RFP EHRM Infrastructure Upgrades

The Department of Veterans Affairs is requesting proposals for infrastructure upgrades at the Alexandria Veterans Administration Medical Center in Pineville, Louisiana, under an RFP due September 4, 2026 at 3 p.m. EDT, with a mandatory site visit required. This is a 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration; offerors must maintain certification at both proposal submission and award.

The scope encompasses selective demolition, general construction, and alterations across 24 facility locations — Buildings 1–9, 13–16, 45–46, 49, 136, 142, 147, 171, and multiple Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (Jennings, Lafayette, Lafayette Campus B, and Natchitoches). Work includes electrical panel upgrades, emergency power and bonding, UPS systems, Building Management System interfaces, HVAC assessment and reconfiguration, space renovation and expansion, data-center rack and cabinet relocation with cable management, communications infrastructure upgrades to Cat 6A cabling, physical security upgrades, fiber backbone assessment and upgrading, wide-area network path diversification, and hazardous-material abatement. The contract magnitude is between $10 million and $20 million, classified as Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (NAICS 236220).

The contract period is 820 calendar days following Notice to Proceed. Award will be made on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) basis without negotiations unless the Government elects otherwise. Evaluation factors include qualifications of the Project Manager, Onsite Superintendent, Site Safety and Health Officer, and Quality Control Manager; proposed communications-installer qualifications with three similar project references; and a detailed project schedule. Pricing must be submitted as a firm fixed-price lump sum with a bid guarantee of 20 percent of proposal price, capped at $3 million. Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), maintain current VETS-4212 reporting compliance, and register with the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) within thirty days of award.