Solicitation
FY27 NRM (PROJ 573-24-110) BB - Expand Cardiology Service
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThe VA's Network Contracting Office 8 wants a contractor to renovate and expand the Cardiology administrative space (about 6,000 sq ft) on the third floor of the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, FL, while the hospital stays open. It is a construction job set aside 100% for verified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs), with a stated size of $2 million to $5 million and 540 calendar days to finish. Funds are not yet available, so award depends on appropriations. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 28, 2026. It moves the due date from Sep 18, 2026 to Nov 16, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
AI summary Beta
Summary of the version posted Sep 17, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 28, 2026. The due date moved from Oct 28, 2026 to Nov 16, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 3 of 10 attachments weren't read (Attachment 03 - Specifications Expand Cardiology Service - 1131 Pages.pdf, Attachment 04 - Itemized Cost Breakdown - 1 page.xlsx and 1 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The VA's Network Contracting Office 8 wants a contractor to renovate and expand the Cardiology administrative space (about 6,000 sq ft) on the third floor of the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, FL, while the hospital stays open. It is a construction job set aside 100% for verified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs), with a stated size of $2 million to $5 million and 540 calendar days to finish. Funds are not yet available, so award depends on appropriations.
Who can bid (7)
- Must be a certified SDVOSB. The 100% SDVOSB set-aside applies, and non-verified firms are excluded from award consideration.
- Registered in SAM and visible or certified on the SBA Small Business Certification site (search.certifications.sba.gov) at offer submission and before award. A joint venture must be registered in SAM with the certified SDVOSB as 51% majority owner.
- Limitations on subcontracting: the firm must perform at least 15% of the contract cost, not counting materials, with its own employees (or other eligible SDVOSBs), and submit a signed certification.
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- Performance and payment bonds are required, and a bid guarantee (bid bond) of 20% of the bid price or $3,000,000, whichever is less, must come with the price proposal.
- Experience Modification Rate (EMR) of 1.0 or lower, shown on insurance carrier letterhead, plus a safety and environmental record form covering OSHA and EPA violations in the last 3 years.
- Relevant past performance: 3 to 5 similar-size projects finished or at least 50% complete within the past 5 years; two in an active healthcare setting, at least one over $1,000,000 and at least two over $500,000.
- Annual VETS-4212 report filed, with proof of filing, plus E-Verify enrollment within 30 days after award, Davis-Bacon wage compliance, and VA personnel background checks and badging.
How to submit: Email only, sent by the prime SDVOSB offeror to calixte.saintil@va.gov, as PDF files of no more than 8 MB each, due October 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM Eastern per the SAM.gov notice; the solicitation form (SF 1442) says 3:00 pm EDT on 10-28-2026. Vendor questions are accepted until October 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM (later ones may not be answered).. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (10)
- Serious: Funds not yet available. The VA says no award will be made until money is appropriated, so you could spend time and money on a bid and see no award, and the VA does not pay for proposal costs.
- Serious: Bid bond and performance/payment bonds. A bid bond of up to $3,000,000 is due with your offer and full performance and payment bonds are required, which can be hard for a small firm to secure.
- Serious: Strict SDVOSB and compliance gates. Only verified SDVOSBs are evaluated, an EMR above 1.0 knocks you out, and missing any required submission can get the proposal thrown out as non-compliant.
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- Worth checking: Heavy past performance requirement. You need 3 to 5 comparable projects, two of them in an active healthcare setting, each with a survey and a client-completed questionnaire.
- Worth checking: Work in an occupied hospital with tight logistics. Work must avoid disrupting patient care, shutdowns need three weeks notice and may fall on evenings and weekends, and the site allows only two parking spaces and one 18-yard dumpster.
- Worth checking: Liquidated damages. Late completion costs $768.96 per calendar day, which adds up quickly on a 540-day job.
- Worth checking: Questions were due May 18, 2026. Check the amendments for the agency's answers.
- Worth checking: Solicitation text appears copied from another project. Factors 2 and 4 refer to crane setup, structural elements, garage levels and a bridge to a parking garage, and the attachment list names an Interventional Radiology specification, none of which fit an interior cardiology renovation; ask the VA to clarify.
- Minor: Conflicting page limits and due time. Factor 2 is headed 20 pages but its narrative line says 10, Factor 3 is headed 10 but says 5, and the notice gives a 3:30 PM deadline while the SF 1442 says 3:00 pm, so follow the stricter reading or ask.
- Minor: Contract type wording differs. One provision says a 'Requirements' contract while the award section says a single firm-fixed-price contract, so it is not fully clear whether this is one-time construction or an ordering arrangement.
Read from the notice and 7 attachments. 3 of 10 not read. Show which files.
- S02 - Solicitation 36C24826R0124.pdf (read)
- P09 - Final SOW 573-24-110 Expand Cardiology.docx (read)
- Attachment 05 - Safety or Environment.pdf (read)
- Attachment 08 - Past Performance Ques.pdf (read)
- Attachment 06 - Specialized Experienc.pdf (read)
- Attachment 07 - Past Performance Survey - 3 Pages.docx (read)
- Attachment 10 - Wage Determination FL20240194.pdf (read)
- Attachment 03 - Specifications Expand Cardiology Service - 1131 Pages.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 04 - Itemized Cost Breakdown - 1 page.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 02 - DRAWING EXPAND CARDIOLOGY 68 Pages.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Renovate and expand the third-floor Cardiology administrative area: private and shared offices, conference rooms, open office, break room, staff restrooms, waiting area and support spaces
- Selective demolition, including asbestos or lead work by qualified personnel only
- Architectural, structural and exterior work (partitions, ceilings, flooring, storefront, metal framing, wall panels)
- Plumbing, HVAC, fire protection and controls modifications
- Electrical, fire alarm and technology work (lighting, power, data, access control, security video, public address, nurse call and code blue infrastructure)
- Work around an occupied, 24/7 hospital with dust, noise and infection control, phasing, and utility shutdown plans
- Commissioning, testing, training, O&M manuals, as-builts, warranty support and closeout
- Price a Base Bid (540 days) and a deduct Alternate No. 1 that removes the north corridor office work (480 days)
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price construction contract; the SF 1442 provision says 'Firm-Fixed-Price, Requirements contract' while the award section says one firm-fixed-price contract. Negotiated (RFP) tradeoff.
- Period of performance
- 540 calendar days after Notice to Proceed (Base Bid); 480 days for Alternate No. 1. The notice lists base POP 12-18-2026 to 06-12-2028.
- Place of performance
- Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, 1601 SW Archer Rd., Gainesville, FL 32608 (third floor, Cardiology)
- Estimated value
- Between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000 (stated project magnitude range)
- How they'll choose
- Best-value tradeoff with no discussions intended. Non-price factors are rated with adjectival ratings; price is not rated but checked for fairness and reasonableness. All non-price factors combined are about equal to price.
- Offers due
- October 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM Eastern per the SAM.gov notice; the solicitation form (SF 1442) says 3:00 pm EDT on 10-28-2026. Vendor questions are accepted until October 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM (later ones may not be answered). (from the version posted Sep 17, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Email only, sent by the prime SDVOSB offeror to calixte.saintil@va.gov, as PDF files of no more than 8 MB each
- Page limits
- Factor 1 past performance and price: no page limit. Factor 2 Technical Approach: headed 20-page maximum but narrative line says 10 pages. Factor 3: headed 10-page maximum but narrative line says 5 pages. Factor 4 Schedule: 5 pages excluding the draft CPM schedule.
What they'll judge offers on
- Factor 1 - Relevant and Recent Past Performance
- Factor 2 - Technical Approach
- Factor 3 - Project Planning/Safety/Infection Control/Quality Control
- Factor 4 - Project Schedule
- Price (analyzed, not rated)
What to include when you submit
- Send a separate technical proposal (no pricing data) and price proposal, each with a cover page, table of contents, UEI and CAGE code
- Technical proposal must cover Factors 1 to 4 in order
- Price proposal: signed SF 1442 (blocks 14-20c) with amendments acknowledged, completed price schedule, detailed price breakdown, VETS-4212 filing confirmation, copy of current SDVOSB certification
- Submit these as separate PDFs, not combined with other files: Experience Modification Rate (EMR) form (Attachment 05), bid bond (SF 24), and the Limitations on Subcontracting certification (VAAR 852.219-75)
- Name files as the instructions require, for example 'BID BOND - SOLICITATION NUMBER - OFFEROR COMPANY NAME'
- Price Base Bid and Alternate No. 1 separately
- Offer must stay open at least 120 calendar days
- Proposals must be signed and dated by the SDVOSB 51% owner
- Use type no smaller than 10 point, margins no smaller than 1/2 inch, no hyperlinks; mark every page for proprietary data
- Past performance: 3 to 5 projects with a Past Performance Survey (Attachment 07) and Questionnaire (Attachment 08) each
- Vendor questions go by email to the contracting specialist with subject 'VENDOR QUESTIONS - SOLICITATION NUMBER - OFFEROR COMPANY NAME'; no phone questions
Not in the notice text
- The full drawings (68 pages) and the full specifications (1131 pages) were too large to read, so detailed technical requirements, materials and phasing are unknown
- The Itemized Cost Breakdown (Attachment 04 spreadsheet) was not read
- About half of the main solicitation document (the middle, mostly clauses and certifications) was left out of the text provided
- The order of importance among the four non-price factors is not stated
- Which wage determination applies (FL20250194 vs the attached FL20240194/FL20260140) and which page limits apply to Factors 2 and 3
- Whether the site visit on October 7, 2026 is mandatory (the provision only urges and expects it) and whether it will move by amendment
- When funds will be appropriated and when award is expected
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: Email only, sent by the prime SDVOSB offeror to calixte.saintil@va.gov, as PDF files of no more than 8 MB each. 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
- Sep 17, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- 248-Network Contract Office 8 (36C248), Tampa, FL
- Product/service code
- 5680 · Miscellaneous Construction Materials
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 28, 2026 · Special NoticeDue Nov 16, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 17, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 28, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 17, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due Sep 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
This project entails the renovation and expansion of the cardiology services; offices, team spaces, conference rooms and other support areas as deemed necessary by the Cardiology service on the third floor of Malcom Randall VA Hospital. The desired offices and support areas will support the approximate 6,000 sqft expansion of the Cardiology service administrative space on the third floor. Period of Performance: 540 calendar days. Contract Period: Base POP Begin: 12-18-2026 POP End: 06-12-2028 An organized site visit is scheduled for October 07, 2026 at 10:00 am EST. A subsequent amendment will be issued if the date, time, and/or location changes. Participants are to meet at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, Gainesville, FL 32608 in front of the Engineering Office (Basement-Building1). Solicitation Due 10-28-2026
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