Solicitation
Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System (VASTLHCS) John Cochran (JC) Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City office (W071 ENDIST KANSAS CITY) is buying a new bed tower, clinical expansion and parking garage for the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System's John Cochran Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. It is full and open (any business may bid), estimated at over $1,000,000,000, and needs a proposal guarantee and full bonds. The response due date is November 25, 2026, 2:00 PM Central (3:00 PM Eastern). More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 23, 2026. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 21, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 23, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. Some details are in the notice's attachments, which this summary didn't read. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City office (W071 ENDIST KANSAS CITY) is buying a new bed tower, clinical expansion and parking garage for the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System's John Cochran Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. It is full and open (any business may bid), estimated at over $1,000,000,000, and needs a proposal guarantee and full bonds. The response due date is November 25, 2026, 2:00 PM Central (3:00 PM Eastern).
Who can bid
- Active System for Award Management (SAM) registration; a joint venture must be registered as one entity
- Proposal guarantee with the proposal of 20% of the proposed price or $3,000,000, whichever is less
Things to watch (6)
- Serious: Very large project, over $1 billion. Only firms with large-project experience, financing and bonding capacity can carry this; the small business size standard of $45 million doesn't change that.
- Serious: Proposal guarantee due with the proposal. Up to $3,000,000 must be backed by the guarantee when you submit, before any award.
- Serious: Full payment and performance bonds. Bonds for the whole contract amount are needed before work can start, so surety capacity at this scale matters.
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- Worth checking: Project Labor Agreement requirements apply. Offers must be built around the PLA rules in the solicitation, which affects labor planning and price.
- Worth checking: Site visit details are in an amendment. A site visit is covered by Amendment 0002, but its date and whether it is required aren't in this text.
- Minor: Solicitation changed by five amendments. Amendments through 0005 update the solicitation based on bidder questions; read each one before pricing.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Design and build a new bed tower, clinical expansion and parking garage using the Integrated Design and Construction (IDaC) method, which includes a Pre-Construction Services Phase
- Demolish several deficient and underutilized buildings on the site
- Build multiple new seismically compliant facilities on the same, expanded site, fitted into a master plan for future expansion
- Complete pre-construction services in about 820 calendar days from Notice to Proceed (NTP)
- Send an offer that follows Project Labor Agreement (PLA) requirements, an agreement with labor unions on the project's workforce, under RFO 22.5 (a part of the 2026 Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, the rewrite of the federal buying rules)
- Contract type
- Single award under Integrated Design and Construction (IDaC), full and open competition
- Period of performance
- Estimated 820 calendar days from Notice to Proceed (NTP) for the pre-construction services phase; construction period not stated
- Place of performance
- St. Louis, Missouri (John Cochran Hospital)
- Estimated value
- Estimated construction magnitude over $1,000,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff under RFO 15.103-1: one award to the responsible offeror whose proposal offers the best overall value, weighing non-priced factors against price
- Offers due
- November 25, 2026, 2:00 PM Central (3:00 PM Eastern) (from the version posted Oct 21, 2026; amended since)
What they'll judge offers on
- Non-priced factors (described in the solicitation, not listed in this text)
- Price
What to include when you submit
- Submit an offer subject to Project Labor Agreement (PLA) requirements under RFO 22.5, Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects
- Include a proposal guarantee with your proposal: 20% of your proposed price or $3,000,000, whichever is less
- If bidding as a joint venture (JV), the JV entity must have its own valid SAM registration as one business
- Send questions to Michael France (michael.g.france@usace.army.mil) or Contracting Officer David Walsh (david.j.walsh@usace.army.mil)
After award, you must have
- Payment and performance bonds for 100% of the contract amount before the Notice to Proceed is issued From the notice:
Payment and Performance Bonds will be required for the full amount (100%) of the awarded contract before…
Not in the notice text
- The full solicitation, plans and evaluation factors aren't in this text; Amendment 0001 mentions a Plans Room key, so check the solicitation documents.
- Whether the site visit is required, and its date and place, are in Amendment 0002, which wasn't read.
- Which wage rule applies (a Davis-Bacon wage determination for construction) isn't stated.
- How to submit the offer isn't stated in this text.
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.
- 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 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W071 ENDIST Kansas City, MO
- Product/service code
- Y1DA · Construction of Hospitals and Infirmaries
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
10 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2026 · Amendment 0006Due Nov 25, 2026
- Oct 21, 2026 · Amendment 0005 (this version)Due Nov 25, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 2, 2026 · Amendment 0004Due Nov 12, 2026
- Sep 25, 2026 · Amendment 0003Due Nov 12, 2026
- Sep 2, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 12, 2026
- Aug 17, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 12, 2026
- Aug 14, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 12, 2026 (changed)
- Aug 14, 2026 · Amendment 0002Date Aug 14, 2026
- Jul 30, 2026 · Amendment 0001No date on SAM.gov
- Jul 30, 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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