Y1DA--FY26: NRM (proj: 673-CSI-132) D/B 1. 5T MRI (ICC)

PROJECT TITLE: DB 1.5T MRI ICC
PROJECT NUMBER: 673-CSI-132
THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
CHANGES:
 PROVIDE A COPY OF SIGN IS SHEET
 Change the RFIs due date to 12/29/2025 at 10:00AM EST
 Change the Phase I Quotes due date to 01/23/2026 at 10:00AM EST.

REQUEST FOR QUOTE SOLICITATION NO. 36C24826Q0128

ISSUE DATE: 12/11/2025, PHASE I QUOTE DUE DATE: 01/06/2026 at 10:00 AM EST

PROJECT NUMBER: 673-CSI-132.

PROJECT TITLE: Design Build – 1.5T MRI ICC

PROJECT LOCATION: James A. Haley VA Hospital, 13000 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, Florida, 33612.

PROJECT SUMMARY CONTRACT SHALL: Furnish all necessary professional services, equipment, labor materials, supervision, tools, testing, and specialty services (i.e. Industrial Hygienist, Asbestos Contractor, etc.) to perform a design-build for the CSI Project #673-CSI-132, "1.5T MRI ICC" at the James A. Haley VA Hospital, located at 13000 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, Florida, 33612.  The work includes, but is not limited to, site investigation, design and preparation of drawings, phase planning, specifications, construction and installation of a new 1.5 MRI that will accommodate High Tech Medical Equipment (HTME) Siemens 1.5T MRI ICC as designed in the hospital areas identified in the project description in this SOW. The DB Team is to include subcontractors performing professional services under this contract, shall perform its services consistent with the professional skill and care ordinarily provided by architects/engineers practicing in the same or similar locality under the same or similar circumstances.  The DB Team shall perform its services as expeditiously as is consistent with such professional skill and care and the orderly progress of the project description in this SOW.

OFFICE ISSUING THIS REQUEST:

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 8 Point of Contact (POC): David Hernandez 

Email:  David.hernandez1@va.gov

Phone: (813) 893-3904

PART I – GENERAL INFORMATION

1. All references to “Bid” or “Bidder” shall be understood to mean “Offer” or “Offeror”.
2. DEFINITIONS:

1. Design-Build (D/B) as defined by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is procurement by the Government, under one contract, with one firm or joint venture (JV) as identified in your basic contract, for both design and construction services for a specific project.
2. Contracting Officer Representative (COR): The COR is responsible for administering contracts under the immediate direction of the Contracting Officer.
3. Design Build Contract: This term, as used herein, refers to the Contract to perform the design and construction of the project.
4. Contractor: This term, as used herein, refers to the contractor under this contract or the D/B team.
5. AE: This term, as used herein, refers to the Architect-Engineer firm(s)that are a part of the D/B team, also referred to as D/B/AE.

1. MAGNITUDE OF CONSTRUCTION: Between $2,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00
2. SITE VISIT: An organized site visit is planned for 12/17/2025 AT 10 AM EST. Meeting location is Building 42 at which point the group will make its way to the site visit location. Please contact Engineering Tech Eric Richardson at Eric.Richardson7@va.gov confirm attendance Technical questions are not allowed during the site visit. Please record your questions and submit them to the Contracting Officer as an RFI by the date indicated in #6 below.
3. OFFER ACCEPTANCE PERIOD: Offers providing less than one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days for Government acceptance after the date offers are due will not be considered and will be rejected.

REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION: Requests for Information (RFIs) shall be submitted by the prime contractor through email only to david.hernandez1@va.gov No solicitation questions will be accepted in any other format. Do not discuss project requirements with any Tampa VAMC technical staff during solicitation Phases I and II. The cutoff for submission of RFIs for Phase I is 12/26/2025, at 10:00 AM EST. Send RFIs only to the Contracting Officer do not include VA technical representatives. Responses will be provided through an Amendment posted to SAM.gov in a Question & Answer format visible to all offerors

THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:

- A COPY OF THE DRAWINGS AND SPECS

-CLARIFY THAT THE RFIs CAN INCLUDE PHASE II QUESTIONS.

REQUEST FOR QUOTE SOLICITATION NO. 36C24826Q0128

ISSUE DATE: 12/11/2025, PHASE I QUOTE DUE DATE: 01/06/2026 at 10:00 AM EST

PROJECT NUMBER: 673-CSI-132.

PROJECT TITLE: Design Build – 1.5T MRI ICC

PROJECT LOCATION: James A. Haley VA Hospital, 13000 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, Florida, 33612.

PROJECT SUMMARY CONTRACT SHALL: Furnish all necessary professional services, equipment, labor materials, supervision, tools, testing, and specialty services (i.e. Industrial Hygienist, Asbestos Contractor, etc.) to perform a design-build for the CSI Project #673-CSI-132, "1.5T MRI ICC" at the James A. Haley VA Hospital, located at 13000 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, Florida, 33612.  The work includes, but is not limited to, site investigation, design and preparation of drawings, phase planning, specifications, construction and installation of a new 1.5 MRI that will accommodate High Tech Medical Equipment (HTME) Siemens 1.5T MRI ICC as designed in the hospital areas identified in the project description in this SOW. The DB Team is to include subcontractors performing professional services under this contract, shall perform its services consistent with the professional skill and care ordinarily provided by architects/engineers practicing in the same or similar locality under the same or similar circumstances.  The DB Team shall perform its services as expeditiously as is consistent with such professional skill and care and the orderly progress of the project description in this SOW.

OFFICE ISSUING THIS REQUEST:

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 8 Point of Contact (POC): David Hernandez 

Email:  David.hernandez1@va.gov

Phone: (813) 893-3904

PART I – GENERAL INFORMATION

1. All references to “Bid” or “Bidder” shall be understood to mean “Offer” or “Offeror”.
2. DEFINITIONS:

1. Design-Build (D/B) as defined by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is procurement by the Government, under one contract, with one firm or joint venture (JV) as identified in your basic contract, for both design and construction services for a specific project.
2. Contracting Officer Representative (COR): The COR is responsible for administering contracts under the immediate direction of the Contracting Officer.
3. Design Build Contract: This term, as used herein, refers to the Contract to perform the design and construction of the project.
4. Contractor: This term, as used herein, refers to the contractor under this contract or the D/B team.
5. AE: This term, as used herein, refers to the Architect-Engineer firm(s)that are a part of the D/B team, also referred to as D/B/AE.

1. MAGNITUDE OF CONSTRUCTION: Between $2,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00
2. SITE VISIT: An organized site visit is planned for 12/17/2025 AT 10 AM EST. Meeting location is Building 42 at which point the group will make its way to the site visit location. Please contact Engineering Tech Eric Richardson at Eric.Richardson7@va.gov confirm attendance Technical questions are not allowed during the site visit. Please record your questions and submit them to the Contracting Officer as an RFI by the date indicated in #6 below.
3. OFFER ACCEPTANCE PERIOD: Offers providing less than one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days for Government acceptance after the date offers are due will not be considered and will be rejected.

REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION: Requests for Information (RFIs) shall be submitted by the prime contractor through email only to david.hernandez1@va.gov No solicitation questions will be accepted in any other format. Do not discuss project requirements with any Tampa VAMC technical staff during solicitation Phases I and II. The cutoff for submission of RFIs for Phase I is 12/26/2025, at 10:00 AM EST. Phase I RFI’s should address Phase I evaluation factors only. If Phase II questions are asked, they will be deferred until Phase II. Send RFIs only to the Contracting Officer do not include VA technical representatives. Responses will be provided through an Amendment posted to SAM.gov in a Question & Answer format visible to all offerors

THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION NOTICE OF A SET-ASIDE FOR SDVOSB DB 1.5T MRI ICC this procurement is set-aside based on an order of priority as established in 38 U.S.C. 8127.

100 % SET ASIDE FOR SERVICE DISABLE VETERANS OWNED SMALL BUSINESS(SDVOSB)

CONTRACT TYPE: DESIGN BUILD (DB), FIRM FIXED PRICE.

This is a pre-solicitation notice only. No contract shall be awarded from this pre-solicitation notice. A request for quote will be posted on or about January 10, 2026. Project # 673-CSI-132 DB 1.5T MRI ICC, at the James A Haley Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located at 13000 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, RFQ # 36C24826Q0128.

THE DESIGN/BUILD CONTRACTOR SHALL Furnish all necessary professional services, equipment, labor materials, supervision, tools, testing, and specialty services (i.e. Industrial Hygienist, Asbestos Contractor, etc.) to perform a design-build for the CSI Project #673-CSI-132, "1.5T MRI ICC" at the James A. Haley VA Hospital, located at 13000 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, Florida, 33612. The work includes, but is not limited to, site investigation, design and preparation of drawings, phase planning, specifications, construction and installation of a new 1.5 MRI that will accommodate High Tech Medical Equipment (HTME) Siemens 1.5T MRI ICC as designed in the hospital areas identified in the project description in this SOW. The DB Team is to include subcontractors performing professional services under this contract, shall perform its services consistent with the professional skill and care ordinarily provided by architects/engineers practicing in the same or similar locality under the same or similar circumstances. The DB Team shall perform its services as expeditiously as is consistent with such professional skill and care and the orderly progress of the project description in this SOW.

The NAICS code for this procurement is 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction with a small business size standard of $45M. The VAAR 836.204 magnitude of this project is between $2,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. The project will be 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. All businesses desiring to be considered must be registered with SAM.gov prior to contract award, during contract period of performance, and must continue to remain registered through the final invoice payment. Business size and NAICS will be verified at Small Business Search (https://search.certifications.sba.gov/ ). The Contracting Officer for this project will be Stacy Figlinski, and the Contracting Specialist will be David Hernandez

All responsible sources may submit a quote when requested, which shall be considered by the agency.

SDVOSBs are encouraged to respond to communicate interest in competing for this requirement to support requirement set-aside.

To confirm sufficient eligible SDVOSB, please contact Contract Specialists David Hernandez at David.hernandez1@va.gov