Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Amendment 0001- Replacement-in-Kind Repair of Existing Perimeter Security Fence (Ameristar Impasse Trident) Brand Name or Equal
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryOnly service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) can bid: VA Network Contract Office 01, for VA Boston Healthcare System, wants a replacement-in-kind repair of the damaged Ameristar Impasse Trident perimeter security fence at the Brockton VA Campus, Brockton, Massachusetts (solicitation 36C24127Q0041). The fence was damaged by winter snow removal; the repair must match the original and be the brand name or an equal that meets the salient characteristics. Amendment 0001 adds site visit information and extends the response due date to November 13, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
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Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) can bid: VA Network Contract Office 01, for VA Boston Healthcare System, wants a replacement-in-kind repair of the damaged Ameristar Impasse Trident perimeter security fence at the Brockton VA Campus, Brockton, Massachusetts (solicitation 36C24127Q0041). The fence was damaged by winter snow removal; the repair must match the original and be the brand name or an equal that meets the salient characteristics. Amendment 0001 adds site visit information and extends the response due date to November 13, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern.
Who can bid
- Service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) under NAICS 238990: SDVOSB set-aside
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 29, 2026.
- Serious: SDVOSB set-aside. Only businesses certified as service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses can bid.
- Worth checking: Brand name or equal. An alternate product is accepted only if the whole installed system meets every salient characteristic and fits the existing fence.
- Minor: Response due date extended. Amendment 0001 extends the closing date; SAM.gov now shows November 13, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Repair the damaged section of the Ameristar Impasse Trident perimeter security fence, with its posts, footings and connections
- Restore the original fence alignment, configuration, appearance, structural stability and security function
- Protect the existing undamaged fence, which stays in place
- Restore adjacent areas disturbed during repair
- Quote genuine Ameristar components, or an alternate maker's components only if the complete installed system meets every salient characteristic in the statement of work (SOW)
- Place of performance
- Brockton VA Campus, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 13, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern
What to include when you submit
- If quoting an alternate manufacturer, show the complete installed system meets every salient characteristic in the SOW and works with the retained fence without reducing security or changing the fence line.
Not in the notice text
- The site visit date, time and whether it is required are in Amendment 0001's documents, not the notice text.
- The salient characteristics, repair documents and statement of work are attachments.
- Which wage rule applies (a Davis-Bacon wage determination) is not stated.
- How quotes will be evaluated and how to submit them are not stated.
- Length of the damaged section and period of performance are 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 238990
- 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 29, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- 241-Network Contract Office 01 (36C241), Togus, ME
- Product/service code
- Z2PZ · Repair or Alteration of Other Non-Building Facilities
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238990)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 29, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 13, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 28, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Nov 5, 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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