Solicitation
Construction | 619-21-106 | EHRM Infrastructure Upgrades - Montgomery (VA-27-00002289)
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThe VA's Program Contracting Activity Central plans to hire a general contractor for EHRM Infrastructure Upgrades at the Montgomery VA Medical Center in Alabama. It expects a single firm-fixed-price design-bid-build contract, set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. This is a presolicitation only; the solicitation is expected in late October to early November 2026. More in the summary
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Summary of the version posted Oct 6, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 10, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov.
The VA's Program Contracting Activity Central plans to hire a general contractor for EHRM Infrastructure Upgrades at the Montgomery VA Medical Center in Alabama. It expects a single firm-fixed-price design-bid-build contract, set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. This is a presolicitation only; the solicitation is expected in late October to early November 2026.
Who can bid
- Must be a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); offers from others will not be considered
- NAICS 236220 with a size standard of $45.0 million
How to submit: Not yet stated; the solicitation has not been issued. Questions go in writing by email to the contract specialist.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
- Serious: Only certified SDVOSBs can bid. This is set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses certified by SBA (VetCert); others can't bid as the prime.
- Serious: Large construction project. A project of $20 million to $50 million usually calls for significant bonding capacity and a proven record on similar construction, though the notice does not give bonding details.
- Worth checking: Not yet a solicitation. This is only advance notice and not a request for offers, so nothing can be submitted yet and requirements may change.
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- Worth checking: Mixed scope including hazardous material abatement and security work. The job combines IT infrastructure, electrical, HVAC, physical security and abatement, so a prime would need trades or subcontractors for each.
- Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wages likely apply. Federal construction over $2,000 in the U.S. pays at least the Davis-Bacon wage rates in the wage determination attached to the solicitation. This summary doesn't name one: find it on SAM.gov and price your labor from it.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- 36C77626R0112_1.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Build a standalone data center
- Upgrade facility fiber to each telecommunication room, with redundant fiber runs and redundant fiber mains to the demarcation room
- Install additional outlets and new electrical outlets throughout the facility
- Upgrade facility power distribution and HVAC distribution as required
- Physical security assessment and upgrades
- Hazardous material abatement and removal
- Other disciplines as required to complete the project, all per the drawings and specifications
- Contract type
- Single firm-fixed-price contract, design-bid-build
- Period of performance
- Approximately 465 calendar days from the issuance of the notice to proceed
- Place of performance
- Montgomery VA Medical Center, 215 Perry Hill Road, Montgomery, AL 36109-3798
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction between $20,000,000 and $50,000,000 (per VAAR 836.204)
- How they'll choose
- Tradeoff procedures under FAR Part 15 (Request for Proposals); the factors will be listed in the solicitation
- How to submit
- Not yet stated; the solicitation has not been issued. Questions go in writing by email to the contract specialist.
What to include when you submit
- Questions must be submitted in writing by email to Dawn.Schydzik@va.gov; telephone calls will not be accepted
Not in the notice text
- Offer due date (the solicitation is expected late October to early November 2026)
- Evaluation factors and their weights
- Bonding, insurance and security or clearance requirements
- Drawings and specifications, which are not part of this notice
- Whether there's a site visit: this summary doesn't say. Check the solicitation and its amendments on SAM.gov.
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: Not yet stated; the solicitation has not been issued. Questions go in writing by email to the contract specialist. 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
- Nov 10, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- Pcac (36C776), Independence, OH
- Product/service code
- Y1DA · Construction of Hospitals and Infirmaries
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 10, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due Jan 5, 2027
- Oct 6, 2026 · PresolicitationNo date on SAM.gov
- 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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