Solicitation
Yuma Mobile Vet Center (MVC) Repair
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summarySolicitation 36C26227Q0055: the Department of Veterans Affairs (for Southern Arizona VA Health Care System) wants body and paint repair on Mobile Vet Center 0828, a Yuma-assigned counseling van with accident damage. It is a total small business set-aside for one firm-fixed-price (FFP) job, with the work period December 1, 2026 to November 30, 2027. The response due date is November 9, 2026, 11:00 AM Mountain, by email. More in the summary
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Solicitation 36C26227Q0055: the Department of Veterans Affairs (for Southern Arizona VA Health Care System) wants body and paint repair on Mobile Vet Center 0828, a Yuma-assigned counseling van with accident damage. It is a total small business set-aside for one firm-fixed-price (FFP) job, with the work period December 1, 2026 to November 30, 2027. The response due date is November 9, 2026, 11:00 AM Mountain, by email.
Who can bid
- Small business for NAICS 811111 (total small business set-aside); must follow limitations on subcontracting (VA clause 852.219-75: no more than 50% of the amount paid to firms that are not certified service-disabled veteran-owned or veteran-owned small businesses)
- Signed limitations on subcontracting certification returned with the offer
- Hold all licenses needed for the work
How to submit: By email to the contracting office; phone calls about the solicitation will not be answered. The email address is not given in the text read. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Oct 26, 2026.
- Serious: Total small business set-aside with a signed subcontracting certification. Only small businesses can bid, and the offer is ineligible without the signed limitations on subcontracting certification.
- Worth checking: Email address for questions and offers not in the text read. The solicitation says to email questions and proposals but gives only a contact name and phone number; ask the contracting office or check the SAM.gov page for the address.
- Worth checking: Damage photos attached but not read. The extent of the damage is shown in four photos; the notice says the damage is non-mechanical body work and to see the attachments for pictures.
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- Worth checking: Statement of work refers to a different VA site and to California. SAM.gov and the order list Tucson, AZ, but the statement of work mentions VALLHCS premises, Pacific time hours and California insurance law; ask where the vehicle is and which rules apply.
- Worth checking: Name veteran-owned subcontractors in the offer. VA says it must evaluate offers on use of service-disabled veteran-owned and veteran-owned small business subcontractors, and bidders must name them.
- Minor: Repair wanted at the earliest possible time after award. The vehicle is an emergency support van that may deploy with little notice, so the buyer wants a fast turnaround; no completion date is stated.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. 4 of 5 not read. Show which files.
- S02 36C26227Q0055 Yuma Mobile Vet Center Repair Solicitation.pdf (read)
- MVC Damage 2.jpeg: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- MVC Damage 3.jpeg: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- MVC Damage 4.jpeg: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- MVC Damage 1.jpeg: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Item 0001, QTY 1.00 JB (job): repair the mobile vet center vehicle, fabricate the lower left side, repair the left side compartment door, remove old wrap for repairs, wheelwell, sewer hose door, bag for overspray, remove wrap from front nose, refinish hood
- Item 0002, QTY 1.00 EA: body work labor
- Item 0003, QTY 1.00 EA: paint labor
- Item 0004, QTY 1.00 EA: paint materials
- Remove damaged parts and decals, prepare surfaces, repair or replace and repaint body panels on the driver's side rear, install new decals, remove and replace damaged body wrap
- Give a craftsmanship warranty on all work performed
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) service contract for labor and parts, as a commercial products and services order (Standard Form 1449)
- Period of performance
- December 1, 2026 to November 30, 2027 (base period only)
- Place of performance
- Tucson, AZ, USA (delivery to VA Southern Arizona Health Care System, 3601 S 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85723, free on board destination)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 9, 2026, 11:00 AM Mountain
- How to submit
- By email to the contracting office; phone calls about the solicitation will not be answered. The email address is not given in the text read
What to include when you submit
- Send questions by email by November 2, 2026, 11:00 AM MT.
- Price all four line items: 0001 (job), 0002 body work labor, 0003 paint labor and 0004 paint materials.
- Sign and return the VAAR 852.219-75 limitations on subcontracting certification with your offer; offers without it are ineligible.
- State the names of any service-disabled veteran-owned or veteran-owned small businesses you plan to use as subcontractors, with a brief description and approximate dollar value of each subcontract.
- Complete the representations in the Section E provisions, including security prohibitions and exclusions (covered telecommunications equipment, supply chain orders, Sudan and Iran certifications).
After award, you must have
- Send proof of workers' compensation and public liability insurance within 15 calendar days after notice of award From S02 36C26227Q0055 Yuma Mobile Vet Center Repair Solicitation.pdf:
Contractor is required to provide copies of proof of Workers Compensation and Employee…
Not in the notice text
- How the award is decided (lowest price or best value) and the evaluation factors are not stated.
- The email address for questions and offers is not given in the text read.
- The four damage photos are attached but not read, so the full extent of the repair is not known from the text.
- Whether the vehicle is to be brought to the contractor's shop or repaired at the VA site is not stated; the statement of work refers to a VA facility and to California rules.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 811111
- How to submit, from the AI summary: By email to the contracting office; phone calls about the solicitation will not be answered. The email address is not given in the text read. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 26, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- 262-Network Contract Office 22 (36C262), Gilbert, AZ
- Product/service code
- J023 · Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment – Ground Effect Vehicles, Motor Vehicles, Trailers, and Cycles
- Business type
- Equipment repair & maintenance (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 811111)
- 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
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Southern Arizona VA Health Care Systems requires a repair of the Yuma Mobile Vet Center. The damage is non-mechanical body work. Please see attachments for pictures and SOW for more information. Questions are due no later than November 2nd, 2026 at 11:00am Proposals shall be submitted no later than November 9th, 2026 at 11:00am
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