Solicitation Summary: Chilled Water Plant Replacement and Site Utility Improvements

This is a Request for Proposal (RFP) issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for construction of a Chilled Water Plant Replacement and Site Utility Improvements project at West Haven VA Medical Center in West Haven, Connecticut. The solicitation number is W912WJ26RA008, issued on 24 August 2026, with an offer deadline of 23 October 2026 at 1:00 PM ET. The estimated price range is $75,000,000 to $150,000,000. The contract is a firm fixed-price construction contract with a mandatory performance period of 10 calendar days to commence work and 1,280 calendar days to complete it following receipt of Notice to Proceed. The applicable NAICS code is 236220 (Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) with a $45,000,000 size standard.

The project comprises base items and optional items to be evaluated together as a whole. Base items include: Chilled Water Plant Replacement (Item 0001), Site Electrical Utilities Campus Redundant Feed (Item 0002), Rock Excavation with subdivisions for first 750 cubic yards and over 750 cubic yards (Items 0008AA and 0008AB), and Underground Asbestos Containing Material Pipe Removal with subdivisions for first 200 linear feet and over 200 linear feet (Items 0009AA and 0009AB). Optional items include Campbell Avenue Domestic Water and Fire Protection Service Piping (Item 0003), Water Storage Tanks and Piping (Item 0004), Site Utilities Backfeeds to Building 1 (Item 0005), and United Illuminated Electrical Service Allowance at $1,400,000 (Item 0006). A bid guarantee of twenty percent of bid price or $3,000,000 (whichever is less) is required. Performance and payment bonds at 100 percent of the contract price are required unless the resulting contract price is $150,000 or less. The contract includes liquidated damages of $2,728.00 per calendar day for failure to complete work on time, and contractors must comply with Buy American construction material requirements, wage determinations for heavy and building construction, and various federal compliance and security requirements including employment eligibility verification, payment bonds, insurance (minimum $100,000 workers' compensation, $500,000 general liability, $200,000 automobile liability per person), and contractor performance evaluations via CPARS.