Presolicitation
Effluent Wastewater Testing - Saginaw VAMC
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThe Department of Veterans Affairs (Network Contracting Office 10) plans to ask for quotes from verified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) for wastewater effluent laboratory testing at the Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center in Saginaw, Michigan. This is a presolicitation: this notice does not take offers, and the solicitation is planned to be issued on or about October 22, 2026 (passed). The Government intends a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) contract, and the response due date is not given. More in the summary
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The notice looks incomplete: The solicitation is not part of this notice. The tests required, number of samples, how often sampling happens, contract length, response due date, site visit and evaluation method will be in it on SAM.gov. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (Network Contracting Office 10) plans to ask for quotes from verified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) for wastewater effluent laboratory testing at the Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center in Saginaw, Michigan. This is a presolicitation: this notice does not take offers, and the solicitation is planned to be issued on or about October 22, 2026 (passed). The Government intends a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) contract, and the response due date is not given.
Who can bid
- Verified service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) listed in the Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) database when the offer is submitted
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) with current electronic annual representations and certifications, and verified with SBA at or before the time of the offer
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 16, 2026.
- Serious: Only verified SDVOSBs can bid. The buy is a 100 percent set-aside, so a business that is not a verified SDVOSB in VetCert at the time of its offer cannot be considered.
- Worth checking: Scope details come only with the solicitation. The notice names no tests, sample counts or reporting limits, so you cannot price the work until the solicitation is issued.
- Minor: Start date listed as 12/1/2026. The subject line shows a start date, while the notice says award is intended within 120 days from bid opening.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- PreSolicitation Notice 36C25027Q0032.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Sample preparation, collection and storage for wastewater effluent
- Transportation of the effluent samples to a laboratory
- Laboratory analytical testing of the samples
- Reporting of the analytical test results
- Consultative services
- Work during the normal daytime business hours of the medical center, excluding federal holidays
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (planned)
- Period of performance
- Start date shown as 12/1/2026 in the subject line; the length of the contract is not stated
- Place of performance
- Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center, 1500 Weiss Street, Saginaw, MI 48602
- Estimated value
- Not stated
What to include when you submit
- This notice requests no offers; the bid due date and site visit details will be in the solicitation, which will be posted on SAM.gov Contract Opportunities
- Be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and complete the electronic annual representations and certifications
- Be verified in SBA's Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) database at the time of proposal submission
- Send questions in writing to Contracting Officer Christina Shockey at christina.shockey@va.gov; no fax or telephone inquiries are answered
After award, you must have
- The eventual awardee must have a current VETS4212 report (an annual federal contractor veterans' employment report) on file, if applicable From PreSolicitation Notice 36C25027Q0032.pdf:
…shall also have on file a current VETS4212 report filed at…
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation is not part of this notice. The tests required, number of samples, how often sampling happens, contract length, response due date, site visit and evaluation method will be in it on SAM.gov.
- The notice does not say what laboratory certifications or accreditations are required.
- The notice gives no estimated value for the work.
- The notice does not say whether the contract has option periods.
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 541380
- 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 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- 250-Network Contract Office 10 (36C250), Dayton, OH
- Product/service code
- Z1ND · Maintenance of Sewage and Waste Facilities
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541380)
- 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
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