Solicitation
Project No. 583-22-106- Replace Electrical Panels & Expand Distribution.
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThe VA's Richard L. Roudebush Medical Center in Indianapolis wants a contractor to replace and expand the electrical distribution system serving A-Wing of the main hospital tower, plus related campus primary distribution work. This is a presolicitation notice, set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. The notice does not give the contract length or price. More in the summary
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Summary of the version posted Oct 7, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 5, 2026. The due date moved from Oct 23, 2026 to Dec 2, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. The notice looks incomplete: Estimated contract value or size range. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The VA's Richard L. Roudebush Medical Center in Indianapolis wants a contractor to replace and expand the electrical distribution system serving A-Wing of the main hospital tower, plus related campus primary distribution work. This is a presolicitation notice, set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. The notice does not give the contract length or price.
Who can bid
- Must be a certified SDVOSB/VOSB listed in the SBA certification database, and a small business under NAICS 238210, at the time of offer and at award
- Joint ventures can be eligible if they meet 13 CFR part 128 and the managing joint venture partner makes the representations
- Must also meet SBA requirements at 13 CFR parts 121, 125 and 128, including the limitations on subcontracting at 13 CFR 125.6 (which apply to SDVOSB/VOSB set-asides above the micro-purchase threshold)
How to submit: due 10-23-2026 10:00 Eastern Time, New York, USA (notice field: Oct 23, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
- Worth checking: Limitations on subcontracting. The set-aside rules limit how much of the work you can pass to subcontractors, which matters for a large electrical job that may need specialty trades.
- Worth checking: Misrepresenting SDVOSB status brings debarment. A company found to have willfully misrepresented its status can be barred from VA contracting, including all its principals.
- Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wages likely apply. Federal construction over $2,000 in the U.S. pays at least the Davis-Bacon wage rates in the wage determination attached to the solicitation. This summary doesn't name one: find it on SAM.gov and price your labor from it.
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- Minor: Work inside an active hospital. Replacing electrical distribution serving a main hospital wing likely means careful scheduling around patient care, but the notice gives no details on phasing or outages.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- 36C25027B0002.docx (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Replace and expand the secondary electrical distribution system serving A-Wing of Building 1 (main hospital tower)
- Expand and modify the existing primary campus electrical distribution system as needed to support those upgrades
- Work inside Building 01 (A-Wing), Building 23, and adjacent exterior/campus utility areas as shown in the contract drawings and specifications
- Place of performance
- Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, 1481 W. 10th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202-2803
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- 10-23-2026 10:00 Eastern Time, New York, USA (notice field: Oct 23, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT) (from the version posted Oct 7, 2026; amended since)
What to include when you submit
- An offeror must submit a certification of compliance to be considered eligible for any award (see 819.7004)
- Offerors must represent their SDVOSB/VOSB status at submission and again at award
Not in the notice text
- Estimated contract value or size range
- Contract period or completion schedule
- How offers are submitted and the evaluation method (the full solicitation, drawings and specifications are not included yet)
- Bonding requirements
- Site visit or pre-bid meeting details
- Past performance on change-order definitization is to be posted later
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- SAM.gov has no description for this notice beyond its title. The work is described in its attachments, listed under Notice details.
- 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 5, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- 250-Network Contract Office 10 (36C250), Dayton, OH
- Product/service code
- Z1DA · Maintenance of Hospitals and Infirmaries
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238210)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 5, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Dec 2, 2026
- Nov 5, 2026 · SolicitationDue Dec 2, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 7, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Oct 23, 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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