About this opportunity
AI summaryThe Department of Veterans Affairs seeks a contractor to renovate the ENT procedure rooms at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. The contractor must provide all tools, materials, components, labor, and supervision for general construction, including demolition, alterations, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and medical gases across two phases scheduled between 5:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Competition is restricted to Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses under NAICS code 236220 with a $45.0 million size standard. The buyer estimates the project magnitude between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000, with work to be completed within 364 calendar days of receiving the Notice to Proceed. The formal solicitation will be issued on or about November 27, 2026, on SAM.gov, with bids due on or about January 11, 2027. Details regarding an encouraged pre-bid site visit will appear in the solicitation package.
Scope of work
- Comprehensive general construction
- Demolition
- Alterations
- Mechanical work
- Electrical work
- Plumbing work
- Fire protection
- Medical gases
Minimum qualifications
- Service-Disabled-Veteran-Owned-Small-Business (SDVOSB) construction firm
- NAICS 236220 size standard of $45.0 Million
Key dates
- Response Date
- 11-24-2026 10:00 AM CENTRAL TIME, CHICAGO, USA
- Solicitation issued on/about
- November 27, 2026
- Bids due on/about
- January 11, 2027
How to submit
- Instructions
- This Pre-Solicitation Notice is NOT a request for submittals of any kind; solicitation will be posted on https://sam.gov
Contract details
- Term
- Within 364 calendar days of receipt of a Notice to Proceed
- Estimated value
- Between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000
- Set-aside / preference
- SDVOSBC
- Place of performance
- Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, 820 South Damen Avenue, Chicago IL 60612, USA
- Funding
- Public Law 109-461 / 38 USC 8127(d)
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- 36C25227B0007
- Agency
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Buying office
- 252-Network Contract Office 12 (36C252)
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Responses due
- Nov 24, 2026, 11:00 AM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Nov 3, 2026
- NAICS
- 236220 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- Product/service code
- Z1DA
- Set-aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
- Place of performance
- Chicago, IL, 60612
- Contracting contact
- Rosalyn Howard, Contract Specialist
rosalyn.howard@va.gov
414-4800-4800 ext. 43208
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
Likely prior awards for this requirement
Likely matchAwarded by the same buying office (36C252) with descriptions matching "remodel", performed in IL. The notice does not name its current contract, so confirm before relying on it.
| Vendor and award | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| PENN CONSTRUCTION GROUP, INCORPORATED36C25226N0308 · TASK ORDER #1: 537-19-109 REMODEL ENT PROCEDURE ROOM | $201.3K | May 14, 2027 |
Market context
Awards in the same category (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction). This is not this requirement's award history.
Recent similar awards: Department of Veterans Affairs, NAICS 236220, performed in IL
| Vendor and award | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| SMITH HAFELI INC36C25526C0077 · CONSTRUCT NEW CAMPUS ENERGY CENTER | $22.0M | Oct 8, 2028 |
| AMERITECH CONTRACTING LLC36C77626C0018 · EHRM INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES AT JESSE BROWN VAMC IN CHICAGO, IL | $28.5M | Mar 11, 2028 |
| BRIDGER RICHARD JV LLC36C77625C0089 · DANVILLE EHRM IFB INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES | $34.9M | Nov 17, 2027 |
| ANDERSON & SONS CONTRACTING LLC36C25226C0053 · CON 556-24-122BLDG. 132 POOL & HVAC REPLACEMENT: CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ALL TOOLS, MATER | $5.0M | Oct 31, 2027 |
| TROOP CONTRACTING INC36C25226C0043 · CON 556-23-104 CHILL WATER PIPING FROM BLDG. 188 TO BLDGS. 1, 3 AND 48: CONT. SHALL PROVID | $3.5M | Oct 18, 2027 |
Top vendors in this category: Department of Veterans Affairs, NAICS 236220, since Oct 1, 2024
3,964 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
- 1. SAWTOOTH CONSTRUCTION JV II LLC$244.4M
- 2. HURLEY JV, LLP$202.8M
- 3. HSGS-AMERESCO, LLC$201.6M
- 4. BRIDGER RICHARD JV LLC$154.9M
- 5. ESA SOUTH, INC.$141.5M
Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.