Presolicitation
Electrical Testing
Department of Veterans Affairs
From the noticeThis Presolicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The Presolicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2024-02 published in the Federal register December 22, 2023. This solicitation is for a Small Business Set-Aside. Read more
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A newer version of this notice was posted Nov 3, 2026. See the latest version.
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From the notice
This Presolicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The Presolicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2024-02 published in the Federal register December 22, 2023. This solicitation is for a Small Business Set-Aside.
Eligibility and how to respond
Who can bid
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 238210
How to respond
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
- 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 3, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- 246-Network Contracting Office 6 (36C246), Hampton, VA
- Product/service code
- J061 · Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment – Electric Wire and Power Distribution Equipment
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238210)
- Versions
6 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 3, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 10, 2026
- Nov 3, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Nov 10, 2026
- Nov 3, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 10, 2026
- Nov 3, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 10, 2026 (changed)
- Nov 3, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 5, 2026 (changed)
- Nov 3, 2026 · Presolicitation (this version)Date Nov 10, 2026
- 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
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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