Presolicitation
523A4-CSI-288 3.0T MRI Site Prep - Design Build West Roxbury VA Medical Center (VAMC West Roxbury, MA
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryPresolicitation: only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid on this design-build project, which the Department of Veterans Affairs Program Contracting Activity Central plans to solicit under a two-phase design-build selection, with phase dates and who advances not stated. The work is a temporary mobile 3T MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) suite and site preparation at the West Roxbury VA Medical Center in Massachusetts. SAM.gov lists a response date of November 27, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern; the solicitation is expected in early November 2026. More in the summary
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Presolicitation: only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid on this design-build project, which the Department of Veterans Affairs Program Contracting Activity Central plans to solicit under a two-phase design-build selection, with phase dates and who advances not stated. The work is a temporary mobile 3T MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) suite and site preparation at the West Roxbury VA Medical Center in Massachusetts. SAM.gov lists a response date of November 27, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern; the solicitation is expected in early November 2026.
Who can bid
- Service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) set-aside, with a $45 million size standard for NAICS 236220
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Serious: SDVOSB only. Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses can bid on this set-aside.
- Serious: Two-phase selection; phase dates not stated. The notice does not give each phase's due dates or say which firms move on to the second phase, and a firm that misses the first phase may be shut out.
- Worth checking: Off-hours and weekend work. Work may be needed outside normal hours because of the patient population at the medical center.
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- Minor: Questions by email only. Questions must be written and sent to the contract specialist and contracting officer; calls are not accepted.
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Full summary
What they want
- Design-build services for the 3T MRI site preparation project at the West Roxbury VA Medical Center
- Build a temporary mobile MRI suite with all utility services and finishes needed so the Equipment Contractor can install an MRI system
- Renovate rooms: remove existing equipment, flooring, ceiling, sinks, casework and doors, and install new flooring, ceiling, casework, doors, sinks, lighting, painting, medical gas and shielding divider
- Relocate electrical and HVAC work
- Follow strict noise and infection control measures, and do not impair existing life safety systems in Building 1
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP), single award, design-build
- Period of performance
- Approximately 430 calendar days from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed
- Place of performance
- West Roxbury VA Medical Center, West Roxbury, MA
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Request for proposals (RFP) under two-phase design-build selection, considering technical and price factors
- Offers due
- November 27, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical factors (individual factors not listed in the notice)
- Price
Not in the notice text
- Due dates for each phase of the two-phase selection and who may take part in the second phase
- The exact evaluation factors and how they are weighted
- Whether a site visit will be held, and whether it is required
- Which wage rule applies, such as a Davis-Bacon wage determination (federal minimum pay rates for construction workers)
- How and where to submit proposals, which is not stated because the solicitation has not been issued
- Bonding requirements
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 236220
- 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 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- Pcac (36C776), Independence, OH
- Product/service code
- Z2DA · Repair or Alteration of Hospitals and Infirmaries
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- 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
- Open SDVOSB set-aside contracts
- SDVOSB and veteran-owned contracts
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, SDVOSB (service-disabled veteran-owned small business), Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Page 1 of 1 INTRODUCTION: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) anticipates soliciting proposals and subsequently awarding a single Firm-Fixed-Price contract for the design-build (DB) project #523A4-CSI-288 West Roxbury VA Medical Center located in West Roxbury, MA. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposed project will be a competitive, firm-fixed-price contract utilizing the design-build approach. The anticipated solicitation will be issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) in accordance with FAR Parts 36 and 15, considering Technical and Price Factors. This project requires comprehensive design-build services for the the 3T MRI Site Preparation Design Build project at the West Roxbury VA Medical Center (VAMC) located in West Roxbury, MA. This project will provide construction of a temporary mobile Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) suite as well as all utility services and finishes necessary in the designated locations to allow for the installation of an MRI system by the Equipment Contractor. The work shall include, but not limited to, all labor, transportation, materials, apparatus, tools, equipment and permits necessary to provide for the renovation of the rooms, removal of the existing equipment, flooring, ceiling, sinks, casework, doors, shielding and installation of new flooring, ceiling, casework, doors, sinks, lighting, painting, med gas, shielding divider and relocation of electrical and HVAC work. Work to be performed at VAMC West Roxbury in accordance with the Statement of Work, Specifications, Drawings, Federal, State, and Local Codes. Strict noise and infection control measures shall be always followed. Off-hours and weekend work may be required to complete contractual requirements due to the location and sensitivity of the patient population. Existing life safety systems within Building 1 shall not be impaired at any time during the performance of the work. ADMINISTRATIVE: The anticipated solicitation will be issued as an RFP in accordance with FAR Part 36.3 Two Phase Design Build Selection Procedures and FAR Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation. The solicitation will be advertised as an SDVOSB set-aside. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 236220 with a size standard of $45 million. The solicitation is anticipated to be issued in early November 2026. The period of performance is approximately 430 calendar days from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed. In accordance with VAAR 836.204, the magnitude of construction is between $2,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. This notice is not a request for competitive offers. All questions must be submitted in writing to the issuing office via email to the CS and CO: Dawn.Schydzik@va.gov and William.Henkel@VA.gov . Telephone calls will not be accepted. -END-
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