Solicitation
657-26-602 Create Observation Unit JC
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryOnly service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid; SAM.gov lists the set-aside as "SDVOSB Sole Source (FAR 19.14)", while the solicitation calls it an SDVOSB set-aside. The VA wants a contractor to build a 3-bed observation unit inside the Emergency Department at the Saint Louis VA Medical Center (John Cochran Division) and renovate seven nearby rooms. The estimated construction magnitude is $500,000 to $1,000,000, with 550 calendar days to finish. The response due date is November 6, 2026, 2:00 PM Central Time. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 26, 2026. It moves the due date from Sep 23, 2026 to Nov 6, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
AI summary Beta
Summary of another version of this notice: check what changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 7 of 19 attachments weren't read (SITE VISIT SIGN-IN SHEET 657-26-602JC.pdf, Attachment 03 657-23-106 One-Line.pdf and 5 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid; SAM.gov lists the set-aside as "SDVOSB Sole Source (FAR 19.14)", while the solicitation calls it an SDVOSB set-aside. The VA wants a contractor to build a 3-bed observation unit inside the Emergency Department at the Saint Louis VA Medical Center (John Cochran Division) and renovate seven nearby rooms. The estimated construction magnitude is $500,000 to $1,000,000, with 550 calendar days to finish. The response due date is November 6, 2026, 2:00 PM Central Time.
Who can bid (4)
- Service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB); all contractors and joint ventures must be registered in SAM and VetBiz by the response due date
- Registered in SAM and VetBiz by the response due date to be eligible for award
- Bid guarantee of at least 20 percent of the bid price, not more than $3,000,000
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- Signed copy of VAAR clause 852.219-75 (limits on subcontracting) returned with the offer
How to submit: Digital submission; physical copies of proposals are not accepted. Original bid bonds go to the contracting office in Leavenworth, KS.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 26, 2026.
- Serious: SDVOSB-only; SAM.gov label says sole source. Only SDVOSBs can bid. SAM.gov shows "SDVOSB Sole Source (FAR 19.14)" while the solicitation says SDVOSB set-aside with offers evaluated on lowest price technically acceptable; ask the contracting officer which applies.
- Serious: Bid guarantee and bonds required. A bid guarantee of at least 20 percent (up to $3,000,000) is due with the offer, and 100% payment and performance bonds follow after award, which needs surety capacity.
- Worth checking: Bid bond timing is stated two ways. One line says original bid bonds must reach the contracting office before the solicitation closes; another says a photocopy is due at bid opening and the original within two business days after notification.
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- Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wages apply. The solicitation includes Davis-Bacon general decision MO20260089 for St Louis County, MO, and a Service Contract Act wage determination for the guarantee period services; price labor at those rates.
- Worth checking: Work inside an operating Emergency Department. The work is phased to keep the department running, with infection control barriers, which adds cost and scheduling risk.
- Worth checking: Sprinkler work is design-build. The Government says the sprinkler scope is design-build, so the bidder must design the sprinkler layout as well as install it.
- Worth checking: Evaluation factors need clarification. A question points out that a Factor 4 asks for an electronic key manufacturer subcontractor that this project does not need; the Government's answer is that the contracting officer will reply, so check for that reply.
- Minor: Response due date has moved several times. Amendment 0006 moves the response due date to November 6, 2026, 2:00 PM Central; earlier amendments set it at October 26, 2026, October 14, 2026, September 23, 2026 and September 1, 2026.
- Minor: No more questions accepted. The last amendment closes the question period, so unanswered questions about the drawings and specifications cannot be sent.
Read from the notice and 12 attachments. 7 of 19 not read. Show which files.
- S02 SOLICITATION 36C25526R0162_1.pdf (read)
- AMENDMENT 36C25526R0162 0006.pdf (read)
- AMENDMENT 36C25526R0162 0005.pdf (read)
- AMENDMENT 36C25526R0162 0004.pdf (read)
- 36C25526R0162 AMENDMENT 0003.pdf (read)
- 36C25526R0162 AMENDMENT 0002.pdf (read)
- 36C25526R0162 AMENDMENT 0001.pdf (read)
- REVISION 1 SPECIFICATIONS 657-26-602.pdf (read)
- FINAL GOVERMENT RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 657-26-602JC.pdf (read)
- REVISED CONTRACT LINE ITEMS.pdf (read)
- GOVERMENT RESPONSE TO RFIS 657-26-602JC.pdf (read)
- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO GOVERMENT 657-26-602 REVISED.pdf (read)
- SITE VISIT SIGN-IN SHEET 657-26-602JC.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 03 657-23-106 One-Line.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 02 Dual Duct Air Terminal Unit Schedule Floor 01 ED.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 04 JCVA - 1st Floor Panel Schedules.xls: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 01 Floor Plan with D145.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- 100 BID DOCUMENTS-FULL SET DRAWINGS 657-26-602.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- S02 ATTACHMENT COMBINED SPECS AND DRAWINGS 657-26-602.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Convert three rooms in the Emergency Department into a 3-bed observation unit on Floor 01 of Building 1
- Renovate seven rooms, including relocated triage rooms and the reception desk
- Walls, finishes, electrical, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), plumbing and medical gas work
- Work in phases so the Emergency Department keeps operating, with infection control risk assessment (ICRA) barriers and interim life safety measures
- Design-build sprinkler work: the Government says this is a design build scope
- One year of guarantee period services after completion and acceptance (CLIN 0003, awarded with the construction)
- Performance and payment bonds, plus a bid guarantee with the offer
- Period of performance
- Start within 10 calendar days of notice to proceed and finish within 550 calendar days for the base bid, plus 1 year of guarantee period services after acceptance
- Place of performance
- Saint Louis VA Medical Center, John Cochran Division, 915 N Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO 63106, Building 1, Floor 01
- Estimated value
- Estimate of construction magnitude: $500,000.00 to $1,000,000.00 (Government's estimate)
- How they'll choose
- Best value, lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA: the lowest-priced offer that meets the technical requirements wins)
- Offers due
- November 6, 2026, 2:00 PM Central Time
- How to submit
- Digital submission; physical copies of proposals are not accepted. Original bid bonds go to the contracting office in Leavenworth, KS.
What to include when you submit
- Send the proposal electronically; the solicitation says physical copies will not be accepted
- Price every contract line item number (CLIN: one priced line of the order): CLIN 0001 base bid, CLIN 0002 deduct alternate 1, and CLIN 0003 guarantee period services (monthly price and 12-month total)
- Provide your Unique Entity Identifier on Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442: the construction offer form)
- Return the signed copy of clause VAAR 852.219-75 (limits on subcontracting)
- Include a bid guarantee of at least 20 percent of the bid price, not more than $3,000,000
- Be registered in SAM and VetBiz by the response due date
- Acknowledge each amendment, 0001 through 0006
- Follow the Proposal Submittal Instructions in the solicitation; offers missing the required documents are deemed non-responsive
After award, you must have
- Payment and performance bonds, in the amount of 100% of the contract price, due no later than 10 days after award; they must cover the guarantee period services From S02 SOLICITATION 36C25526R0162_1.pdf:
Payment and Performance bonds are required.
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. This is a new construction project (project 657-26-602); the documents give no count of offers or planned awards.
Not in the notice text
- The Proposal Submittal Instructions, evaluation factors and page limits sit in a middle part of the solicitation that was left out of this review; read them on SAM.gov
- Where and how to send the digital proposal is not in the text read
- The full set of drawings, the revised specifications and Attachments 01 to 04 (floor plan, air terminal unit schedule, one-line diagram, panel schedules) were attached but not read, so scope details are incomplete
- The Government's final response to requests for information was attached but its text could not be used here; read it on SAM.gov
- The revised hazardous materials sheet (01-HA-111) was not read; the Government says no hazardous materials report is needed with the offer
- Whether the site visit on August 5, 2026 was required is not stated; the solicitation says there will be one site visit
Eligibility and how to respond
- SAM.gov lists this with an SDVOSB sole-source set-aside code, but the notice asks for offers by Nov 6, 2026. Ask the contracting officer who may submit an offer. More open service-disabled veteran-owned set-asides under NAICS 236220
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Digital submission; physical copies of proposals are not accepted. Original bid bonds go to the contracting office in Leavenworth, KS. 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
- Aug 27, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- 255-Network Contract Office 15 (36C255), Leavenworth, KS
- Product/service code
- Z2DA · Repair or Alteration of Hospitals and Infirmaries
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
12 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2026 · AmendmentDue Nov 6, 2026
- Oct 23, 2026 · AmendmentDue Nov 6, 2026
- Oct 22, 2026 · AmendmentDue Nov 6, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 8, 2026 · AmendmentDue Oct 26, 2026
- Oct 6, 2026 · AmendmentDue Oct 26, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 23, 2026 · AmendmentDue Oct 14, 2026 (changed)
- Aug 27, 2026 · Amendment 0006 (this version)Due Sep 23, 2026 (changed)
- Aug 14, 2026 · AmendmentDue Sep 1, 2026
- Aug 13, 2026 · AmendmentDue Sep 1, 2026 (changed)
- Aug 4, 2026 · AmendmentDue Aug 25, 2026
- Aug 4, 2026 · AmendmentDue Aug 25, 2026
- Jul 29, 2026 · SolicitationDue Aug 25, 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
Amendment 0006 is issued. Please see amendment 0006 in attachment section and associated documents. The proposal due date is extended to 11-6-2026. Government posted Final Response to RFIs, Revised Bid Scheduled, Additional solicitation attachents in the attachment section of this proposal. No additional questions will be accepted nor answered. _________________________________________________________ Notice is issued. The government will extended the solicitation to incorporate final responses to RFIs. An Amendment will be issued on 10-22-26 by 6:00pm CST to incorporate remainng responses and extend RFP due date to 11/6/2026. The station is currently completing government's final response. _________________________________________________________ Amendment 0005 is issued. Please see amendment 0004 in attachment section and associated documents. The proposal due date remains 10-26-2026. Government posted 100 % Bid Documents Full Set Drawings in attachment section of his proposal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amendment 0004 is issued. Please see amendment 0004 in attachment section and associated documents. The proposal due date has changed to 10-26-2026. Government response to RFIs are posted & the project specification is revised. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amendment 0003 is issued. Please see amendment 0003 in attachment section and associated documents. The proposal due date has changed to 10-14-2026. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amendment 0002 is issued. Please see amendment 0002 in attachment section and associated documents. The proposal due date has changed to 9-23-2026. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amendment 0001 is issued. Please see amendment 0001 in attachment section and associated documents. The proposal due date has changed to 9-1-2026. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8/4/2026:THE SITE VISIT LOCATION HAS BEEN UPDATED TO RERFLECT: SITE VISIT: A site visit will be conducted on 08-5-2026 at 10:00 AM CST. Location: Saint Louis VAMC Building #16, Room #B201 on the 2nd Floor at 10:00AM CST. The building is located directly across from the Emergency Room. POC: WALTER STAAS PHONE:314-652-4100 JCx58723 _______________________________________________________________________________________ PLEASE RESPOND BY THE SPECIFIED DATE AND TIME TO BE CONSIDERED FOR CONTRACT AWARD.
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