Sources Sought
Installation of Exit Signs
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summarySources sought notice 36C24827Q0088 (Installation of Exit Signs): the Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 8, is asking which businesses can furnish and install nine illuminated emergency exit signs in the Laundry Building (Building 13) at the C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center in Bay Pines, FL. This is market research only, not a request for quotes or bids. Interested businesses reply by email with a capability statement. The VA may later set the work aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs), then veteran-owned or other small businesses, or leave it open to everyone. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of Veterans Affairs who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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Summary of the version posted Oct 26, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 27, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov.
Sources sought notice 36C24827Q0088 (Installation of Exit Signs): the Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 8, is asking which businesses can furnish and install nine illuminated emergency exit signs in the Laundry Building (Building 13) at the C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center in Bay Pines, FL. This is market research only, not a request for quotes or bids. Interested businesses reply by email with a capability statement. The VA may later set the work aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs), then veteran-owned or other small businesses, or leave it open to everyone.
How to submit: Reply by email to the contracting officer, Michael A Shook, at michael.shook@va.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
- Minor: Sources sought only, not a solicitation. Replying does not place you in a competition or guarantee a later solicitation; the VA uses answers to plan how to buy.
- Minor: Work inside an operating laundry building. Conduit and fixtures must avoid conveyors, laundry equipment and fire protection systems, and some signs go at lower heights, so planning on site matters for pricing later.
- Minor: Several costs excluded from the scope. Permit fees, drywall repair and painting, ceiling or wall finish repairs, access panel installation and changes to existing electrical breakers are excluded unless added by contract modification.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- SS 36C24827Q0088.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Furnish and install nine (9) emergency exit sign fixtures in the Laundry Building (Building 13)
- Provide and install all conduit, wiring, junction boxes, supports, fittings, mounting hardware and electrical connections
- Use a scissor lift and other equipment as needed; verify sign locations in the field with the Government representative before installing
- Mount some signs at lower heights where the laundry conveyor system and hanging laundry bags block overhead view, and protect them from damage
- Test every sign, check that each is visible from the direction of travel, and fix any deficiencies before final acceptance
- Deliver as-built documentation showing final sign locations and the electrical circuits they use
- Work around laundry operations, remove debris and restore work areas to their original condition
- Place of performance
- C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center, Laundry Building (Building 13), 10000 Bay Pines Blvd., Bay Pines, FL 33744
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- Nov 6, 2026, 2:00 AM Eastern (from the version posted Oct 26, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Reply by email to the contracting officer, Michael A Shook, at michael.shook@va.gov
What to include when you submit
- Reply in the affirmative by email if you are interested and can provide the required product or services
- Include your capability statement and any other supporting documentation
- This is not a request for bids, quotes, offers or proposals, so do not send a price
Not in the notice text
- Whether there is a site visit, and whether it would be required, is not stated
- The wage rule is not stated. The attachment lists NAICS 238210 (a construction trade), so ask whether a Davis-Bacon wage determination applies
- Contract type, schedule, period of performance and any dollar value are not stated
- Which set-aside, if any, the later solicitation will use depends on how many SDVOSB, veteran-owned and small business responses come in
- SAM.gov leaves the NAICS code blank; the attachment gives NAICS 238210
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
- 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 27, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- 248-Network Contract Office 8 (36C248), Tampa, FL
- Product/service code
- N062 · Installation of Equipment – Lighting Fixtures and Lamps
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238210)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 6, 2026
- Oct 26, 2026 · Sources SoughtDue Nov 6, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
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