Y1DA--652-24-103 Increase Surgical Access

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 is soliciting proposals through Request for Proposal 36C24626R0023 for construction services to increase surgical access at the Central VA Medical System in Richmond, Virginia. The project involves constructing two new operating rooms (one cardiac, one general) and six support rooms, along with pre/post-operative areas, clean core, and associated facilities on the third floor of Building 500. Contractors must be certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) and demonstrate substantial experience with comparable projects exceeding $7,000,000 in value, along with documented three-year histories on similar installations and local service facilities within 100 miles with four-hour emergency response capability. Evaluation will be based on technical capability (general qualifications, corporate experience, key personnel qualifications, contractor responsibility items including OSHA and Experience Modification Rate ratings, subcontractor qualifications, and project management plans), past performance confidence assessment, and price reasonableness. The written questions submission deadline is Monday, April 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM EST, with the proposal due date extended to Monday, May 18, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT; a mandatory pre-award site visit is scheduled for Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 11:30 AM EST at the Central VA Medical System cafeteria near the southern entrance.

This solicitation is designated as a Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside with no incumbent identified in the available documents. The estimated contract value ranges from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000 under NAICS code 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), awarded as a firm-fixed-price contract. The project will be executed in three phases to maintain medical center operations during construction, with a base performance period of 520 calendar days from receipt of the Notice to Proceed, and two alternate options reducing the timeline to 490 calendar days (Alternate No. 1) or 460 calendar days (Alternate No. 2) by excluding mechanical, electrical, and plumbing work from one or two operating rooms respectively. All work must comply with prevailing wage requirements as established in Wage Determination VA20260155 for Henrico County and Richmond, Virginia, and contractors must ensure all employees complete 10-hour OSHA construction safety training with the general contractor's competent person completing 30-hour OSHA training prior to work commencement. The project will be performed at the Central VA Medical System located at 1201 Broad Rock Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia 23249.