656-26-702 ehrm ddpo 2. 0

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 seeks electrical installation services to prepare the St. Cloud VA Medical Center campus for Electronic Health Record equipment deployment, with proposals due June 8, 2026. The procurement is set aside exclusively for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns and requires SDVOSB certification verified in the VetCert database at time of bid submission and prior to award.

Place of performance is St. Cloud, Minnesota, 56303 at the St. Cloud VA Medical Center, 4801 Veterans Drive. The work scope requires furnishing all labor, materials, and equipment to install ten Category 6A data drops with basic pathway installation, five additional generic normal power outlets, and five additional generic emergency power outlets, including conduit, conductors, and equipment bracing to support EHR deployment. All installations must comply with BICSI standards (ANSI/NECA/BICSI 568), ANSI/TIA-1179 Healthcare Facility Telecommunications Infrastructure standards, TIA 568.2-D, TIA TSB-184-A, and NFPA-70 Section 725.144. Data drops must terminate to identified RJ-45 patch panels with machine-generated labels certified for TIA-EIA-568-C.2 compliance using continuous cable lengths not exceeding 90 meters. Work occurs during normal business hours (8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays), with after-hours and weekend work encouraged with prior Contracting Officer's Representative coordination.

The period of performance is 90 calendar days following Notice to Proceed, with all work including testing, certification, as-builts, and closeout required no later than November 15, 2026. The estimated contract value range is $100,000 to $250,000. NAICS code is 238210, Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors, with a small business size standard of $45 million. Offerors must submit a bid guarantee not less than 20 percent of bid price (not to exceed $3 million), and performance and payment bonds at 100 percent of awarded contract amount within ten calendar days of award. Technical questions are due May 25, 2026, at 10:00 AM Central Daylight Time. A site visit is scheduled for May 11, 2026, at 10:00 AM CST. The contract incorporates wage determinations under Davis-Bacon (Stearns County, Minnesota) and VAAR 852.219-75 limitations on subcontracting, which for special trade construction contractors limit subcontracting to 75 percent of government payments. Funds are anticipated to be available by September 30, 2026, for fiscal year 2026 awards or November 30, 2026, for fiscal year 2027 awards.