting staff and leasing officials in acquiring leases and other leasing actions
- Broker services on each task order, which may include market surveys and Technical Evaluation Boards, with the full task list in a part of the solicitation not read
- Draft lease documents, analyses, checklists and routing packages using VA's Master Lease File Checklist and Government-provided templates
- Use VA's Broker Commission Agreement with the lessor (the landlord) and complete the Commission Verification Worksheet for each lease
- Keep a broker license or other lawful authority in every state or territory of each awarded region, updating the Licensing Lawful Authority Sheet (Attachment L) each year
- Assign at least two key personnel to each task order, with training from approved providers and VA's Training Management System
- Sign conflict-of-interest and non-disclosure forms and avoid dual agency (acting for both sides) on VA lease projects
- Attend up to two IDIQ performance review meetings a year and the initial contract training
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price IDIQ with multiple awards per region; task orders are commission-based
- Period of performance
- 12-month base period plus four 12-month option periods
- Place of performance
- Sites designated by the Government, the contractor's facilities, or remotely when the Government approves; SAM.gov leaves place of performance blank
- Estimated value
- Maximum of $30,000,000.00 per awardee across all task orders, with a $1,000.00 contract minimum; this is the contract ceiling, not a Government estimate
- Contract vehicle
- Multiple-award IDIQ organized by VA region (Veterans Integrated Service Network, or VISN, coverage area); only awardees for a region can compete for that region's task orders
- Offers due
- November 16, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern
What to include when you submit
- Offeror completes Standard Form 1449 (SF 1449: the form you sign and return as your offer) blocks 12, 17, 23, 24 and 30
- List the amendments received and their dates on the acknowledgment of amendments
- Be SBA certified as an SDVOSB on the date of proposal submittal and on the date of award
- Questions go in by October 27, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT, following the solicitation's instructions
- References fill out the Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment J) and email it to VA; the due date in the form is left blank
After award, you must have
- Two key personnel per task order, each trained through an approved course provider; this applies once task orders are issued. From 36C10F26R0045.docx:
The Contractor shall assign at least two (2) Key Personnel who will have primary responsibility for managing and performing each TO.
- Organizational conflict of interest (OCI) certification submitted before the Notice to Proceed on the base contract. From 36C10F26R0045.docx:
…shall submit an OCI to the CO prior to the issuance of Notice to Proceed under the base Contract award…
Current contractor
The title calls this a recompete, but no current contractor is named in the text read. The notice says the strategy changed from a single nationwide contractor pool to multiple awards by region since the draft solicitation.
Not in the notice text
- Most of the main solicitation (about 338,000 of 434,000 characters, including the proposal instructions, evaluation factors, task list, price schedule and IT security terms) wasn't read. Check it on SAM.gov.
- Six attached spreadsheets weren't read: the price schedule of commission rates (Attachment N), the licensing sheet (Attachment L), the project forecast by region (Attachment E), the lease file checklist (Attachment F), approved training providers (Attachment B) and the questions spreadsheet (Attachment M)
- How to submit the proposal, page limits and the volumes required
- How offers are evaluated and what the factors are
- How many awards VA plans per region
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- Office of Construction & Facilities MGMT (36C10F), Washington, DC
- Product/service code
- R402 · Support – Professional: Real Estate Brokerage
- Business type
- Real estate, rentals & leasing (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 531210)
- Versions
7 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0002 (this version)Due Nov 16, 2026
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 16, 2026
- Oct 16, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 16, 2026
- Oct 16, 2026 · Amendment 0003Date Nov 16, 2026
- Oct 16, 2026 · Amendment 0002Date Nov 16, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 16, 2026 · Amendment 0001Date May 22, 2026
- May 12, 2026 · PresolicitationDate May 22, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
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Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Notice of VISN-Based Solicitation Structure Since release of the prior draft solicitation, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has refined the acquisition strategy for Real Estate Acquisition Support Services to align with the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) evolving regional operating model. This revised approach supports VA’s broader Restructure for Impact and Sustainability Effort (RISE), an organizational transformation directed by Executive Order 14210. RISE is intended to streamline VHA structures and processes, strengthen regional implementation and accountability, and support more consistent, coordinated, and responsive services for Veterans. Accordingly, VA has transitioned from a single nationwide contractor-pool approach to a multiple-award IDIQ structure organized by Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) Coverage Area. Benefits of the VISN-based approach include: Allowing qualified SDVOSB offerors to compete for one or more VISN Coverage Areas rather than requiring a nationwide proposal; Enabling offerors to focus proposals on geographic areas where they can demonstrate staffing, local-market resources, capacity, and lawful authority to operate; Supporting focused competition and VISN-specific commission pricing; Improving alignment between broker support, VA regional lease-acquisition operations, and local-market requirements; Strengthening accountability for contractor capacity, performance, quality control, and continuity of services within each VISN Coverage Area; and Supporting VA’s broader effort to simplify operations, improve consistency, and enable more effective implementation at the regional and local levels. VA considered feedback received during the draft-solicitation/RFI phase. However, because the solicitation has been materially revised since the draft-solicitation/RFI phase, VA is not posting the historical draft-stage questions and Government responses. Those historical responses may not reflect the requirements, proposal instructions, evaluation approach, or procedures in the final solicitation. The final solicitation, its attachments, and any written amendments issued by the Contracting Officer are the only authoritative sources for solicitation requirements. Offerors shall submit questions concerning the final solicitation in accordance with the solicitation’s instructions.