Solicitation
NRM-CONST | 528A4-27-202 Salt Barn Batavia | FY27 NRM
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryPresolicitation 36C24227B0008: the Department of Veterans Affairs (Network Contract Office 02) plans to buy a new salt barn at the Batavia VA Medical Center in Batavia, NY. It is set aside 100% for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) and will be firm-fixed-price (FFP): one set price, whatever the work costs. The solicitation is expected on or about November 6, 2026 (passed), and the cost range given is $500,000 and $1,000,000. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Nov 12, 2026. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 22, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 12, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. The notice looks incomplete: The solicitation itself, with the response due date, drawings, specifications and evaluation method, has not been posted yet. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Presolicitation 36C24227B0008: the Department of Veterans Affairs (Network Contract Office 02) plans to buy a new salt barn at the Batavia VA Medical Center in Batavia, NY. It is set aside 100% for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) and will be firm-fixed-price (FFP): one set price, whatever the work costs. The solicitation is expected on or about November 6, 2026 (passed), and the cost range given is $500,000 and $1,000,000.
Who can bid
- Must be a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB); the procurement is 100% set aside for these businesses
Things to watch (5)
- Serious: SAM.gov and the solicitation disagree on the set-aside. SAM.gov lists no set-aside, but the solicitation the AI read says a set-aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB). Ask the contracting officer which applies before you bid.
- Serious: SDVOSB-only set-aside. Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses can bid; other firms are shut out unless they hold that status.
- Worth checking: One site visit, details in the solicitation. The notice says there is one and only site visit and gives no date; whether it is required is not stated, so check the solicitation.
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- Minor: Date passed (Nov 6, 2026): Solicitation not yet posted. This is a presolicitation, so the solicitation and its response due date come later; the notice says it will be posted on or about November 6, 2026.
- Minor: Scope is described as not limited to the listed items. The work list says it is not limited to the items named, so the full scope is only clear once the solicitation is posted.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- 36C24227B0008.docx (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Build a new salt barn on the north side of the Batavia VA Medical Center campus
- Demolish the existing salt barn
- Demolish asphalt and concrete
- Reconfigure electrical service
- Do earthwork and concrete forming
- Place new asphalt
- Install the manufactured roof
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price
- Place of performance
- Batavia VA Medical Center, 222 Richmond Avenue, Batavia, NY 14020
- Estimated value
- Cost range of $500,000 and $1,000,000, as the notice states it
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation itself, with the response due date, drawings, specifications and evaluation method, has not been posted yet
- Site visit date and whether attendance is required
- Whether a Davis-Bacon wage determination (federal minimum pay rates for construction workers) applies; the notice does not say
- Bonding requirements
- Performance period or completion time
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
- Nov 5, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- 242-Network Contract Office 02 (36C242), Albany, NY
- Product/service code
- Y1DA · Construction of Hospitals and Infirmaries
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
4 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 12, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Dec 7, 2026
- Nov 5, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Dec 7, 2026 (changed)
- Nov 5, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 30, 2026
- Oct 22, 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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