687-23-101 CON Repair Exterior Features

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 20 is soliciting proposals for repair of exterior features across 25 buildings at the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center in Walla Walla, Washington under solicitation 36C26026R0033. The work encompasses mechanical, electrical, architectural, and structural modifications required to repair exterior features, including roofing, siding, windows, doors, masonry repointing, gutters, downspouts, and foundation work. Key contract requirements include submission of a detailed technical approach addressing expertise and risk mitigation (50 pages maximum), key personnel qualifications documentation (20 pages maximum), past performance references (50 pages maximum), and a comprehensive price proposal with no page limit. The contractor must provide a bid guarantee of 20 percent of the bid price or $2,000,000 whichever is less, performance and payment bonds within 10 days of award, and appropriate insurance documentation including workers' compensation ($100,000 employer liability), general liability ($500,000 per occurrence), and automobile liability ($200,000 per person/$500,000 per occurrence). Evaluation will use best value tradeoff procedures with four equally-weighted factors: technical expertise and risk rating, key personnel qualifications, past performance on similar projects, and price. The mandatory pre-bid site visit occurred on February 9, 2026, questions were due by February 12, 2026, and proposals are due by March 9, 2026, at 8:00 AM Pacific Time.

This solicitation is a 100 percent set-aside exclusively for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) under NAICS code 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) with a small business size standard of $45 million. The contract will be awarded as a firm-fixed-price construction contract with an estimated magnitude between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000, and no current contractor or incumbent is identified in the available documents. The performance period is 365 calendar days, with the contractor required to begin work within 10 days of award. All work will be performed at the VA Medical Center located at 77 Wainwright Drive, Walla Walla, Washington 99362, and the contractor is responsible for complying with Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, Buy American provisions for materials, and extensive federal regulations governing hazardous materials abatement, environmental controls, and infection control protocols for work at an occupied medical facility. The government has provided comprehensive hazardous materials survey reports including asbestos surveys for 16 buildings, lead-based paint assessments, door hardware specifications, and detailed technical specifications and drawings to support accurate cost estimation and proposal development.