Presolicitation
Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Design-Build & Construction Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) – National VA Healthcare Construction Program
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThe Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plans a nationwide multiple-award, firm-fixed-price (one set price) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) design-build and construction contract for healthcare facility construction, renovation and repair at VA medical centers. This is a presolicitation: no proposals are being requested now, and the solicitation is expected to be released on or about October 30, 2026. It has an unrestricted component and a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside component, with total capacity of $7,500,000,000. More in the summary
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plans a nationwide multiple-award, firm-fixed-price (one set price) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) design-build and construction contract for healthcare facility construction, renovation and repair at VA medical centers. This is a presolicitation: no proposals are being requested now, and the solicitation is expected to be released on or about October 30, 2026. It has an unrestricted component and a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside component, with total capacity of $7,500,000,000.
Who can bid
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) status for the set-aside component; the other component is unrestricted
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM)
- A joint venture needs its own SAM registration at the time of award
How to submit: No proposals are requested now; the solicitation and amendments will be posted at https://www.sam.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 14, 2026.
- Serious: SAM.gov and the solicitation disagree on the set-aside. SAM.gov lists a set-aside for small businesses, but the solicitation the AI read says no set-aside. Ask the contracting officer which applies before you bid.
- Serious: SDVOSB set-aside component. Part of the awards are reserved for SDVOSBs, and only firms with that status can compete for that part; the other component is unrestricted.
- Worth checking: Solicitation not yet released. No proposals are accepted now; the formal request for proposals is expected on or about October 30, 2026, and actual dates will be confirmed in it.
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- 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.
- Minor: Very large, nationwide program. A $7.5 billion capacity across the country means large competitors and broad capability and bonding expectations may apply, though the notice gives no bonding terms.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Healthcare facility construction, renovation and repair at VA medical centers and supporting facilities across the United States
- Design-build requirements, where one contractor designs and builds
- Task orders under a multiple-award contract (MATOC) with a one-year base ordering period and four option years
- Contract type
- Multiple-award, firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) multiple award task order contract (MATOC)
- Period of performance
- Ordering period: 1 base year plus 4 option years (5 years total)
- Place of performance
- VA medical centers and supporting facilities across the United States
- Estimated value
- Total MATOC capacity of $7,500,000,000
- How to submit
- No proposals are requested now; the solicitation and amendments will be posted at https://www.sam.gov
What to include when you submit
- Keep an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov)
- A joint venture must have its own SAM registration at the time of award
Not in the notice text
- The response or proposal due date is not given
- How the awards divide between the unrestricted and SDVOSB components, and how many awards are planned, are not stated
- Evaluation factors, bonding and past performance requirements will be in the solicitation
- The notice says draft solicitation 36C10F26R50003 is replaced by solicitation 36C10F27R0003
- 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
- Partly set aside for small businesses: part of the work is reserved for them, and the rest is open to any business. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 236220
- How to submit, from the AI summary: No proposals are requested now; the solicitation and amendments will be posted at https://www.sam.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 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- Office of Construction & Facilities MGMT (36C10F), Washington, DC
- Product/service code
- Y1JZ · Construction of Miscellaneous Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 14, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)No date on SAM.gov
- Oct 14, 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 read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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