Presolicitation
36C25627R0012 PRESOLICITATION NOTICE REPLACE Perimeter Security Fence
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryOnly service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid on this planned Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) project to replace the perimeter security fence for the Veterans' Health Care System of the Ozarks in Fayetteville, Arkansas. A firm-fixed-price (one set price) construction contract is anticipated, with a magnitude of construction of $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. The solicitation is expected on or about November 5, 2026, the same day as SAM.gov's response date. More in the summary
Advance notice of a coming solicitation, not a bid yet. If it asks for capability statements, sending one is free and puts you on Department of Veterans Affairs's list before the solicitation is posted. See the contact
AI summary Beta
Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid on this planned Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) project to replace the perimeter security fence for the Veterans' Health Care System of the Ozarks in Fayetteville, Arkansas. A firm-fixed-price (one set price) construction contract is anticipated, with a magnitude of construction of $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. The solicitation is expected on or about November 5, 2026, the same day as SAM.gov's response date.
Who can bid (4)
- Service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB); this is a 100 percent SDVOSB set-aside
- Registered with the Small Business Administration's VetCert program, with the NAICS code 236220 listed there
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) with Representations and Certifications complete before the solicitation due date
Show all 4Show fewer
- Bid bond with the proposal; performance and payment bonds from the awardee after award
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 21, 2026.
- Serious: SDVOSB set-aside, VetCert required. Only SDVOSBs certified in SBA VetCert for NAICS 236220 can bid.
- Serious: Bid bond and later bonds required. A bid bond must come with the proposal, and the winner must then provide performance and payment bonds, which a small firm needs surety credit for.
- Worth checking: Work-share rule for personnel costs. At least 15 percent of personnel costs must go to your own staff or other eligible SDVOSBs.
Show all 4Show fewer
- Minor: Questions only after the solicitation is posted. You cannot ask questions about the scope until the solicitation is published.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Replace the perimeter security fence in Fayetteville, Arkansas (project number 564-23-701), following the construction drawings and specifications
- Furnish all supervision, labor, material, tools and equipment
- Do general construction, architectural, mechanical, electrical and structural repair work, removal and maintenance as the construction documents require
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (one set price) construction contract, to be solicited as a Request for Proposals (RFP)
- Period of performance
- 365 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed
- Place of performance
- Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of construction between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000
- Offers due
- November 5, 2026, 2:00 PM Central
What to include when you submit
- Include a bid bond with the proposal
- Keep the proposal valid for a 90-day acceptance period
- Register on SAM.gov to get notices of the solicitation and amendments, and check the site often for amendments
- Do not send questions now; they are accepted only after the solicitation is published
After award, you must have
- Spend at least 15 percent of personnel costs on your own employees or those of other eligible SDVOSBs From the notice:
At least 15 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel…
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation, drawings and specifications are not posted yet; they are expected on or about November 5, 2026.
- Whether there is a site visit, and whether it is required.
- Which wage rule applies (for example a Davis-Bacon wage determination, the federal construction wage rules).
- How proposals will be evaluated and how to submit them.
- The actual response due date once the solicitation is posted.
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 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 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- 256-Network Contract Office 16 (36C256), Ridgeland, MS
- Product/service code
- Y1DZ · Construction of Other Hospital Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- 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
Similar open opportunities
- Presolicitation Notice Court Security Project Construction Colmer FBCT Hattiesburg, MSThe General Services Administration (GSA) Public Buildings Service plans a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) construction contract for court security…
- Department of Veteran Affairs - Personnel Security Adjudication Center
- Project 629-25-104 ED Suicide Risk Mitigation FenceOnly SBA-certified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can bid on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) solicitation 36C25626R0117.
- Office Security Enhancements, Reno, NV
- AS3507 Fence