Presolicitation
Santa Maria IOTA
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThe Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (VHA) plans to buy initial outfitting, transition and activation services for a new Santa Maria, California outpatient clinic, set aside 100% for verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB). It is a presolicitation notice, not a request for proposals: the solicitation is anticipated on or about October 30, 2026 and is expected to close November 30, 2026, 10:00 AM Eastern. The contract is firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing), with an estimated 31-month period of performance. More in the summary
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The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (VHA) plans to buy initial outfitting, transition and activation services for a new Santa Maria, California outpatient clinic, set aside 100% for verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB). It is a presolicitation notice, not a request for proposals: the solicitation is anticipated on or about October 30, 2026 and is expected to close November 30, 2026, 10:00 AM Eastern. The contract is firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing), with an estimated 31-month period of performance.
Who can bid
- Must be verified by the Department of Veterans Affairs as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), under the Veterans First Contracting Program
- Must meet the small business size standard for NAICS 541614
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 14, 2026.
- Serious: Only VA-verified SDVOSBs may bid. The work is set aside 100% for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses verified by VA; other businesses cannot compete.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- 36C77627Q0018.docx (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Comprehensive project management for outfitting and opening the new clinic
- Comprehensive interior design, furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF&E) and space planning support
- Concept of operations (CONOPS) and transition planning for moving staff and Veterans to the new clinic
- Acquisition support, including package development
- Activation, delivery, relocation and installation
- Training, turnover and post-occupancy support
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP), non-personal services
- Period of performance
- Estimated 31 months
- Place of performance
- Santa Maria, California (93454)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- Nov 30, 2026, 10:00 AM Eastern
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation has not been posted yet, so the evaluation factors, submission instructions, page limits and how to submit are not known
- No dollar value or price range is given
- The notice describes the project as a replacement clinic of 28,656 net usable square feet but does not say when the new clinic opens
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 541614
- 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 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- Pcac (36C776), Independence, OH
- Product/service code
- Q702 · Technical Medical Support
- Business type
- Consulting & professional services (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541614)
- 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 read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Open SDVOSB set-aside contracts
- SDVOSB and veteran-owned 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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