Y1DZ--FY26: NRM (PROJ: 516-22-112) BB - Upgrade IV Mixing Room for USP 800 Compliance Lee County VA Clinic Cape Coral, FL

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 seeks a construction contractor to upgrade the Pharmacy IV Mixing Room at Lee County VA Clinic in Cape Coral, Florida to achieve USP 797 and USP 800 compliance, with proposals due June 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM EST and RFIs due May 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM EST. This is a 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs).

Place of performance is Lee County VA Clinic, Cape Coral, Florida (2489 Diplomat Parkway East, Cape Coral, FL 33909). The work includes demolition and renovation encompassing IV Buffer, Ante Room, and Chemo Buffer rooms with specialized HVAC systems, biosafety cabinets, new air handling units with HEPA filtration, plumbing, electrical, and structural systems to maintain required pressure differentials and air changes per hour. All contractor personnel must comply with VA information security and privacy requirements, complete VA Privacy and Information Security Awareness and Rules of Behavior Training before system access, and submit training certificates to the contracting officer within one week of contract initiation. The NAICS code is 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction; PSC is Y1DZ, Construction of Other Hospital Buildings.

The estimated contract value is between $1 million and $2 million, firm-fixed-price, with a 270-calendar-day period of performance from Notice to Proceed. Award requires a responsible offeror's proposal to be most favorable considering non-cost factors approximately equal to price. Offerors must be registered in SAM.gov and maintain current SBA VetCert SDVOSB certification. A bid bond equal to 20 percent of bid price or $3 million (whichever is less) is required with the price proposal; performance and payment bonds of 100 percent of contract value must be provided within 10 days of award. The prime contractor must perform at least 15 percent of contract costs with its own employees; subcontracting is limited to 85 percent of government payments for general construction. Davis-Bacon prevailing wage determinations apply (General Decision FL20260211 dated January 2, 2026). An organized site visit is mandatory on May 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM EST. Amendment 1 was posted May 22, 2026, providing a Site Visit Sign-In Sheet; acknowledgment of receipt of this amendment is required prior to proposal submission.