Solicitation
Electrical Wiring Install
Department of Defense · Defense Health Agency (DHA)
AI summaryThe Defense Health Agency wants quotes for an electrical wiring installation at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA (request for quotation HT940627QE006), set aside for small businesses. Attending the one-time site visit on Friday November 20th, 2026 at 12:30 PM EST is required, and only firms that notify the contract specialist in advance may attend. SAM.gov gives the response due date as November 24, 2026, 9:00 AM Eastern, but the notice text says close of business on Tuesday, 24 June 2026. More in the summary
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The Defense Health Agency wants quotes for an electrical wiring installation at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA (request for quotation HT940627QE006), set aside for small businesses. Attending the one-time site visit on Friday November 20th, 2026 at 12:30 PM EST is required, and only firms that notify the contract specialist in advance may attend. SAM.gov gives the response due date as November 24, 2026, 9:00 AM Eastern, but the notice text says close of business on Tuesday, 24 June 2026.
Who can bid (4)
- Small business set-aside: only small businesses under NAICS 238210 can bid
- Attend the one-time group site visit on Friday November 20th, 2026 at 12:30 PM EST
- At least 2 invoices for these products from private or public institutions
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- Active SAM.gov registration
How to submit: Email to Contract Specialist Kimberly Bunn at Kimberly.p.bunn.civ@health.mil, due November 24, 2026, 9:00 AM Eastern (SAM.gov); notice text: close of business, Tuesday, 24 June 2026. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Nov 10, 2026.
- Serious: Small businesses only. Only small businesses under NAICS 238210 can bid.
- Serious: Required site visit on November 20, 2026. Vendors who skip the one-time group site visit may be ruled ineligible, and only those who notified the contract specialist may attend.
- Serious: Site visit sign-up deadline has no month. Notice of attendance is due by 10:00am Eastern on "Monday, 16th 2026", with no month given; confirm the date with the contract specialist.
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- Worth checking: All or nothing award. A quote that leaves out any requirement isn't considered.
- Worth checking: Invoices required with the offer. A bidder needs at least 2 invoices showing it has supplied these products before.
- Minor: Missing items won't be chased. The contract specialist won't follow up on anything missing from a submission.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Electrical wiring installation in spaces at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA, per the attached description, specifications and statement of work
- A quote for all requirements (all or nothing), brand name or equal based on the salient characteristics
- Product descriptions and part numbers with the quote
- Place of performance
- Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- All or nothing award; brand name or equal, judged against the salient characteristics
- Offers due
- November 24, 2026, 9:00 AM Eastern (SAM.gov); notice text: close of business, Tuesday, 24 June 2026
- How to submit
- Email to Contract Specialist Kimberly Bunn at Kimberly.p.bunn.civ@health.mil
What to include when you submit
- Quote every requirement; partial quotes aren't considered
- Include product descriptions and/or item part numbers
- Show an up-to-date SAM.gov registration
- Include at least 2 invoices for these products from private or public institutions
- Send technical and pricing proposals
- Ask questions by email only; no phone calls
Not in the notice text
- The description, specifications, statement of work, salient characteristics and base access requirements are in the SAM.gov attachments, which weren't read.
- Which Davis-Bacon (construction) or other wage determination applies.
- The month of the site visit sign-up deadline.
- The period of performance and how quotes are evaluated beyond all or nothing.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 238210
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to Contract Specialist Kimberly Bunn at Kimberly.p.bunn.civ@health.mil. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
- 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
- Nov 10, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- Defense Health Agency, Frederick, MD
- Product/service code
- J059 · Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment – Electrical and Electronic Equipment Components
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238210)
- 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
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
***Please read and adhere to the attachments in this RFQ. This requirement is a set aside for small business. If there are any questions please contact Kimberly Bunn, Contract Specialist Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA via email Kimberly.p.bunn.civ@health.mil No Phone calls regarding this solicitation will be taken only email. All interested vendors, for your bid to be considered submit a quote of your product with descriptions and or item part numbers for evaluation, along with an up-to-date SAMs registration. All interested vendors who submit a bid to the contact listed in this posting for your bid to be considered. It is not the responsibility of the Contract Specialist to follow up with what the vendor is missing upon submission. All interested vendors upon submission of an offer, invoices of at least 2 are required from either private or public institutions of these products. Refer to the Description/ Specifications/ Statement of work page for product information and salient characteristics of this RFQ for details concerning base access and requirements needed to fulfill solicitation. Only offers for ALL requirements will be considered. ***This is an all or nothing solicitation, brand name or equal based on salient characteristics. A one-time site-visit walk through of the spaces will be conducted on Friday November 20th, 2026 @ 12:30 PM EST All interested vendors are required to be present and participate in the scheduled site visit. Vendors not attending this scheduled one-time group site visit may be considered ineligible for contract award. Contractors interested in attending the site visit must notify the Contract Specialist, Kimberly Bunn via e-mail kimberly.p.bunn.civ@health.mil no later than 10:00am (Eastern Time) on Monday, 16th 2026 of your company's intentions to participate in the site visit walk-through. Only contractors who have notified the Contract Specialist will be allowed to participate in the site visit. Vendors' technical and pricing proposals are due by close of business on Tuesday, 24 June 2026.
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