CON NRM 531-25-102 | Expand Emergency Room

What they want

• Demolish and rebuild the Purple Team clinic space as Phase 1 of a bigger Emergency Department while the current ED stays in service
• Then demolish and rebuild the current ED space as Phase 2, so the whole area becomes one larger, continuous ED
• Renovate 10,700 sf in Building 85, first floor; expand the existing 5,700 sf emergency room to 8,900 sf; reconfigure and relocate 1,800 sf of admitting, corridors and waiting
• Do the full trades: demolition, structural, walls, ceilings, windows, mechanical, plumbing, medical gas, patient lifts, electrical, nurse call, security, fire alarm and sprinklers, plus potential asbestos and lead abatement
• Work around hospital operations, with some work only outside normal business hours, and follow Class IV infection control (an Infection Control Risk Assessment, ICRA, done by the hospital)
• Run your own quality control, handle all testing, and dispose of materials correctly
• Provide construction site security and keep out of patient care areas

What they'll judge offers on

• Technical Experience (Volume 1): relevant, similar-size, recent renovation projects; a strength for phasing and infection control experience in a 24-hour acute care ER
• Past Performance (Volume 2): how recent, relevant and well performed the Volume 1 projects were, from CPARS (Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System) and questionnaires; VA work may rate higher
• Price/Cost (Volume 3): evaluated for reasonableness

What to include when you submit

• Send three volumes electronically: Volume 1 Technical Experience, Volume 2 Past Performance, Volume 3 Price/Cost
• Volume 1: describe at least two and up to four recent, relevant, similar-size renovation projects where you were the prime contractor, completed within five years of the RFP issue date; projects beyond four are not evaluated
• For each project give title and location, original award amount, original completion date, original versus actual start, completion and cost with reasons for differences, challenges and fixes, and one reference plus one alternate (name, title, address, phone, email) who is not affiliated with you
• Volume 2: print the final CPARS for each Volume 1 project that has one; for projects without CPARS, send the Past Performance Questionnaire to the project owners to return to the two VA emails; no past performance on projects outside Volume 1
• Volume 3: completed and signed Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442, the construction solicitation and offer form), and acknowledge every amendment
• Include an offer guarantee (bid bond, Standard Form 24) of at least 20% of the offer amount, not more than $3 million
• Include completed representations and certifications, the arms control treaty certification (52.209-13(b)), and the post-award small business representation (52.219-28(h)) if it applies
• Return the full text of VAAR 852.219-75 (Attachment 7), filled in and signed, with your proposal
• A joint venture must include a signed certification from each SDVOSB partner that it entered a compliant joint venture agreement and will perform under it
• Send questions only by email; calls, texts and verbal requests are not answered

Current contractor

No incumbent is named; the statement of work says this is the first and only phase of the project and no follow-on work is scheduled.

Not in the notice text

• Part of the solicitation was not read: the middle of the RFP (including its instruction sections before 6.5 and other clauses) and most of the two specification volumes were left out, the stamped drawings were too large to read, and the wage determination (Atch. 6) is a scan. All are attached on SAM.gov.
• Whether attending the October 5, 2026 site visit is required.
• Whether performance and payment bonds are required after award; check the yes/no boxes on the SF 1442 on SAM.gov.
• The current wage determination's rates and job classifications are in Atch. 6, which was not read.
• Amendment answers to bidders' questions and any resulting changes will come in a later amendment.
• How long the Government wants offers held open (the acceptance period on the SF 1442).