Z1DA--PN: 438-22-600, Improve Campus Building Exteriors (SF)

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 23, is soliciting bids for comprehensive improvements to campus building exteriors at the Sioux Falls VA Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The scope of work includes replacing up to 20 roofs, resetting and repairing masonry elements, removing and resetting antennas, repairing louvers, and installing access ladders across multiple buildings (Buildings 1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 16, 17, 38, and 52). Key contract requirements include providing a detailed work plan, submitting shop drawings, maintaining a project documentation platform, protecting and reinstalling equipment, attending weekly project meetings, and submitting monthly progress reports. The contract is firm-fixed-price with a 400-calendar-day performance period, and work hours are limited to 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM on weekdays, with potential evening work after 4:30 PM with Contracting Officer approval. The original bid due date was July 31, 2025, which was subsequently extended to August 19, 2025, and then further extended to August 25, 2025, at 10:00 CDT. However, it should be noted that the entire solicitation was canceled on October 20, 2025, due to budget funding constraints, and no contract award will be made.

This solicitation is exclusively set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) under NAICS code 236220, with a small business size standard of $45 million. The estimated project cost ranges between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000, with potential funding contingent on FY25 or FY26 appropriations. Contractors are required to begin work within 10 calendar days of receiving the notice to proceed and must provide a bid guarantee of 20% of the bid price (not exceeding $3,000,000), as well as performance and payment bonds at 100% of the contract amount. A mandatory pre-bid site visit was held on July 10, 2025, at 10:00 AM Central Time at the VA Sioux Falls Health Care System, with representatives from multiple construction firms attending. The project is subject to Davis-Bacon wage requirements with minimum hourly rates ranging from $13.82 to $56.30 depending on trade, and contractors must comply with strict subcontracting limitations, with general construction contracts limited to 85% maximum subcontracting to non-certified small business firms.