Sources Sought
NRM A/E- 528A7-27-112 Fire Alarm Panel Upgrade
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThe Department of Veterans Affairs (Network Contract Office 02) is asking architect-engineer (A/E) firms to show they can design an upgrade of the obsolete Edwards EST-3 fire alarm system at the Syracuse VA Medical Center, 800 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY. This is a sources sought notice (a request for information), not a request for quotes. Capability statements are due by 10:00 AM Eastern, November 3, 2026. Check the notice: its text gives November 3, 2026 as the deadline for questions or document requests, not the offer due date. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of Veterans Affairs who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (Network Contract Office 02) is asking architect-engineer (A/E) firms to show they can design an upgrade of the obsolete Edwards EST-3 fire alarm system at the Syracuse VA Medical Center, 800 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY. This is a sources sought notice (a request for information), not a request for quotes. Capability statements are due by 10:00 AM Eastern, November 3, 2026. Check the notice: its text gives November 3, 2026 as the deadline for questions or document requests, not the offer due date.
Who can bid
- Architect-engineer (A/E) firm able to provide complete design and cost estimation services.
- The prime firm must have a registered Fire Protection Engineer (FPE) on staff, and the FPE must stamp all drawings.
How to submit: Email to Ryan.Seburn@va.gov; phone calls are not accepted. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 20, 2026.
- Serious: Fire Protection Engineer must be on the prime firm's staff. A teaming partner's engineer does not count; the prime firm itself needs a registered FPE.
- Minor: Project number differs between title and text. The SAM.gov title says 528A7-27-112 while the text says Project No. 528A7-24-112. Ask the contracting officer which is right.
- Minor: Not a solicitation. No contract will be awarded from this notice; it only gathers information on who is capable.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Complete design and cost estimation to upgrade the existing fire alarm system, project 528A7-24-112 as the text numbers it.
- Upgrade fire alarm control panels and remote annunciators; install a new fiber loop network linking all panels and a new master control panel.
- Expand the addressable system (each device reports its own location) to more campus buildings and remove the fireman telephone system.
- Write a phasing plan that keeps fire alarm protection running throughout construction.
- Prepare working drawings, specifications and detailed cost estimates, and provide services during construction.
- Stamp all drawings by a registered Fire Protection Engineer (FPE).
- Place of performance
- Syracuse VA Medical Center, 800 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 3, 2026, 10:00 AM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to Ryan.Seburn@va.gov; phone calls are not accepted
What to include when you submit
- Send a written capability statement (the text does not say what it must contain).
After award, you must have
- Design to the latest editions of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70 and 72, the National Electrical Code (NEC) and VA standards. From the notice:
Design shall comply with the latest editions of NFPA 70, NFPA 72, and the NEC…
Not in the notice text
- What a capability statement must contain, its length or format are not stated.
- SAM.gov lists no set-aside, and the notice does not say whether a later solicitation will be set aside.
- The Government's estimate or timeline for the design and construction is not given.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- 242-Network Contract Office 02 (36C242), Albany, NY
- Product/service code
- C1DA · Architect and Engineering – Construction: Hospitals and Infirmaries
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541330)
- 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
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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