Z1DA--528A8-22-814 Consolidate Primary Care Reception

The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 2 in Buffalo, New York seeks sealed bids for construction of a new first-floor primary care reception area at the Albany VA Medical Center, 113 Holland Avenue, Albany, New York 12208, with bids due December 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST. No set-aside is used. A mandatory pre-bid site visit is November 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM EST in Building 1's main lobby, and written questions are due November 24, 2026 at 12:00 PM. Bids are submitted by email to Michael.Spivack@va.gov, with public bid opening via Microsoft Teams at 11:15 AM EST on December 8. Amendment 0001 and the structured due date reflect these revised dates. One solicitation file summary lists different dates, and that summary is superseded.

The project is phase 1, part 2 of the Consolidate Primary Care project. It consolidates primary care units from the 1st, 4th, and 8th floors of Building 1 into a first-floor core that includes six Medical Support Assistant desks, a waiting lobby, and relocation of the Agent Cashiers office, across approximately 5,000 square feet. Performance period is 295 calendar days from notice to proceed. Work is phased, with weekday construction limited to 4:00 PM to midnight, weekend work during standard business hours, and basement kitchen work restricted to 7:00 PM to 3:30 AM. Two-week pauses between phases are mandatory.

Qualification and compliance requirements include a minimum of ten years of commercial system installation experience, Buy American construction materials under FAR 52.225-9, and VA safety and infection prevention requirements throughout execution. Amendment 0001 adds clause 852.204-72, Personnel Vetting and Credentialing. The contractor must use the VISN 2 Autodesk Construction Cloud platform at no licensing cost and complete platform training within 12 calendar days of access.

Bid documents include the executed SF 1442, an SF 24 bid bond of at least 20% of bid price (not to exceed $3,000,000) for bids exceeding $150,000, a Buy American Certificate, a VAAR 852.219-75 Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate, safety and environmental violation certifications, and Experience Modification Rate documentation. The procurement is classified under NAICS 236220 with a $45 million business size standard. The magnitude of construction is $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. No evaluation criteria are stated.