Presolicitation
CND-846-FSHNC-HEADSTONE SETTING-Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery requires a Headstone setting contract to perform • 1. Initial and Replacement Upright Headstone and Flat Marker Setting
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThe Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration plans a construction contract for setting headstones and flat markers at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, TX. Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) may bid. The solicitation is expected on or about November 16, 2026, and this presolicitation has no response date. More in the summary
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The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration plans a construction contract for setting headstones and flat markers at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, TX. Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) may bid. The solicitation is expected on or about November 16, 2026, and this presolicitation has no response date.
Who can bid
- Service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) status; the work is a total SDVOSB set-aside
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 16, 2026.
- Serious: SDVOSB set-aside: only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses can bid. A firm that does not hold SDVOSB status cannot bid on this work.
- Minor: Solicitation not yet issued. This is a presolicitation. The solicitation is expected on or about November 16, 2026 unless the notice is changed or cancelled, and bids are due 30 calendar days after it is published.
- Minor: Construction: site visit and wage rule not stated. The notice does not say whether there is a site visit or which wage rule (such as a Davis-Bacon wage determination, the federal pay rate for construction workers) applies.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Install initial and replacement upright headstones and flat markers
- Raise and realign headstones and markers
- Contract type
- Invitation for Bids (IFB): sealed bids, award on price
- Place of performance
- San Antonio, TX
- Estimated value
- Construction magnitude between $250,000.00 and $500,000.00
What to include when you submit
- Bids are due thirty (30) calendar days after the solicitation is published; the solicitation will be posted on SAM.gov
Not in the notice text
- Whether there is a site visit, and whether it is required (the full solicitation is not yet posted)
- Which wage rule applies, such as a Davis-Bacon wage determination
- Period of performance
- Bonding, insurance and other requirements, which will be in the solicitation, statement of work, specifications and drawings
- The title names Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery but the text also says Houston National Cemetery; check the solicitation for the correct site
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 237990
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- 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
- Oct 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- National Cemetery Admin (36C786), Quantico, VA
- Product/service code
- Y1PZ · Construction of Other Non-Building Facilities
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237990)
- 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 read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Open SDVOSB set-aside contracts
- SDVOSB and veteran-owned contracts
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, SDVOSB (service-disabled veteran-owned small business), Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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