Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
36C25227Q0048 - Coolers and Freezer
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryOnly certified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) listed in the SBA certification database can bid on this Department of Veterans Affairs request for coolers and a freezer, with work in North Chicago, IL. The response due date is October 30, 2026 (an amendment moved it to Nov 10, 2026, 10:00 AM CST · 11:00 AM Eastern), 10:00 AM Central. The base solicitation, with the specifications and quantities, was not among the files read; only two amendments and a scanned drawings file were attached. More in the summary
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Summary of the version posted Oct 14, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 4, 2026. The due date moved from Oct 30, 2026 to Nov 10, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 3 attachments weren't read (S20 DRAWINGS_Redacted.pdf). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only certified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) listed in the SBA certification database can bid on this Department of Veterans Affairs request for coolers and a freezer, with work in North Chicago, IL. The response due date is October 30, 2026 (passed), 10:00 AM Central. The base solicitation, with the specifications and quantities, was not among the files read; only two amendments and a scanned drawings file were attached.
Who can bid
- Be a certified service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) listed in the SBA certification database at veterans.certify.sba.gov, both when you send your offer and at award.
- Qualify as a small business under the size standard for the contract's NAICS code (333415); the size figure is not given in the files read.
- Follow the supply limit on subcontracting: the SDVOSB prime pays no more than 50% of the amount paid by the Government, excluding materials, to firms that are not certified SDVOSBs. A nonmanufacturer must supply the product of a domestic small business manufacturer unless a waiver applies; the Government notes an SBA class waiver exists for this NAICS code.
How to submit: due October 30, 2026, 10:00 AM Central. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
- Serious: SDVOSB certification required at offer and at award. Only firms certified and listed in the SBA database can bid; a business that is not listed when it submits its offer is not considered.
- Serious: Subcontracting certification must come with the quote. Offers without the signed limitations-on-subcontracting certification are deemed ineligible, and the form also asks whether you are the manufacturer or a nonmanufacturer.
- Worth checking: Equipment supply limits for an SDVOSB prime. The Government answered that the buy is supply, the SBA Nonmanufacturer Rule applies, and a class waiver exists for the NAICS code; an SDVOSB reseller must plan around these rules before subcontracting installation or supply.
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- Worth checking: The site visit was Oct 27, 2026. Check the notice and its amendments for whether attendance was required, and whether another visit is offered.
- Worth checking: The site visit was Oct 21, 2026. Check the notice and its amendments for whether attendance was required, and whether another visit is offered.
- Minor: Date passed (Oct 30, 2026): Response due date extended. Amendment 0002 extends the date for receipt of offers to October 30, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT; the earlier date isn't given in the files read.
Read from the notice and 2 attachments. 1 of 3 not read. Show which files.
- S06 - 36C25227Q0048 0001.pdf (read)
- S06 - 36C25227Q0048 0002.pdf (read)
- S20 DRAWINGS_Redacted.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Coolers and a freezer, as the notice title states; the specifications and quantities are not in the files read.
- Equipment for a space in Building 6 at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, North Chicago, IL, where vendors may view and measure the space at a site visit.
- The amendment classifies the buy as supply, not service or construction, for the limits on subcontracting.
- Contract type
- Request for quotation for supplies (the amendment classifies it as supply); pricing type not stated in the files read
- Place of performance
- North Chicago, IL, USA (SAM.gov); the site visit is at Building 6, Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, 3001 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064-3048
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- October 30, 2026, 10:00 AM Central (from the version posted Oct 14, 2026; amended since)
What to include when you submit
- Complete the fill-ins in the two Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) clauses added by Amendment 0002: 852.219-73 and 852.219-76.
- Sign and return the limitations-on-subcontracting certification (VAAR 852.219-76) with your quote; offers without it are not considered.
- Acknowledge receipt of Amendments 0001 and 0002 before the response due date, as the SF 30 form describes: return a completed copy, note it on your offer, or send a letter or electronic message that cites the solicitation and amendment numbers.
- To attend the site visit, email the full names of everyone attending to the Government contacts named in Amendment 0002.
Not in the notice text
- The base solicitation (specifications, quantities, price schedule, evaluation basis and how to submit) is not in the files read; only Amendments 0001 and 0002 were read. Check the full notice on SAM.gov. The drawings (Attachment 3, S20 DRAWINGS_Redacted.pdf) are a scanned PDF that was attached but not read.
- What equipment, how many coolers and freezers, and whether installation is included: the amendment only mentions equipment supply and installation inside a vendor's question.
- Whether site visit attendance is required to send a quote.
- The delivery date and contract period are not stated in the files read.
- How offers are sent and how the award is decided are not stated in the files read.
- The SAM.gov listing says Sole Source, but no named company or justification appears in the files read.
Eligibility and how to respond
- SAM.gov lists this with an SDVOSB sole-source set-aside code, but the notice asks for offers by Nov 10, 2026. Ask the contracting officer who may submit an offer. More open service-disabled veteran-owned set-asides under NAICS 333415
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
Notice details
- Posted
- Nov 4, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- 252-Network Contract Office 12 (36C252), Milwaukee, WI
- Product/service code
- 4110 · Refrigeration Equipment
- Business type
- Manufactured parts & equipment (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 333415)
- Versions
5 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 4, 2026 · Amendment 0004 (this version)Due Nov 10, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 28, 2026 · Amendment 0003Due Nov 6, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 14, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Oct 30, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 7, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 20, 2026
- Oct 6, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Oct 20, 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
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