Presolicitation
508-25-301 | TDVV Geothermal Repair
Department of Veterans Affairs · Sol. 36C24726Q0922
Due in 8 daysSDVOSB sole sourceSole source
The agency plans to award to one named company. Others can only submit a capability statement to challenge it.
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The VA (Network Contracting Office 7) plans to give a repair job to one named company, Dominguez Design-Build, Inc., without competition. The work is fixing leaking buried geothermal pipes at the Trinka Davis Veterans Village in Carrollton, Georgia. Other companies may still send in information showing they can do the work, but this is not a regular bid.
Watch out for
- Sole-source intent to a named company. VA already plans to award to Dominguez Design-Build, Inc., so another firm would have to persuade VA to change course and is unlikely to win.
This notice is not a request for competitive proposals and does not constitute a solicitation.
- Only SDVOSB firms qualify. Firms without current SDVOSB certification cannot receive this award.
- Short response window. Responses are due about two weeks after posting, and the sole-source solicitation could issue as early as 10/19/2026.
- Unknown scope of the leak. The notice says the work is only 'anticipated' to include these tasks and the size of the damaged piping is not given, so cost could change.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment.
- Pre-Solicitation Notice_36C24726Q0922.pdf
Full brief
What they want
- Investigate and repair compromised HDPE (plastic) geothermal loop piping
- Remove sections of parking-lot concrete and dig to expose the supply and return pipes
- Find the compromised piping and fix the leaks (one supply-line leak is estimated at about 200 gallons per hour)
- Flush, clean, purge, inspect and test the geothermal network
- Backfill the excavation and replace and finish the concrete
- Run final operational testing of the geothermal system
- Contract type
- Firm-Fixed-Price construction contract (planned)
- Period of performance
- 180 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed
- Place of performance
- Trinka Davis Veterans Village, 180 Martin Drive, Carrollton, GA 30117
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction between $250,000 and $500,000
- Offers due
- Received no later than 4:30pm ET on 10/16/2026 (SAM.gov deadline 2026-10-16 16:30 Eastern)
- How to submit
- Electronically to the contracting point of contact: Gregory Snyder, gregory.snyder@va.gov
What to include when you submit
- Include the firm's legal business name, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), point of contact, relevant construction experience, and current SDVOSB certification status
- A response is not a formal offer; the notice says it will be used to decide whether to go ahead with the sole-source award
- The Government does not plan to issue the sole-source solicitation before 10/19/2026 at 12:00pm ET
- The Government will not reimburse costs of preparing a response
You must have
- Must be a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and a small business (NAICS 237110, size standard $45 million)
For an award under the Veterans First Contracting Program, the concern must meet the
Current contractor
Dominguez Design-Build, Inc. is named as the intended sole-source awardee; no existing contract is mentioned.
Not in the notice text
- Full solicitation terms, clauses and price form (not yet issued)
- How far the geothermal loop leak extends, beyond the roughly 200 gallons per hour supply-line estimate
- Whether bonding, insurance or other licenses will be required
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 16, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 1, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- 36C24726Q0922
- Agency
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Office
- 247-Network Contract Office 7 (36C247)
- Set-aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Sole Source (FAR 19.14)
- NAICS
- 237110
- Product/service code
- Z2NE
- Business type
- Energy, fuel & utilities
- Place of performance
- Carrollton, GA, 30117
- Contracting contact
- Gregory Snydergregory.snyder@va.gov
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Pre-solicitation notice of intent to Sole Source (SDVOSB). See attached notice.
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