Solicitation
Y1DA | 521-24-102 | Renovate Wards 2K and 2B for Optometry/Ophthalmology Clinical Use
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryOnly certified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid to renovate Wards 2K and 2B into an eye clinic at the Birmingham VA Health Care System in Alabama. The firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) job has 365 calendar days to finish, and VA states a construction range of $5,000,000.00 to $10,000,000.00. The response due date is November 12, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern; an organized site visit is scheduled for October 19, 2026 (passed), 8:00 AM CT. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 19, 2026. See the latest version.
AI summary Beta
Summary of the version posted Oct 15, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 19, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 4 of 12 attachments weren't read (Attachment 7- IFB - Specifications Vol 1.pdf, Attachment 4 - Price Breakdown Worksheet.xlsx and 2 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only certified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid to renovate Wards 2K and 2B into an eye clinic at the Birmingham VA Health Care System in Alabama. The firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) job has 365 calendar days to finish, and VA states a construction range of $5,000,000.00 to $10,000,000.00. The response due date is November 12, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern; an organized site visit is scheduled for October 19, 2026 (passed), 8:00 AM CT.
Who can bid (6)
- Certified SDVOSB listed in the SBA certification database at the time of offer and at award; at least 51 percent owned and controlled by one or more service-connected veterans
- Small business under the NAICS 236220 size standard of $45 Million
- Registered in SAM with completed electronic annual representations and certifications, registered with SBA at certifications.sba.gov, and compliant with VETS-4212 (Federal Contractor Veterans Employment Report); registrations must not expire before the response due date
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- Signed VAAR 852.219-75 certificate that you will pay no more than 85 percent of the amount VA pays you, excluding materials, to firms that are not certified SDVOSBs (general construction)
- An offer guarantee (a bid deposit that protects VA if the winner backs out) received by email before the due time; the amount is in the bid guarantee clause 52.228-1, which was not in the text read
- Safety record: four serious, one repeat or one willful OSHA violation in the last 3 years disqualifies a contractor, and an EMR above 1.0 may disqualify
How to submit: Email only: one electronic proposal to Cayley.blommers@va.gov and Joseph.osborn@va.gov. No physical documents are accepted.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (11)
- Serious: Certified SDVOSBs only. Offers from firms not certified and listed as SDVOSBs in the SBA database when they offer will not be considered, so other small businesses cannot bid as primes.
- Serious: Offer guarantee required. A guarantee must arrive by email before the due time. Its amount is in clause 52.228-1, which was not in the text read, and the job is $5,000,000.00 to $10,000,000.00.
- Serious: Limitations on subcontracting certificate must come with the proposal. VA will not consider offers without the signed certificate, and you may pay no more than 85 percent to firms that are not certified SDVOSBs, excluding materials.
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- Worth checking: The site visit was Oct 19, 2026. Check the notice and its amendments for whether attendance was required, and whether another visit is offered.
- Worth checking: Questions were due Oct 26, 2026. Check the amendments for the agency's answers.
- Worth checking: Safety record screen can disqualify. VA checks OSHA 300 logs and the EMR; an EMR above 1.0 may disqualify an offeror.
- Worth checking: Relevant past performance needed in occupied healthcare facilities. Past work should be similar in scope, magnitude and complexity, such as renovation of an occupied healthcare facility with infection control and phased work; send one to three projects.
- Worth checking: Work inside an occupied, operating hospital. Adjacent departments stay open, so dust, noise and utility outages must be controlled under infection control rules and outages set up 14 days ahead.
- Minor: Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Work is limited to weekdays excluding Federal holidays unless the COR approves otherwise.
- Minor: VA10091 form instructions differ between documents. The solicitation says new VA vendors complete VA10091; Attachment 6 says that form was eliminated and vendors enter their data in the Customer Engagement Portal. Ask the contracting officer.
- Minor: Davis-Bacon wage determination attached but not read. Wage Determination AL20260087 dated 5-18-2026 is Attachment 5, a scanned file with no readable text, so the wage rates are unknown.
Read from the notice and 8 attachments. 4 of 12 not read. Show which files.
- 36C24726R0134.pdf (read)
- Attachment 8- IFB - Specifications Vol 2.pdf (read)
- Attachment 2 - VAAR 852.219-75.pdf (read)
- Attachment 6 - Invoicing.pdf (read)
- Attachment 10- VHA Eye Clinic PCRA 09.15.2026-Final_Signed CW.pdf (read)
- Attachment 1 - Experience Modification Rate Form.pdf (read)
- Attachment 3 - Past Performance Questionnaire -PPQ.docx (read)
- Attachment 11- VHA Eye Clinic ICRA-1.5_9.15.2026.pdf (read)
- Attachment 7- IFB - Specifications Vol 1.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 4 - Price Breakdown Worksheet.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 9- IFB - Drawings REV.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 5- Wage Determination AL20260087 5-18-2026.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Renovate about 9,360 square feet of former Mental Health space on Ward 2K into a new Optometry/Ophthalmology clinic suite
- Renovate about 5,000 square feet of the existing Ophthalmology Clinic on Ward 2B
- Selective demolition, structural changes, and new walls, ceilings, floors, doors, millwork and finishes
- Heating and cooling work: a new air handling unit (AHU), variable air volume (VAV) boxes, ductwork, controls, testing and balancing (TAB), and commissioning
- Plumbing, normal and emergency electrical power, lighting, fire alarm and sprinkler changes, data cabling, access control and CCTV
- Keep the occupied hospital running: infection control (dust containment, negative air, HEPA filtration), phasing, and utility outages set up with the contracting officer's representative (COR) 14 calendar days ahead
- Closeout: testing, owner training, operation and maintenance (O&M) manuals, as-built drawings and warranty papers
- Check all existing conditions in the field before starting and report any differences from the drawings
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price; one job line item (JB 1) with a single award
- Period of performance
- 365 calendar days from notice to proceed (NTP), including the submittal phase and completion of all punch list items
- Place of performance
- Birmingham VA Health Care System, Main Hospital (Building 1), 700 19th Street South, Birmingham, Alabama 35233
- Estimated value
- VA's stated magnitude of construction: between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00
- Offers due
- November 12, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern (from the version posted Oct 15, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Email only: one electronic proposal to Cayley.blommers@va.gov and Joseph.osborn@va.gov. No physical documents are accepted.
What they'll judge offers on
- Factor 1, Relevant and Recent Past Performance: similar scope, magnitude and complexity within the five years before the closing date
- Price (Tab C), with an itemized cost breakdown on Attachment 4
What to include when you submit
- Put "Company Name, Solicitation Number, Project Title" in the email subject line; each email file must be 10 MB or smaller, and a proposal may go as several emails
- Tab A, General Information: cover page, table of contents, signed Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442: the form you sign and return as your offer) and acknowledgment of amendments, current SDVOSB certification, SAM UEI, required offer guarantee, safety/environmental and experience modification rate (EMR) information, completed VAAR 852.219-75 certification, and VETS-4212 evidence if it applies
- Tab B, Relevant and Recent Past Performance: at least one and no more than three projects, performed within the five years before the closing date
- For each past project give title and location, customer, contract number, period of performance and status, dollar value, customer contact (name, title, phone, email) and whether you were prime, joint venture member or subcontractor
- For each past project add a short narrative on how it matches this job in scope, magnitude and complexity, and say what work you actually performed
- If you rely on a subcontractor's past performance, name the subcontractor, its projects and the work it will do here
- Send the Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) cover sheet with the proposal; your clients return the filled questionnaire directly to cayley.blommers@va.gov
- Tab C, Price Proposal: complete the price offer schedule and the Attachment 4 price breakdown worksheet
- Complete the Attachment 1 Experience Modification Rate form for 2023, 2024 and 2025, with OSHA 300 and 300A forms attached
- Offer guarantee goes by email only, before the due time, to the email in block 8; hand-delivered or mailed guarantees are not accepted
- Firms that have not done business with VA must complete VA10091, according to the solicitation
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The specifications carry VA Contract No. 36C24724C0036 and Station Project No. 521-24-102; the text does not say what that contract number covers.
Not in the notice text
- Much of the main solicitation was cut from the text read. Specifications Volume 1, the drawings, the Attachment 4 price worksheet and the scanned Attachment 5 wage determination were attached but not read.
- The offer guarantee amount (clause 52.228-1) is not in the text read. Whether performance and payment bonds are required is unclear, as SF 1442 box 12a could not be read.
- Evaluation factors other than past performance and price, their order of importance, and the award method are not in the text read.
- Wage rates under the Davis-Bacon wage determination (Attachment 5) are not in the text read.
- Supplemental insurance requirements (section 4.10) and the contract's liability insurance amounts are not in the text read.
- Page limits for the proposal are not stated in the text read.
- Whether attending the October 19, 2026 site visit is required is not stated.
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: one electronic proposal to Cayley.blommers@va.gov and Joseph.osborn@va.gov. No physical documents are accepted. 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
- Oct 15, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- 247-Network Contract Office 7 (36C247), Augusta, GA
- Product/service code
- Y1DA · Construction of Hospitals and Infirmaries
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 12, 2026
- Oct 15, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 12, 2026
- Oct 13, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 12, 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
10/15/26- Update made to Point of Contact. 10/13/26- See attached solicitation and attachments 1-11 for details.
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