Z2DA--537-24-106 Create Contractor Lie-Down Zone

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network 12, seeks construction of a contractor lay-down zone and security upgrades at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago, with proposals due October 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM CT. The procurement is a general construction contract with no set-aside.

Place of performance is the Eastern Exterior Grounds of Building 1A at the medical center, 820 South Damen Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. The project runs 295 calendar days from Notice to Proceed and includes site preparation with utility scanning and soil testing, furnishing and installing eight marine-grade 20-foot by 8-foot shipping containers (four high-cube storage and four office units) double-stacked on continuous concrete footings with interior insulation, VCT flooring, and heating/cooling, constructing a 7-foot chain link fence with 20-foot sliding gate, installing a 200-ampere 30-space electrical panel with subpanels and four energy meters, LED lighting with occupancy sensors, a curb ramp, and video surveillance with Avigilon-compatible 360-degree cameras integrated into the VA Police access control system. Work must comply with OSHA, Chicago Building Code, infection control protocols (Class II risk classification), and VA security procedures including badge access, photography restrictions, and key control.

The contractor must develop a fully resource-loaded Oracle Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project schedule with initial submission within 7 calendar days of Notice to Proceed and baseline within 30 days, with critical path activities limited to 20 percent of total activities and no individual activity exceeding 20 work days. The contractor must provide extended warranties for roofs, HVAC, pumps, motors, transformers, and commissioned systems, with joint post-construction warranty inspections at 4 months and 9 months. Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates apply per General Decision IL20260009 (building construction, Cook County) and IL20260020 (landscape work, Cook County and surrounding counties).

NAICS code is 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction; PSC code is Z2DA, Repair Or Alteration Of Hospitals And Infirmaries. The solicitation was originally posted August 6, 2026; amendments 0001 through 0006 rescheduled the mandatory site visit from August 17 to August 19, 2026, and extended the bid deadline from August 6 through October 28, 2026.