Wichita VA Medical Center Campus Wayfinding Signage

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 seeks comprehensive interior signage replacement across the Wichita VA Medical Center campus, with proposals due September 14, 2026. The procurement is set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses.

Place of performance is Wichita, Kansas. The project encompasses a 34-building campus and includes room identification signage, wayfinding and directional signage, regulatory signage such as radiation caution signs, and life-safety signage including fire alarms and extinguishers. Bidders must replace existing signage on a like-for-like basis while maintaining compliance with ABA, NFPA, VA TIL Standards, and the VA Wichita Signage Standard, retaining the existing VA room-numbering convention. Signage specifications mandate 75% recycled anodized aluminum frames, specific color standards, Helvetica fonts, ADA compliance with Braille and raised tactile text, and minimum mounting heights of 84 inches above finished floor to sign bottom. The project excludes illuminated exit signs and equipment-specific tags. Offerors may propose alternate signage systems and manufacturers if fully compliant with all specified standards; physical compatibility with existing components is not required.

Contractors must conduct site verification to determine quantities, provide physical samples representative of each sign family, and designate a dedicated on-site project manager. The period of performance is 240 calendar days and includes a mandatory 14-calendar-day Government review period for programming documents, sign location plans, and product submittals. Work occurs in an active hospital requiring coordination of after-hours, night, and weekend work, daily check-in/check-out, and compliance with comprehensive infection control, safety, and security requirements. Contractors must submit an Accident Prevention Plan 15 calendar days before the preconstruction conference, designate a full-time Site Safety and Health Officer holding current professional safety certification with minimum three years construction safety experience, provide OSHA 30-hour training for the SSHO and OSHA 10-hour training for all workers, and arrange tuberculosis screening for all employees within 90 days of assignment. The NAICS code is 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction; the PSC code is Z2DA, Repair or Alteration of Hospitals and Infirmaries.