Presolicitation
Project: 459-27-004 ACC MOD 2 Renovation
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryOnly verified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can send quotes. The Department of Veterans Affairs (Network Contracting Office 21) wants a contractor to renovate about 2,650 square feet of the Primary Care clinic, called MOD 2, in Building 30 at the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System in Honolulu, Hawaii. This is a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) construction job decided on price only, with 143 calendar days to finish after the notice to proceed. Quotes go by email by the response due date, November 20, 2026, 3:00 PM Pacific. 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
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 27, 2026. See the latest version.
AI summary Beta
Summary of the version posted Oct 21, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 27, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 3 of 12 attachments weren't read (MOD 2 Door Plan.pdf, MOD 2 Flooring Plan.pdf and 1 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only verified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) can send quotes. The Department of Veterans Affairs (Network Contracting Office 21) wants a contractor to renovate about 2,650 square feet of the Primary Care clinic, called MOD 2, in Building 30 at the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System in Honolulu, Hawaii. This is a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) construction job decided on price only, with 143 calendar days to finish after the notice to proceed. Quotes go by email by the response due date, November 20, 2026, 3:00 PM Pacific.
Who can bid (6)
- Must be a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) verified in SBA Small Business Search and registered in SAM.gov at the time of quote submission and before award; quotes from others will not be considered
- Must also be a small business under NAICS 236220 (size standard $45 Million)
- Active SAM registration and unique entity ID (UEI)
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- Bid bond (bid guarantee) sent with the quote
- Signed VAAR 852.219-75 limitations on subcontracting certificate sent with the quote
- VETS-4212 report (annual count of veterans in the workforce) filed before award
How to submit: Email only to Contract Specialist Christopher Aguon (christopher.aguon@va.gov) with a copy to Contracting Officer Charee Harris (Charee.harris@va.gov); subject line "RFQ: 36C26126Q1295, ACC MOD 2 Renovation". Faxed or mailed quotes are not accepted.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (11)
- Serious: Only verified SDVOSBs can bid. The work is set aside 100% for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses verified in SBA Small Business Search and SAM.gov, and quotes from other firms will not be considered.
- Serious: Bid bond required with the quote. A quote without a bid bond is dropped from consideration, so a surety (bonding company) must be lined up before the response due date.
- Serious: Email-only quotes. Faxed or mailed quotes are rejected, and each file must stay under 7MB, so plan the email package ahead.
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- Serious: Performance and payment bonds before work starts. The notice to proceed depends on the VA approving both bonds, and the winner must send the payment bond and insurance certificate within 10 calendar days of award.
- Serious: Incomplete quotes can be ruled out. All solicitation pages, all representations and certifications, and a full division price breakdown must come with the quote, or it may be called unacceptable.
- Worth checking: SAM.gov does not show the set-aside. SAM.gov lists no set-aside, but the solicitation says the buy is 100% set aside for SDVOSBs; check with the contracting officer if unsure.
- Worth checking: Only site visit is October 28, 2026. The solicitation calls the visit strongly encouraged and expected, not mandatory, and says it is the only chance to see the site; a clinic job in Hawaii may need travel planning.
- Worth checking: Work inside an operating clinic. The job must follow infection control and scheduling rules, and the hospital must stay open, so work may be limited to set times or phases.
- Worth checking: Three different email spellings for the contract specialist. The notice, the instructions and the RFI form spell the specialist's email three ways (christopher, chrisopher, christopehr); ask the contracting officer which is right before sending a question or quote.
- Minor: Questions due November 5, 2026. Late questions may go unanswered, and answers come out as amendments on SAM.gov that must be acknowledged in the quote.
- Minor: Contractor pays for background investigations. Workers need a low-risk background investigation and badge, and the cost falls on the contractor, so add it to the price.
Read from the notice and 9 attachments. 3 of 12 not read. Show which files.
- 36C26126Q1295 0001.docx (read)
- 36C26126Q1295_1.docx (read)
- PCRA-26-022 ACC - MOD 2 Renovation.pdf (read)
- MOD 2 Phasing Plan.pdf (read)
- Supplemental Price Breakdown by Division Sheet.docx (read)
- SPECS Combine.pdf (read)
- Attachment - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION RFI FORM.docx (read)
- 2026 - 07 - 08 - ICRA - ACC - MOD 2 Renovation_01.pdf (read)
- Wage Determination HI20260001 05.27.2026.pdf (read)
- MOD 2 Door Plan.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- MOD 2 Flooring Plan.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- MOD 2 Painting Plan.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Renovate about 2,650 square feet in MOD 2 of the Ambulatory Care Clinic, Building 30, to modernize Primary Care
- Upgrade flooring, wall finishes, doors and lighting fixtures
- Do electrical work and refresh the restroom
- Add new finishes and handle furniture
- Follow safety, infection control and scheduling rules so the clinic keeps running
- Price the job as CLIN 0001 (contract line item number: one priced line of the order), quantity 1.00, unit JB, plus a price breakdown by division
- Finish within 143 calendar days after the notice to proceed (NTP)
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price construction; a single contract will be awarded
- Period of performance
- 143 calendar days from when the notice to proceed (NTP) is issued
- Place of performance
- VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, Honolulu, Hawaii (Ambulatory Care Clinic, Building 30, MOD 2)
- Estimated value
- Project magnitude between $500,000 and $1,000,000 (the Government's range)
- How they'll choose
- Price only. The Government intends to award without discussions to the quote offering the best value, and the contracting officer checks that the winner is responsible (able to do the work) first.
- Offers due
- November 20, 2026, 3:00 PM Pacific (from the version posted Oct 21, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Email only to Contract Specialist Christopher Aguon (christopher.aguon@va.gov) with a copy to Contracting Officer Charee Harris (Charee.harris@va.gov); subject line "RFQ: 36C26126Q1295, ACC MOD 2 Renovation". Faxed or mailed quotes are not accepted.
- Page limits
- No page limit given; no single file may exceed 7MB, and multiple emails are acceptable
What they'll judge offers on
- Price: the lump sum quote and the completed division price breakdown
What to include when you submit
- Send a complete copy of the quote with all representations and certifications completed
- Include every page of the solicitation with the quote
- Include the signed Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) 852.219-75 limitations on subcontracting certificate (what share of the work you must do yourself)
- Include one bid bond (bid guarantee), scanned so the raised seal shows clearly, sent by email only
- Include the completed Supplemental Price Breakdown by Division Sheet with a signature and typed name
- Fill in Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442), the solicitation, offer and award form, including the price for CLIN 0001
- Acknowledge Amendment 0001 in the quote
- Make sure the quote shows you are an SDVOSB, a small business under NAICS 236220, and active in the System for Award Management (SAM)
- A joint venture needs at least one SDVOSB member, and every other member must be small under the NAICS code
After award, you must have
- Winner must send a payment bond and a certificate of insurance within 10 calendar days of award; only emailed bonds are accepted From 36C26126Q1295_1.docx:
…bond, and certificate of insurance within 10 calendar days of award. Only emailed bonds will be accepted.
- Low risk background investigation for contractor personnel, with the contractor paying the cost From 36C26126Q1295_1.docx:
As per VA Directive 0710, costs of background investigations will be borne by the contractor.
Not in the notice text
- The middle of the solicitation (including the full statement of work and the bid bond section) and parts of the specifications, the infection control assessment and the wage determination were attached but not read, so some requirements may be missing from this brief.
- The Door, Flooring and Painting plans are scanned drawings with no readable text; look at them on SAM.gov for the room-by-room work.
- The bid bond amount and the phasing of the work in the MOD 2 Phasing Plan are not stated in the text that was read.
- The share of the work the prime contractor must perform itself under the limitations on subcontracting certificate (VAAR 852.219-75) was not read.
- The place of performance is blank in SAM.gov; the solicitation gives VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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 to Contract Specialist Christopher Aguon (christopher.aguon@va.gov) with a copy to Contracting Officer Charee Harris (Charee.harris@va.gov); subject line "RFQ: 36C26126Q1295, ACC MOD 2 Renovation". Faxed or mailed quotes are not 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 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- 261-Network Contract Office 21 (36C261), Mather, CA
- Product/service code
- Z2DA · Repair or Alteration of Hospitals and Infirmaries
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
6 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 20, 2026
- Oct 21, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 20, 2026
- Oct 16, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 20, 2026
- Oct 16, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Date Nov 20, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 2, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Oct 16, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 29, 2026 · Sources SoughtDue Oct 6, 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 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
Additional Information : Driver will need valid ID Driver license. Passenger will need a valid ID and everyone in the vehicle will need a valid ID as well. Additional things needed: Safety Check Car insurance or rental agreement Registration Visit sam.gov for solicitation number 36C26126Q1295.
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