Solicitation
CON-NRM-668-22-106 Correct Domestic Water System
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryOnly service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid. The Department of Veterans Affairs (Network Contracting Office 20) wants a contractor to correct the domestic (drinking-quality) hot and cold water systems in Buildings 1 and 12 at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, WA. The response due date is November 23, 2026, 12:00 PM Pacific (an amendment moved it to Dec 3, 2026, 12:00 PM PST · 3:00 PM Eastern), and the work runs 275 calendar days from the notice to proceed (the order to start work). More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 27, 2026. It moves the due date from Nov 23, 2026 to Dec 3, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 19, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 27, 2026. The due date moved from Nov 23, 2026 to Dec 3, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 3 of 14 attachments weren't read (Attachment 8 - 668-22-106 - Limitations on Subcontracting-Construction.doc, Attachment 11 - Price Schedule Breakdown.xlsx and 1 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid. The Department of Veterans Affairs (Network Contracting Office 20) wants a contractor to correct the domestic (drinking-quality) hot and cold water systems in Buildings 1 and 12 at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, WA. The response due date is November 23, 2026, 12:00 PM Pacific, and the work runs 275 calendar days from the notice to proceed (the order to start work).
Who can bid
- Must be a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), registered as such with the Small Business Administration (SBA)
How to submit: Email to both points of contact, Brenda.Bigelow1@va.gov (contract specialist) and Dennis.Einarson@va.gov (contracting officer); no hard copies, due November 23, 2026, 12:00 PM Pacific Time. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (12)
- Serious: Only SDVOSBs can bid. Businesses without service-disabled veteran-owned status registered with the SBA cannot send an offer.
- Worth checking: The site visit was Oct 26, 2026. Check the notice and its amendments for whether attendance was required, and whether another visit is offered.
- Worth checking: Limits on subcontracting. A set-aside prime must perform a share of the work itself; the percentage is in Attachment 8, which was attached but not read, so check it before planning to sub out the plumbing or controls.
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- Worth checking: Work inside an operating hospital. Night and weekend work needs the COR's approval, noise work has set hours, and the attached infection control and pre-construction risk forms add controls and cost.
- Worth checking: Past performance depends on your clients. Your past clients must fill in the evaluator section of the questionnaire, so ask them early; how many projects to list and how the forms reach the VA are in the part of the solicitation that was not read.
- Worth checking: Asbestos notes in the drawings. The drawing list has general asbestos notes and hazardous material plans, and the specifications list asbestos abatement sections, so demolition may meet asbestos.
- Minor: Contractor flushes water fixtures twice a week. The contractor is responsible for flushing fixtures until the VA accepts beneficial occupancy, which adds labor and cost to the schedule.
- Minor: Deduct alternates priced separately. The VA may award the deduct items separately, depending on funding, so each deduct price must cover only its own scope.
- Minor: Questions only through the prime. Subcontractors and suppliers cannot ask questions directly; the prime must send them by November 9, 2026, 10:00 AM Pacific Time, and answers count only when posted in an amendment.
- Minor: Insurance proof due within 10 days of award. Have your insurance documents ready, since they are due 10 calendar days after the notice of award.
- Minor: Davis-Bacon wage rates apply. Attachment 12 is a federal wage determination for Spokane County building work, so labor must be priced at or above those rates.
- Minor: Buy American rules for construction materials. The clause list includes Buy American construction materials clauses, which can limit where materials come from.
Read from the notice and 11 attachments. 3 of 14 not read. Show which files.
- 36C26027R0014.docx (read)
- Attachment 1 668-22-106_Construction - SOW R2.pdf (read)
- Attachment 3 - 668-22-106_Construction - Specifications.pdf (read)
- Attachment 13 - 668-22-106 - Site Visit Area Map.pdf (read)
- Attachment 4 - 668-22-106_PCRA_Pre-Construction Risk Assessment Checklist ver6.pdf (read)
- Attachment 9 - 668-22-106 - Contractor Rules of Behavior.pdf (read)
- Attachment 6 - 668-22-106_ICRA_VHA ICRA 2023-1_Type B_Level3.docx (read)
- Attachment 10 - 668-22-106 - Past Performance Questionnaire.docx (read)
- Attachment 5 - 668-22-106_ICRA_VHA ICRA 2023-1_TypeA_Low-High_Risk.docx (read)
- Attachment 7 - 668-22-106_ICRA_VHA ICRA 2023-1_TypeB_HighestRisk_SPOIC_Edited.docx (read)
- Attachment 12- 668-22-106 Wage Determination.pdf (read)
- Attachment 8 - 668-22-106 - Limitations on Subcontracting-Construction.doc: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 11 - Price Schedule Breakdown.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 2 - 668-22-106_Construction - Drawings.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Change the existing hot and cold potable water piping in Buildings 1 and 12 to meet VHA Directive 1061, which covers preventing Legionella (a waterborne bacteria) and scalding
- Supply all supervision, labor, tools, materials and installation, plus training, pre-commissioning (pre-startup testing) papers, operation and maintenance (O&M) manuals and a one-year warranty
- Check all equipment, parts and existing conditions in the field before and during the work
- Do plumbing demolition and new piping work on many floors of Building 1 and in Building 12, including pressure and temperature sensors tied into the building's heating and cooling control system
- Flush every sink, fountain, ice machine and other water fixture twice a week, at least 5 minutes each, from when the plumbing works until the VA accepts beneficial occupancy
- Work around an operating hospital using the attached infection control risk assessment (ICRA) and pre-construction risk assessment (PCRA) forms, with set work hours
- Give the VA a secured file transfer (FTP) site for all electronic submittals and email the contracting officer's representative (COR) when each file is ready
- Price one base offer plus two deduct alternates (optional scope cuts the VA may take separately)
- Contract type
- Construction contract (Standard Form 1442): one base price plus two deduct alternates; the pricing type (fixed price or other) is not shown in the text read
- Period of performance
- 275 calendar days from Notice to Proceed
- Place of performance
- Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, 4815 North Assembly Street, Spokane, Washington 99205 (Buildings 1 and 12)
- Estimated value
- The notice says the magnitude of this construction is between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff under Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Part 15: the VA weighs non-price and price factors to pick the most beneficial offer, not only the lowest price
- Offers due
- November 23, 2026, 12:00 PM Pacific Time (from the version posted Oct 19, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Email to both points of contact, Brenda.Bigelow1@va.gov (contract specialist) and Dennis.Einarson@va.gov (contracting officer); no hard copies
What they'll judge offers on
- Volume 1, Technical Proposal
- Volume 2, Past Performance (clients complete a past performance questionnaire about your earlier projects)
- Volume 3, Price/Cost Proposal
What to include when you submit
- Send the proposal as three separate volumes: Volume 1 Technical Proposal, Volume 2 Past Performance, Volume 3 Price/Cost Proposal
- Name each file with the solicitation number, company name and volume title, for example Solicitation Number Company Name Volume 1 Technical Proposal
- Use 8.5 x 11 inch pages, single-spaced text in at least 11-point type, number pages in order and mark each page with the RFP number
- Put a table of contents in each volume that lists major sections, paragraphs and page numbers
- Split submissions over 10MB into several emails, or arrange file sharing with the contacts
- Past performance: the questionnaire (Attachment 10) has contractor information for you to fill in and an evaluator section that your client completes
- Price the base offer and both deduct alternates (Option 0001 and Option 0002) on the price schedule
- Send questions by email to both contacts by November 9, 2026, 10:00 AM Pacific Time, with the subject line Project 668-22-106 – 36C26027R0014 – Correct Domestic Water System
After award, you must have
- Give the VA proof of all required insurance coverage within 10 calendar days of notice of award From 36C26027R0014.docx:
THE CONTRACTOR MUST FURNISH ALL REQUIRED INSURANCE COVERAGE DOCUMENTATION WITHIN TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS OF NOTICE OF…
Not in the notice text
- Parts of the solicitation were attached on SAM.gov but not read: about 146,000 characters in the middle of 36C26027R0014.docx (including Section M evaluation factors and the rest of the instructions), the drawings (Attachment 2, too large), the limitations on subcontracting form (Attachment 8), the price breakdown spreadsheet (Attachment 11), and most of the specifications. Check them on SAM.gov.
- How the three factors rank in importance, their subfactors, page limits, and how many past performance references to send are in the part not read
- Whether a bid guarantee (a deposit that backs your offer) or performance and payment bonds are required; the checkboxes on Standard Form 1442 could not be read, but the table of contents lists bid guarantee clauses
- The percentage of work a prime must perform itself (Attachment 8, not read)
- Whether the contract pays one fixed price or another pricing type; the text read does not say
- Which infection control precaution level applies to each work area; the attached forms are templates
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 238220
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to both points of contact, Brenda.Bigelow1@va.gov (contract specialist) and Dennis.Einarson@va.gov (contracting officer); no hard copies. 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 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- 260-Network Contract Office 20 (36C260), Vancouver, WA
- Product/service code
- Z1DA · Maintenance of Hospitals and Infirmaries
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238220)
- Versions
8 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2026 · AmendmentDue Dec 3, 2026
- Oct 27, 2026 · AmendmentDue Dec 3, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 23, 2026
- Oct 19, 2026 · AmendmentDue Nov 23, 2026
- Oct 14, 2026 · AmendmentDue Nov 23, 2026
- Oct 14, 2026 · AmendmentDue Nov 23, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 14, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 16, 2026
- 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 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
Please see amendment 0001 document.
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