Y1NE| soliciation | 36C25626R0015 | construct new water storage facility
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 36C25626R0015
- Agency
-
Veterans Integrated Service Network 16
Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Sole Source
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 237110 Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction
- Place of performance
- Fayetteville, Arkansas 72703, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Veterans Affairs is soliciting proposals to construct a new water storage facility and demolish an existing facility at the Veterans' Health Care System of the Ozarks in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with proposals due September 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM CT. This is a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business sole-source set-aside under 38 USC 8127 (Veterans' First program).
Place of performance is Fayetteville, Arkansas at 1100 N. College Avenue. The NAICS code is 237110, General Construction, with a small business size standard of $45 million. The PSC code is Y1NE, Construction of Water Supply Facilities.
The contractor must construct a 600,000-gallon elevated potable-water storage tank, pump house, and emergency generator facility, and demolish the existing 100,000-gallon elevated water tower. The period of performance is 500 calendar days from Notice to Proceed. Work must be performed without disrupting ongoing medical center operations and must comply with VA Specifications, VA Standards, energy conservation methods, EPA, OSHA, NFPA, NEC, ASHRAE, Life Safety Code, UBC, and local and federal requirements.
Distinctive requirements include: minimum five years of experience with at least five multi-column elevated tank installations; Experience Modification Rate below 0.75 and Total Recordable Incident Rate below 2.5 for the preceding three years, verified through insurance documentation and OSHA 300 Logs; tank design compliance with AWWA D100, NFPA 22, ASTM A36/A36M, AISC 360, and IBC; Environmental loads including 115 MPH wind speed and 5 psf snow load; all contract personnel must obtain annual flu vaccination (or waiver with masking requirement) and negative TB test within 90 days prior to work; contract personnel may require VA-issued PIV cards and are subject to parking and security restrictions. All work must adhere to the VA Physical Security and Resiliency Design Manual, including blast-rated louver systems and security measures classified as mission-critical.
The solicitation is a Firm-Fixed Price contract. At least 15 percent of contract performance costs for personnel must be spent on SDVOSB employees or employees of other eligible SDVOSB concerns. Offerors must be certified SDVOSBs in the SBA database and actively registered in SAM.gov at time of offer and award. Bid bonds, performance bonds, and payment bonds are required. General liability insurance minimum is $500,000 per occurrence. Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates apply (AR20260035). Subcontracting limitations cap payment to non-similarly-situated entities at 85 percent of the total contract value, excluding material costs.
The government intends to make award without discussions based on past performance and price tradeoff, with past performance weighted as significantly more important than price. Offers are valid for 90 days. Amendment #2 (posted August 19) extended the performance period from 330 to 500 calendar days and added Specification Section 22 12 16 for the water storage tank. Amendment #3 (posted August 25) updated RFI #77 with revised drawings M301. Offerors must acknowledge receipt of all amendments prior to proposal submission or face rejection.
Notice text
4 versions
Update #4 · Latest ·
Amendment #3 posted on 08/25/2026- The following are included in this amendment:
- An update to RFI #77 see revised drawings M301 under attachments
- Amendment 0003 under attachments
//NOTHING FOLLOWS//
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Amendment #2 posted on 08/19/2026- The following are included in this amendment:
- Solicitation clarifications
- Extend proposal due date to 09/01/2026 @2:00 PM CT.
- Period of perofrmance is changed from 300 to 500 calendar days.
- SF 1442 block (d) bid guarantee is changed from 90 days to 75 days.
- Specifications Section 22 12 16 added to solicitation
- See attachments in response to solicitation clarifications
//NOTHING FOLLOWS//
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Amendment #1 posted on 07/21/2026- Extend Proposal due date.
THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE ONLY FOR SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES.
The Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks (VHSO) in Fayetteville, Arkansas has a requirement titled “Construct New Water Storage Facility for project 564-19-101, per issue for construction Drawings and Specifications. This acquisition will be solicited pursuant to the Veterans’ First Public Law 109-461 as a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (SDVOSB). At least 15 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel shall be spent on the concern’s employees or the employees of other eligible SDVOSB concerns. See solicitation for RFI’s submission due dates.
A Firm-Fixed Price construction contract award is anticipated. Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, tools, equipment, expertise, administration, supervision, and transportation as necessary for the construction of a new water storage facility and demolition of existing water storage facilities for Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks (VHSO), located at 1100 N. College Avenue, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72703. All construction. work must adhere to the latest VA Specifications, VA Standards, energy conservation methods, EPA, OSHA, NFPA, NEC, ASHRAE, LIFE SAFETY CODE, UBC, local, Federal and Industry requirements and regulations. All construction work must be performed without affecting medical centers’ operations. Work includes specialized construction, labor and supervision for civil, structural, architectural, fire protection, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, security and electronics, and demolition work as required by provided construction documents. The period of performance will be 330 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed.
INTERESTED PARTIES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF ACTIONS INCLUDING POSTING OF THE SOLICITATION AND AMENDMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, OFFERORS ARE ADVISED TO CHECK THE SITE FREQUENTLY AS THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING AMENDMENTS TO THE SOLICITATION NOTICE.
A 90-day proposal acceptance period will be required. A bid bond is required; therefore, a performance and payment bond are required from the contractor receiving the award. The magnitude of construction is $10,000,000.00 and $20,000,000.00. North American Industrial Classification Standard (NAICS) code assigned to this construction project is 237110, with a small business size standard of $45 million in average annual receipts for the past three (3) years. Offerors shall be registered with SBA VetCert at Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov), in System for Award Management (SAM) database at www.sam.gov and have completed online Representation and Certifications prior to the solicitation due date. Offerors shall be registered with the NAICS code assigned to this acquisition in VetCert.
Only one Site Visit will be conducted and no requests for additional Site Visits or make-up Site Visits will be granted. Site Visit is scheduled for 17 June 2026 email Madeline Allison atmadeline.allison@va.gov for time. Location will be 1100 North College Avenue, Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks (VHSO), Building 5, RFI’s are due NLT 25 June 2026 by 1:00 pm central time.
The RFP is posted and can be downloaded (without any charge) from the SAM.gov website. Offerors are responsible for obtaining the RFP (and associated documents/attachments) from the SAM.gov website and for acknowledging all Amendments to the RFP. It is the responsibility of all interested offerors to check the SAM.gov website as necessary for any Amendments to the RFP (to include the day bids are due).
In accordance with VAAR 819.7003 Eligibility, at the time of submission of proposal, the offeror must represent to the Contracting Officer that it is a SDVOSB concern, that it is a small business concern under the NAICS code assigned to the acquisition, and it is verified as a SDVOSB in VetCert Vendor Information pages at https://www.veterans.certify.gov. Offerors received from contractors who are not SDVOSB verified in VetCert will not be considered for award. Federal Acquisition regulations require that Federal Contractors register in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov and enter all mandatory information into the system. Award cannot be made until the contractor has registered in SAM prior to submitting a proposal.
Update #3 ·
Amendment #2 posted on 08/19/2026- The following are included in this amendment:
- Solicitation clarifications
- Extend proposal due date to 09/01/2026 @2:00 PM CT.
- Period of perofrmance is changed from 300 to 500 calendar days.
- SF 1442 block (d) bid guarantee is changed from 90 days to 75 days.
- Specifications Section 22 12 16 added to solicitation
- See attachments in response to solicitation clarifications
//NOTHING FOLLOWS//
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Amendment #1 posted on 07/21/2026- Extend Proposal due date.
THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE ONLY FOR SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES.
The Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks (VHSO) in Fayetteville, Arkansas has a requirement titled “Construct New Water Storage Facility for project 564-19-101, per issue for construction Drawings and Specifications. This acquisition will be solicited pursuant to the Veterans’ First Public Law 109-461 as a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (SDVOSB). At least 15 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel shall be spent on the concern’s employees or the employees of other eligible SDVOSB concerns. See solicitation for RFI’s submission due dates.
A Firm-Fixed Price construction contract award is anticipated. Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, tools, equipment, expertise, administration, supervision, and transportation as necessary for the construction of a new water storage facility and demolition of existing water storage facilities for Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks (VHSO), located at 1100 N. College Avenue, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72703. All construction. work must adhere to the latest VA Specifications, VA Standards, energy conservation methods, EPA, OSHA, NFPA, NEC, ASHRAE, LIFE SAFETY CODE, UBC, local, Federal and Industry requirements and regulations. All construction work must be performed without affecting medical centers’ operations. Work includes specialized construction, labor and supervision for civil, structural, architectural, fire protection, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, security and electronics, and demolition work as required by provided construction documents. The period of performance will be 330 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed.
INTERESTED PARTIES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF ACTIONS INCLUDING POSTING OF THE SOLICITATION AND AMENDMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, OFFERORS ARE ADVISED TO CHECK THE SITE FREQUENTLY AS THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING AMENDMENTS TO THE SOLICITATION NOTICE.
A 90-day proposal acceptance period will be required. A bid bond is required; therefore, a performance and payment bond are required from the contractor receiving the award. The magnitude of construction is $10,000,000.00 and $20,000,000.00. North American Industrial Classification Standard (NAICS) code assigned to this construction project is 237110, with a small business size standard of $45 million in average annual receipts for the past three (3) years. Offerors shall be registered with SBA VetCert at Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov), in System for Award Management (SAM) database at www.sam.gov and have completed online Representation and Certifications prior to the solicitation due date. Offerors shall be registered with the NAICS code assigned to this acquisition in VetCert.
Only one Site Visit will be conducted and no requests for additional Site Visits or make-up Site Visits will be granted. Site Visit is scheduled for 17 June 2026 email Madeline Allison atmadeline.allison@va.gov for time. Location will be 1100 North College Avenue, Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks (VHSO), Building 5, RFI’s are due NLT 25 June 2026 by 1:00 pm central time.
The RFP is posted and can be downloaded (without any charge) from the SAM.gov website. Offerors are responsible for obtaining the RFP (and associated documents/attachments) from the SAM.gov website and for acknowledging all Amendments to the RFP. It is the responsibility of all interested offerors to check the SAM.gov website as necessary for any Amendments to the RFP (to include the day bids are due).
In accordance with VAAR 819.7003 Eligibility, at the time of submission of proposal, the offeror must represent to the Contracting Officer that it is a SDVOSB concern, that it is a small business concern under the NAICS code assigned to the acquisition, and it is verified as a SDVOSB in VetCert Vendor Information pages at https://www.veterans.certify.gov. Offerors received from contractors who are not SDVOSB verified in VetCert will not be considered for award. Federal Acquisition regulations require that Federal Contractors register in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov and enter all mandatory information into the system. Award cannot be made until the contractor has registered in SAM prior to submitting a proposal.
Update #2 ·
Amendment #1 posted on 07/21/2026- Extend Proposal due date.
THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE ONLY FOR SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES.
The Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks (VHSO) in Fayetteville, Arkansas has a requirement titled “Construct New Water Storage Facility for project 564-19-101, per issue for construction Drawings and Specifications. This acquisition will be solicited pursuant to the Veterans’ First Public Law 109-461 as a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (SDVOSB). At least 15 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel shall be spent on the concern’s employees or the employees of other eligible SDVOSB concerns. See solicitation for RFI’s submission due dates.
A Firm-Fixed Price construction contract award is anticipated. Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, tools, equipment, expertise, administration, supervision, and transportation as necessary for the construction of a new water storage facility and demolition of existing water storage facilities for Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks (VHSO), located at 1100 N. College Avenue, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72703. All construction. work must adhere to the latest VA Specifications, VA Standards, energy conservation methods, EPA, OSHA, NFPA, NEC, ASHRAE, LIFE SAFETY CODE, UBC, local, Federal and Industry requirements and regulations. All construction work must be performed without affecting medical centers’ operations. Work includes specialized construction, labor and supervision for civil, structural, architectural, fire protection, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, security and electronics, and demolition work as required by provided construction documents. The period of performance will be 330 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed.
INTERESTED PARTIES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF ACTIONS INCLUDING POSTING OF THE SOLICITATION AND AMENDMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, OFFERORS ARE ADVISED TO CHECK THE SITE FREQUENTLY AS THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING AMENDMENTS TO THE SOLICITATION NOTICE.
A 90-day proposal acceptance period will be required. A bid bond is required; therefore, a performance and payment bond are required from the contractor receiving the award. The magnitude of construction is $10,000,000.00 and $20,000,000.00. North American Industrial Classification Standard (NAICS) code assigned to this construction project is 237110, with a small business size standard of $45 million in average annual receipts for the past three (3) years. Offerors shall be registered with SBA VetCert at Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov), in System for Award Management (SAM) database at www.sam.gov and have completed online Representation and Certifications prior to the solicitation due date. Offerors shall be registered with the NAICS code assigned to this acquisition in VetCert.
Only one Site Visit will be conducted and no requests for additional Site Visits or make-up Site Visits will be granted. Site Visit is scheduled for 17 June 2026 email Madeline Allison atmadeline.allison@va.gov for time. Location will be 1100 North College Avenue, Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks (VHSO), Building 5, RFI’s are due NLT 25 June 2026 by 1:00 pm central time.
The RFP is posted and can be downloaded (without any charge) from the SAM.gov website. Offerors are responsible for obtaining the RFP (and associated documents/attachments) from the SAM.gov website and for acknowledging all Amendments to the RFP. It is the responsibility of all interested offerors to check the SAM.gov website as necessary for any Amendments to the RFP (to include the day bids are due).
In accordance with VAAR 819.7003 Eligibility, at the time of submission of proposal, the offeror must represent to the Contracting Officer that it is a SDVOSB concern, that it is a small business concern under the NAICS code assigned to the acquisition, and it is verified as a SDVOSB in VetCert Vendor Information pages at https://www.veterans.certify.gov. Offerors received from contractors who are not SDVOSB verified in VetCert will not be considered for award. Federal Acquisition regulations require that Federal Contractors register in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov and enter all mandatory information into the system. Award cannot be made until the contractor has registered in SAM prior to submitting a proposal.
Update #1 ·
THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE ONLY FOR SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES.
The Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks (VHSO) in Fayetteville, Arkansas has a requirement titled “Construct New Water Storage Facility for project 564-19-101, per issue for construction Drawings and Specifications. This acquisition will be solicited pursuant to the Veterans’ First Public Law 109-461 as a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (SDVOSB). At least 15 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel shall be spent on the concern’s employees or the employees of other eligible SDVOSB concerns. See solicitation for RFI’s submission due dates.
A Firm-Fixed Price construction contract award is anticipated. Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, tools, equipment, expertise, administration, supervision, and transportation as necessary for the construction of a new water storage facility and demolition of existing water storage facilities for Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks (VHSO), located at 1100 N. College Avenue, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72703. All construction. work must adhere to the latest VA Specifications, VA Standards, energy conservation methods, EPA, OSHA, NFPA, NEC, ASHRAE, LIFE SAFETY CODE, UBC, local, Federal and Industry requirements and regulations. All construction work must be performed without affecting medical centers’ operations. Work includes specialized construction, labor and supervision for civil, structural, architectural, fire protection, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, security and electronics, and demolition work as required by provided construction documents. The period of performance will be 330 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed.
INTERESTED PARTIES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF ACTIONS INCLUDING POSTING OF THE SOLICITATION AND AMENDMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, OFFERORS ARE ADVISED TO CHECK THE SITE FREQUENTLY AS THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING AMENDMENTS TO THE SOLICITATION NOTICE.
A 90-day proposal acceptance period will be required. A bid bond is required; therefore, a performance and payment bond are required from the contractor receiving the award. The magnitude of construction is $10,000,000.00 and $20,000,000.00. North American Industrial Classification Standard (NAICS) code assigned to this construction project is 237110, with a small business size standard of $45 million in average annual receipts for the past three (3) years. Offerors shall be registered with SBA VetCert at Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov), in System for Award Management (SAM) database at www.sam.gov and have completed online Representation and Certifications prior to the solicitation due date. Offerors shall be registered with the NAICS code assigned to this acquisition in VetCert.
Only one Site Visit will be conducted and no requests for additional Site Visits or make-up Site Visits will be granted. Site Visit is scheduled for 17 June 2026 email Madeline Allison atmadeline.allison@va.gov for time. Location will be 1100 North College Avenue, Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks (VHSO), Building 5, RFI’s are due NLT 25 June 2026 by 1:00 pm central time.
The RFP is posted and can be downloaded (without any charge) from the SAM.gov website. Offerors are responsible for obtaining the RFP (and associated documents/attachments) from the SAM.gov website and for acknowledging all Amendments to the RFP. It is the responsibility of all interested offerors to check the SAM.gov website as necessary for any Amendments to the RFP (to include the day bids are due).
In accordance with VAAR 819.7003 Eligibility, at the time of submission of proposal, the offeror must represent to the Contracting Officer that it is a SDVOSB concern, that it is a small business concern under the NAICS code assigned to the acquisition, and it is verified as a SDVOSB in VetCert Vendor Information pages at https://www.veterans.certify.gov. Offerors received from contractors who are not SDVOSB verified in VetCert will not be considered for award. Federal Acquisition regulations require that Federal Contractors register in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov and enter all mandatory information into the system. Award cannot be made until the contractor has registered in SAM prior to submitting a proposal.
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