Presolicitation
Manhole Repairs at Montrose VAMC
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThis presolicitation (advance notice, not a request for quotes) for 36C24227R0012, Manhole Repairs at Montrose VA Medical Center, anticipates a 100% set-aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs). The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 2, plans to buy repairs of two underground utility manholes at an entrance lane in Montrose, NY. The work is for VA Hudson Valley Health Care and must finish 60 calendar days after the Notice to Proceed (NTP), the Government's order to start. The solicitation is expected on or about October 30, 2026. The response due date shown on SAM.gov is November 11, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern, but the solicitation will set the submission date. More in the summary
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This presolicitation (advance notice, not a request for quotes) for 36C24227R0012, Manhole Repairs at Montrose VA Medical Center, anticipates a 100% set-aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs). The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 2, plans to buy repairs of two underground utility manholes at an entrance lane in Montrose, NY. The work is for VA Hudson Valley Health Care and must finish 60 calendar days after the Notice to Proceed (NTP), the Government's order to start. The solicitation is expected on or about October 30, 2026. The response due date shown on SAM.gov is November 11, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern, but the solicitation will set the submission date.
Who can bid
- Service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), because the buy is anticipated as a 100% SDVOSB set-aside
- Be registered in SAM.gov (the federal contractor registry) and with Dun and Bradstreet (www.dnb.com) at the time of offer submission and before award
- Be registered and verified as an SDVOSB in the SBA certification search (search.certifications.sba.gov) at the time of offer submission and before award
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 23, 2026.
- Serious: SDVOSB set-aside. Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses verified with SBA can bid; other small businesses are shut out.
- Worth checking: Registrations must be in place when the offer is submitted. SAM.gov, Dun and Bradstreet and SBA SDVOSB verification all have to be current at offer submission, not just by award.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- 36C24227R0012.docx (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Repair two existing underground utility manholes at an entrance lane of the Montrose VA facility by fixing the deteriorated concrete around them
- Demolish and replace damaged concrete lids and frames
- Do localized excavation and concrete repairs, and install reinforcing steel
- Add waterproofing and corrosion protection
- Adjust manhole elevations and restore the surrounding asphalt
- Handle water removal, traffic control, site preparation, testing and final cleanup
- Furnish all labor, materials, equipment, supervision and services
- Finish within 60 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed, which includes 10 days for contractor closeout
- Period of performance
- 60 calendar days from Notice to Proceed, including 10 days for contractor closeout
- Place of performance
- Montrose VA Medical Center, 2094 Albany Post Rd, Montrose, NY 10548 (an entrance lane of the facility)
- Estimated value
- Between $25,000 and $100,000 (the notice's stated magnitude of construction)
- Offers due
- November 11, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation documents (statement of work, drawings, specifications, proposal submission instructions) are not posted yet; the notice expects them on SAM.gov on or about October 30, 2026.
- How offers will be evaluated and what the award is based on
- How and where to submit an offer, and the offer date and time
- Whether there is a site visit, and whether it is required
- Which wage rule applies (a Davis-Bacon wage determination is not mentioned)
- Whether bonding or insurance is required, and the contract type and pricing format
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 238110
- 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 23, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- 242-Network Contract Office 02 (36C242), Albany, NY
- Product/service code
- Z2NZ · Repair or Alteration of Other Utilities
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238110)
- 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