Presolicitation
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 (USACE) Kansas City District, for the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System, is soliciting a single-award, full and open (no set-aside) contract to design and build a new bed tower, clinical expansion and parking garage at John Cochran Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. The estimated construction magnitude is over $1,000,000,000. The response due date is November 25, 2026, 2:00 PM Central. More in the summary
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Kansas City District, for the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System, is soliciting a single-award, full and open (no set-aside) contract to design and build a new bed tower, clinical expansion and parking garage at John Cochran Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. The estimated construction magnitude is over $1,000,000,000. The response due date is November 25, 2026, 2:00 PM Central.
Who can bid (4)
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM); a joint venture must have a valid SAM registration for the joint venture as one entity
- Proposal guarantee of 20% of the proposed price or $3,000,000, whichever is less, with the proposal
- Payment and performance bonds for 100% of the awarded contract before the Notice to Proceed can be issued
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- Offer subject to Project Labor Agreement (PLA) requirements
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 23, 2026.
- Serious: Very large project, over $1 billion. The estimated construction magnitude is over $1,000,000,000, which calls for very large bonding and financial capacity.
- Serious: Proposal guarantee up to $3,000,000. A proposal guarantee of 20% of your price or $3,000,000, whichever is less, must come with the proposal.
- Serious: Full payment and performance bonds. Bonds for 100% of the contract amount are needed before work can start.
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- Worth checking: Project Labor Agreement requirements. Offers must be made subject to Project Labor Agreement (PLA) requirements, which affect labor arrangements on the job.
- Worth checking: The site visit was Aug 17, 2026. Check the notice and its amendments for whether attendance was required, and whether another visit is offered.
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Full summary
What they want
- Integrated Design and Construction (IDaC) services: one contract covering a Pre-Construction Services Phase and construction
- Demolish several deficient and underused buildings at the medical center
- Build a new bed tower, clinical expansion and parking garage, and other new seismically compliant structures on the same expanded site
- Build the new facilities into a master plan for future expansion
- Contract type
- Integrated Design and Construction (IDaC) services delivery method, single award
- Period of performance
- Pre-construction services phase: estimated 820 calendar days from Notice to Proceed (NTP); construction period not stated
- Place of performance
- St. Louis, Missouri (John Cochran Hospital)
- Estimated value
- Estimated construction magnitude is over $1,000,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Best value trade-off, with non-price factors and price
- Offers due
- November 25, 2026, 2:00 PM Central
What they'll judge offers on
- Non-priced factors described in the solicitation (not listed in the notice text)
- Price
What to include when you submit
- Send a proposal subject to Project Labor Agreement (PLA) requirements under RFO 22.5
- Include a proposal guarantee (bid security) of 20% of your proposed price or $3,000,000, whichever is less
- If a joint venture (JV) bids, the JV itself must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM)
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation documents and amendments are attachments that were not read; the non-price evaluation factors, page limits and submission method are not in the notice text
- Whether the site visit is required, and its date; Amendment 0002 gives specifics that are not in the notice text
- Which wage rule applies, such as a Davis-Bacon wage determination (federal minimum pay rates for construction workers)
- Construction period of performance after the pre-construction services phase
- The deadline for questions is not stated
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
- Aug 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- 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 0005Due 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 0002 (this version)Date 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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