Y1DZ--PN: 636-26-305 Correct Parking Garage Safety Deficiencies (OM) 2237: 636-26-3-5297-0001

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 is soliciting design-build services to correct parking garage safety deficiencies at the VA Health Care System Central Plains in Omaha, Nebraska (Project 636-26-305). The procurement involves designing and installing a dry-pipe fire suppression system and jump prevention barriers on perimeter barriers in the employee parking garage. This two-phase design-build acquisition requires architectural and engineering disciplines integrated with construction contractor capabilities, with Phase One proposals due March 26, 2026, at 1:00 PM CDT. Phase One evaluation will assess three equally-weighted non-price factors: Technical Approach (30 pages maximum), Experience (20 pages maximum), and Past Performance (15 pages maximum), with a maximum of five offerors advancing to Phase Two. Phase Two evaluation will consider Technical Solution, Project Schedule, Key Personnel, and Price as equally-weighted factors. Technical questions must be submitted by March 10, 2026, at 1:00 PM CDT to contracting officer Derek Fore at derek.fore@va.gov, and the government intends to award without discussions but reserves the right to conduct them if necessary.

This acquisition is 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) certified through the SBA, with verification required at both proposal submission and award. The project magnitude is estimated between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000, with the contract awarded on a firm-fixed-price basis. The period of performance spans 280 calendar days from Notice to Proceed, with the design phase to be completed within 100 calendar days and construction within 120 days of the Notice to Proceed. The performance location is the Omaha Veterans Affairs Medical Center located at 4101 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska. All proposals must be submitted via email as PDF files not exceeding 7 megabytes each, and a bid bond of 20 percent or $3,000,000 (whichever is less) is required for Phase Two submission, with performance and payment bonds required upon award.