RFP EHRM Infrastructure Upgrades at Charles George VA Medical Center

The Department of Veterans Affairs is requesting proposals for EHRM Infrastructure Upgrades at Charles George Veterans Administration Medical Center in Asheville, North Carolina under solicitation 36C77626R0066, with proposals due June 24, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. EDT. This is a 100 percent set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration and listed in the SBA certification database at proposal submission and award.

The scope encompasses infrastructure modernization across 16 buildings and the campus site, including electrical panel upgrades, power distribution (normal and emergency), bonding, UPS and Building Management System interfaces, HVAC reconfiguration and expansion, datacenter renovation with power distribution and fire suppression, communications infrastructure upgrades to Cat 6A cabling and new data outlets, physical security upgrades, fiber backbone assessment and upgrades both within and between buildings with diversified wide-area-network connectivity, and hazardous material abatement. The contractor shall provide all tools, equipment, materials, labor, supervision, and management.

Contract value ranges from $20 million to $50 million under NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) with a firm fixed-price arrangement. The contract performance period is 730 calendar days after receipt of the Notice to Proceed. A mandatory site visit is scheduled for potential offerors at 1100 Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805.

Award will be made on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) basis. Evaluation criteria include qualifications of key personnel (Project Manager, Onsite Superintendent, Site Safety and Health Officer, and Quality Control Manager), key subcontractor qualifications (specifically communications installers), project execution and scheduling, and proposed price. Key personnel must demonstrate a minimum of five years of construction supervision experience with at least one completed project exceeding $5 million in value involving phased construction in an active patient care setting.

Offerors must submit a lump-sum price, provide a bid guarantee of 20 percent of the proposal price not to exceed $3 million, and maintain current active SAM registration. Technical proposals are limited to 15 pages and price proposals to 20 pages, submitted electronically as searchable PDFs in three separate volumes. All offerors must comply with VETS-4212 veteran employment reporting requirements prior to award.