Presolicitation
SHI Replace Lead Glazed Bathtubs at United States Coast Guard Rio Bayamon Housing Base San Juan, Puerto Rico PNUM 24658602
Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Coast Guard
AI summaryOnly service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) can bid. The U.S. Coast Guard plans a design-build job to replace about 120 lead-glazed bathtubs at the Rio Bayamon Housing Base in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This is a presolicitation: no bids are accepted yet, and the sealed bid (IFB) comes later. More in the summary
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Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) can bid. The U.S. Coast Guard plans a design-build job to replace about 120 lead-glazed bathtubs at the Rio Bayamon Housing Base in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This is a presolicitation: no bids are accepted yet, and the sealed bid (IFB) comes later.
Who can bid (4)
- Be a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB): this is a total SDVOSB set-aside
- Be a small business under NAICS 236220 (the size standard listed is $25 million average annual receipts)
- Be registered in SAM at bid submission and throughout performance
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- Provide bid, payment and performance bonds
How to submit: Not stated; the IFB will be posted on SAM.gov with submission instructions. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 26, 2026.
- Serious: Set aside for SDVOSB firms only. Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses can win; others cannot bid, and SBA SDVOSB/VetCert status must be current.
- Serious: Bid, payment and performance bonds required. A bidder needs bonding capacity from a surety before bidding on a job estimated at $1,000,000 to $5,000,000.
- Worth checking: Design-build with asbestos and lead-based paint work. The contractor must do the design, survey and test for asbestos and lead paint, and certify clean areas, which needs qualified staff or subcontractors.
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- Minor: Work in Puerto Rico. The job is in San Juan, Puerto Rico, so crews, materials and logistics must reach the island.
- Minor: Schedule dates are estimates. The notice lists IFB issuance in November 2026 and bid opening in December 2026 as estimates that may change.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Survey and test for asbestos-containing materials and lead-based paint before the work
- Remove and replace approximately 120 existing lead-glazed bathtubs
- Furnish and install new lead-free, steel-glazed bathtubs and secure them to adjacent walls
- Do the design, permits, demolition, disposal, repair, restoration and testing needed for a complete installation
- Provide certifications that affected areas are clear of asbestos-containing materials and lead-based paint, as applicable
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) design-build construction contract, to be awarded through an invitation for bids (IFB: a sealed-bid solicitation)
- Period of performance
- Performance period anticipated to be 240 calendar days; contract completion anticipated August 2027
- Place of performance
- United States Coast Guard Rio Bayamon Housing Base, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Estimated value
- Estimated magnitude between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000
- How they'll choose
- Lowest-priced responsive bid from a responsible SDVOSB bidder
- Offers due
- Nov 9, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Not stated; the IFB will be posted on SAM.gov with submission instructions
What they'll judge offers on
- Price: the lowest-priced bid that meets the solicitation requirements
- Responsibility determination (a check that the bidder can perform)
What to include when you submit
- Do not send bid packages until the IFB is released on SAM.gov
- Be registered in SAM at the time of bid submission and throughout contract performance
- Keep your SAM.gov registration and SBA SDVOSB/VetCert status current at bid submission and award
- Plan for bid, payment and performance bonds
Not in the notice text
- Whether there is a site visit, and whether it is required: the IFB will give site-visit information
- Which wage rule applies (for example a Davis-Bacon wage determination, the federal prevailing wage rule for construction); the IFB will give clauses and terms
- Bid opening date and time, submission method and the detailed scope, drawings and bid schedule: all in the forthcoming IFB
- Exact IFB issuance date; the notice gives only November 2026 as an estimate
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: Not stated; the IFB will be posted on SAM.gov with submission instructions. 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 26, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- Ceu Miami, FL
- Product/service code
- Z2FA · Repair or Alteration of Family Housing Facilities
- 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