Solicitation
550-20-121 Demo Old Boiler Plant B100 (CON)
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryOnly certified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid. The Department of Veterans Affairs (Network Contract Office 12) wants a contractor to demolish the old boiler plant, Building 100, at the VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville, Illinois. This is a sealed bid decided on lowest price, and bids must arrive on paper by the response due date, November 18, 2026, 1:00 PM Central. Work runs 180 calendar days after the notice to proceed. More in the summary
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The notice looks incomplete: Part of the solicitation and the specifications were attached but not read (the middle of the solicitation form and clauses, the full specifications, the drawings and the wage determination), so some requirements may be missing from this brief. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only certified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid. The Department of Veterans Affairs (Network Contract Office 12) wants a contractor to demolish the old boiler plant, Building 100, at the VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville, Illinois. This is a sealed bid decided on lowest price, and bids must arrive on paper by the response due date, November 18, 2026, 1:00 PM Central. Work runs 180 calendar days after the notice to proceed.
Who can bid (4)
- Must be a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) verified in the Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE) program and listed in the SBA certification database, and a small business under NAICS 236220, at the time of bid and before award
- Bid bond (bid guarantee) on Standard Form 24 submitted with the bid
- Signed VAAR 852.219-75 limitations on subcontracting certification submitted with the bid
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- Joint ventures: certification from each SDVOSB partner that the joint venture agreement meets 13 CFR 128.402(c) and that the venture will follow it
How to submit: Paper bid in a sealed envelope, delivered in person or mailed to Juan C. Gaytan, Great Lakes Acquisition Center, 115 S. 84th Street, Suite 101, Milwaukee, WI 53214-1476. Email bids are not accepted.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (10)
From the version posted Oct 21, 2026.
- Serious: Only certified SDVOSBs can bid. The work is set aside 100% for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses that are certified and also small under NAICS 236220; other firms cannot bid.
- Serious: Paper bids only, no email. A bid must arrive in a sealed envelope, in person or by mail, in Milwaukee by the response due date; a bid sent by email will not be considered.
- Serious: Bid bond required with the bid. A bid without a completed Standard Form 24 bid bond can be rejected; you need a surety (bonding company) ready before the response due date.
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- Serious: Limitations on subcontracting certification must be signed. Leaving out the signed certification makes the bid non-responsive, so it cannot be considered for award.
- Worth checking: Lowest responsive bid wins. Award is by price alone among responsive bids, and every bid schedule line must be completed, so a missed form or blank line can knock out an otherwise low bid.
- Worth checking: Hazardous material work: asbestos, lead paint, underground tank. The scope includes asbestos abatement, lead-based paint removal and an underground storage tank removal, which usually need specialty crews and licenses; the licensing rules are in specifications that were only partly read.
- Worth checking: The site visit was Oct 20, 2026. Check the notice and its amendments for whether attendance was required, and whether another visit is offered.
- Minor: Bid opening held in person in Milwaukee. Bids are opened publicly at the Great Lakes Acquisition Center on the response due date, and bidders who attend must arrive before the start time.
- Minor: Schedule approvals before work starts. Work cannot begin until the VA approves submittals and a cost-loaded critical path method (CPM) schedule, which uses part of the 180 days.
- Minor: Two sets of working hours. The specifications give medical center administrative hours of 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM and regular work hours of 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM; the scope summary uses 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM. Ask the contracting officer which applies.
Read from the notice and 8 attachments. Show which files.
- S06 36C25227B0002 0001.docx (read)
- P01 07_550-20-121- VA Demo Old Boiler Plant B100 AE_Specifications revised.pdf (read)
- P01 05_550-20-121 SOW Synopsis revised.pdf (read)
- sign in sheet-Site Visit 10-20-26.pdf (read)
- 36C25227B0002.docx (read)
- P01 - 08_550-20-121 - VA Demo Old Boiler Plant B100 AE_Drawings.pdf (read)
- RFI QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR PROJECT 550-20-121 .docx (read)
- P07 WAGE DETERMINATION IL20260002.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Demolish the old boiler plant, Building 100, following the project drawings and specifications
- Remove an underground storage tank
- Remove asbestos (traditional asbestos abatement)
- Remove and dispose of lead-based paint
- Do general construction and certain other items listed in the bid schedule
- Get submittals approved and an approved cost-loaded critical path method (CPM) construction schedule before starting construction
- Work normal hours, 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, unless the contracting officer's representative (COR) agrees otherwise
- Contract type
- Sealed bid (invitation for bids) with one all-inclusive lump sum base bid (CLIN 0001); one contract will be awarded
- Period of performance
- 180 calendar days after the notice to proceed (NTP)
- Place of performance
- VA Illiana Health Care System campus, 1900 East Main Street, Danville, IL 61832
- Estimated value
- Project magnitude range: $1,000,000.00 and $2,000,000.00
- How they'll choose
- Sealed bidding: award goes to the responsible SDVOSB bidder with the lowest-priced responsive bid
- Offers due
- November 18, 2026, 1:00 PM Central
- How to submit
- Paper bid in a sealed envelope, delivered in person or mailed to Juan C. Gaytan, Great Lakes Acquisition Center, 115 S. 84th Street, Suite 101, Milwaukee, WI 53214-1476. Email bids are not accepted.
What they'll judge offers on
- Price: lowest bid on the all-inclusive lump sum base bid
- Responsiveness: the bid must include every required item and certification
What to include when you submit
- Put the bid in a sealed envelope marked ATTN: Juan C. Gaytan and Solicitation 36C25227B0002
- Include the signed Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) 852.219-75 limitations on subcontracting certification (what share of the work you must do yourself)
- Include a bid bond (the bid guarantee) on Standard Form 24, completed and signed
- Include Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442), the solicitation, offer and award form, signed and completed
- Complete every line of the bid schedule, including the lump sum base bid for CLIN 0001 (contract line item number: one priced line of the order)
- Complete FAR 52.209-13(b)(1) or (2) and FAR 52.229-11(d)
- Acknowledge Amendment 0001 on the bid
- A joint venture must include a copy of the joint venture agreement and a certification from each SDVOSB partner
- Leave Illinois Retailers' Occupation Tax and Use Tax out of the price; the VA gives the winner a tax exempt purchase statement
- Bid opening is in person at the Great Lakes Acquisition Center in Milwaukee; bidders check in at the front desk
After award, you must have
- Employees of the contractor and subcontractors need the 10-hour OSHA construction safety course, and a designated OSHA competent person must be named From P01 07_550-20-121- VA Demo Old Boiler Plant B100 AE_Specifications revised.pdf:
All employees of general contractor or subcontractors shall have the…
Not in the notice text
- Part of the solicitation and the specifications were attached but not read (the middle of the solicitation form and clauses, the full specifications, the drawings and the wage determination), so some requirements may be missing from this brief.
- Whether performance and payment bonds are required after award, and the amount of the bid bond, are not clear in the text that was read; check Standard Form 1442 on SAM.gov.
- The wage determination IL20260002 is attached but its text was not readable here; check on SAM.gov that it is the Davis-Bacon wage rule for this construction work.
- The share of the work the prime contractor must perform itself under the limitations on subcontracting certification is in the clause (pages 49-50 of the solicitation), which was not read.
- Required licenses or certifications for asbestos, lead and underground tank work are in the specifications, which were attached but only partly read.
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 to submit, from the AI summary: Paper bid in a sealed envelope, delivered in person or mailed to Juan C. Gaytan, Great Lakes Acquisition Center, 115 S. 84th Street, Suite 101, Milwaukee, WI 53214-1476. Email bids are not accepted. 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 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- 252-Network Contract Office 12 (36C252), Milwaukee, WI
- Product/service code
- Z1DA · Maintenance of Hospitals and Infirmaries
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
5 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due Nov 18, 2026
- Oct 21, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Nov 18, 2026
- Oct 8, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 18, 2026
- Sep 22, 2026 · Amendment 0001Date Nov 18, 2026
- Sep 22, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Nov 18, 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 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
550-20-121 Demo Old Boiler Plant B100 CON Amendment 0001 (See attached files)
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