Solicitation
Copy of FY27Q1-CON 668-24-106 Renovate CLC East Wing and Courtyard
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryOnly service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) can bid on this Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) renovation in Spokane, WA. The job renovates the east wing and courtyard of the Community Living Center (CLC) at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center for a firm-fixed-price (FFP) contract: one set price, whatever the work costs. Work lasts 389 calendar days from notice to proceed, and the response due date is November 23, 2026, 12:00 PM Pacific. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 4 of 10 attachments weren't read (Attachment 2 Technical Specifications.pdf, 668-24-106 Pre-proposal Site Visit Sign-in Roster.pdf and 2 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) can bid on this Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) renovation in Spokane, WA. The job renovates the east wing and courtyard of the Community Living Center (CLC) at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center for a firm-fixed-price (FFP) contract: one set price, whatever the work costs. Work lasts 389 calendar days from notice to proceed, and the response due date is November 23, 2026, 12:00 PM Pacific.
Who can bid (5)
- Be a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) designated in the System for Award Management (SAM) as certified by the SBA; this is a 100 percent SDVOSB set-aside.
- Be a small business under the $45 million size standard for NAICS 236220.
- Hold an active SAM registration.
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- Bid guarantee (SF 24) of at least 20 percent of the bid price, up to $3 million, with the offer.
- Certify that you will not pay more than 85 percent of the amount the Government pays you to firms that are not certified SDVOSBs or certified veteran-owned small businesses (cost of materials excluded).
How to submit: Email to michael.conway5@va.gov and dennis.einarson@va.gov; no hard copy or fax proposals accepted. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 21, 2026.
- Serious: SDVOSB set-aside: only certified SDVOSBs can bid. A firm that is not a certified service-disabled veteran-owned small business cannot receive this award.
- Serious: Bid guarantee due with the offer. You need a bid guarantee on SF 24 of at least 20 percent of your price (up to $3 million) with the offer; a missing or wrong one may get the offer rejected.
- Serious: Recent prime projects required. You must show at least 2 recent, similar projects completed as prime; a firm without them risks an Unacceptable Factor 1 rating, which ends the evaluation.
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- Worth checking: Evaluation stops on a weak early rating. Unacceptable on technical experience, or Limited or No Confidence on past performance, ends your evaluation before price is looked at.
- Worth checking: SAM.gov shows no set-aside, but the solicitation says SDVOSB. SAM.gov lists the set-aside as not stated, while the solicitation document says it is a 100 percent SDVOSB set-aside; confirm with the contracting officer.
- Worth checking: Limit on subcontracting. At most 85 percent of the contract payment may go to firms that are not certified SDVOSBs or veteran-owned small businesses, so you must self-perform or use veteran-owned subcontractors for part of the work.
- Worth checking: The site visit was Oct 19, 2026. Check the notice and its amendments for whether attendance was required, and whether another visit is offered.
- Minor: Questions were due Oct 26, 2026. Check the amendments for the agency's answers.
- Minor: Wage determination attached. A Davis-Bacon construction wage rate determination, WA20260114, is attached, so required wages are set by it; its file text could not be read here, so check it on SAM.gov.
Read from the notice and 6 attachments. 4 of 10 not read. Show which files.
- 36C26027R0020 0001.docx (read)
- 36C26027R0020.docx (read)
- Attachment 1 SOW.docx (read)
- Attachment 4 Limitations on Subcontracting-Construction.pdf (read)
- Attachment 5 Past Performance Questionnaire.docx (read)
- Attachment 7 Wage Determination WA20260114 5.18.2026.pdf (read)
- Attachment 2 Technical Specifications.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
- 668-24-106 Pre-proposal Site Visit Sign-in Roster.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 6 Division Cost Breakout.xls: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 3 Drawings.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Renovate 7730 sf of the east wing, 1st floor of Building 12, to modernize the Community Living Center to current VA standards.
- Renovate the courtyard created by a recent treatment wing addition.
- Do some work in the adjacent north wing to connect heating and cooling (HVAC) systems and other building infrastructure.
- Fix facility condition deficiencies in the renovated areas.
- Provide all supervision, labor, tools, materials, installation, training and commissioning documentation, plus operations and maintenance (O&M) documents.
- Give a one-year warranty on materials and installation.
- Check all existing conditions, equipment, parts and materials in the field before work.
- Deliver inspection, testing and warranty documents and manuals as the specifications require.
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP) construction contract, awarded by best value tradeoff
- Period of performance
- 389 calendar days from the issuance of the notice to proceed (no options stated)
- Place of performance
- Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, 4815 N Assembly St, Spokane, WA 99205 (Building 12). SAM.gov leaves the place of performance blank.
- Estimated value
- Over $1,000,000 to $10,000,000, the price range stated in the solicitation per VAPM M836.101
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff under Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Part 15: the Government may pay more than the lowest price. It intends to award without negotiations but may negotiate.
- Offers due
- November 23, 2026, 12:00 PM Pacific
- How to submit
- Email to michael.conway5@va.gov and dennis.einarson@va.gov; no hard copy or fax proposals accepted
- Page limits
- Volume 1 Technical Experience: 20 pages. Volume 2 Past Performance: no limit. Volume 3 Price: no limit.
What they'll judge offers on
- Factor 1, Technical Experience: 2 to 5 recent, relevant, completed projects as prime, with logical detail showing you understand work like the statement of work, specifications and drawings. An Unacceptable rating ends the evaluation.
- Factor 2, Past Performance: Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs) or Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) reports for the Factor 1 projects. No history is rated Neutral; VA or Veterans Health Administration work may rate higher; Limited Confidence or No Confidence ends the evaluation.
- Factor 3, Price: reasonableness check; the grand total must match the divisional price breakout (Attachment 6).
What to include when you submit
- Send three separate volumes: Volume 1 Technical Experience, Volume 2 Past Performance, Volume 3 Price.
- Name the files [Solicitation Number] [Company Name] Volume 1 Technical Experience, and the same pattern for Volumes 2 and 3.
- Format for 8.5 x 11 inch paper, single-spaced, Times New Roman 11-point or larger, with consecutive page numbers, the RFP number on each page and a table of contents in each volume.
- Volume 1: describe a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 projects completed within the past 5 years of the solicitation issue date, each similar in scope, complexity, size and cost, and each completed with you as the prime contractor.
- Volume 1: 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 a reference plus one alternate (name, title, address, phone, email) who is not affiliated with you.
- Volume 2: send a Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment 5) for each Volume 1 project (CPARS may be sent instead where available); no past performance on projects not in Volume 1. With none, state so.
- Volume 3: completed and signed Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442), the construction solicitation, offer and award form.
- Volume 3: acknowledge all amendments in block 19 of the SF 1442 or return each signed amendment.
- Volume 3: bid guarantee on Standard Form 24 (SF 24) of at least 20 percent of the bid price, not over $3 million.
- Volume 3: completed representations and certifications.
- Volume 3: Attachment 4, VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting certificate, with the company name inserted twice and the five lines below it completed and signed.
- Volume 3: Attachment 6, Divisional Price Breakout, completed in full.
- Send questions by 12:00 PM PDT on October 26, 2026, to the same two email addresses.
After award, you must have
- Be able to furnish performance and payment bonds if required; the bonds clause is listed, and the amounts and timing are not in the text read. From 36C26027R0020.docx:
PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS—CONSTRUCTION…
- Contractor staff working on-site need a low-risk (Tier 1) background investigation. From 36C26027R0020.docx:
All Construction Services Contractor Positions Physically On-Site…
Not in the notice text
- Attached but not read: Attachment 2 Technical Specifications.pdf, Attachment 3 Drawings.pdf, Attachment 6 Division Cost Breakout.xls, the Pre-proposal Site Visit Sign-in Roster (a scanned PDF with no text), and the middle of 36C26027R0020.docx.
- The detailed technical specifications and drawings, which set the real scope, are in the files not read.
- Performance and payment bond amounts and when they are due are not in the text read.
- Supplemental insurance requirements are listed in the contents but their text was not read.
- The wage determination WA20260114 file text could not be read; check it on SAM.gov.
- Who attended the site visit is on the scanned sign-in roster.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to michael.conway5@va.gov and dennis.einarson@va.gov; no hard copy or fax proposals 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 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- 260-Network Contract Office 20 (36C260), Vancouver, WA
- Product/service code
- Z2DA · Repair or Alteration of Hospitals and Infirmaries
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 236220)
- Versions
4 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2026 · Amendment 0002 (this version)Due Nov 23, 2026
- Oct 13, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 23, 2026
- Oct 13, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 23, 2026
- Oct 13, 2026 · PresolicitationNo date on SAM.gov
- 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
See attached Site Vist Sign-in Roster
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