Pre-solicitationPosted Nov 26, 2025·Original deadline passed (Jan 7). See latest amendment for current deadline.

Y1AA--656-20-130 Repair Building 50 Basement Kitchen 656-26-2-3204-0002

Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
236220
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26326B0009
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Sole Source (FAR 19.14)
PSC
Y1AA
Place
St Cloud,, MN, USA
Contact
Daniel Dobler (daniel.dobler@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26326B0009 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Nov 26, 2025 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Dec 30, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Jan 2, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Jan 5, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • Feb 26, 2026
    Award Notice
    MDM CONSTRUCTION LLC · $2.9M
    Open

Next steps for this stage

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  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION NOTICE The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 23, 316 Robert Street N, Suite 506, St. Paul, MN, 55401, will be issuing a solicitation Invitation for Bid (IFB) on or about 11/14/2025 to request proposals for the following project: construction services for Project # 656-20-130 Repair Building 50 Basement Kitchen located at the Saint Cloud VA Health Care System, 4801 Veterans Dr, St Cloud, MN 56303. THIS IS A TOTAL 100% SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SDVOSB) SET-ASIDE. In accordance with Public Law 109-461 and VAAR 819.7003 (b), b… (show all)

idders must be registered and certified in the Veteran Small Business Certification (SBA) at (https://search.certifications.sba.gov/) as a SDVOSB. Only bids from verified SDVOSB s at VetCert database at the time of bid submission shall be deemed responsive. All non-responsive bids shall be rejected and ineligible for award. CONSTRUCTION BUDGET DESIGN LIMITATIONS/PROJECT MAGNITUDE: The Magnitude of Construction is between $2,000,000 5,000,000. NAICS: 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD: $45 million PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This work shall be performed at the VA Medical Center located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, tools and equipment required to remodel the existing Dish room and Tray Service Line for the repair Building 50 basement Kitchen project. This project will focus on the failing Architectural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEP) and Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems that are nearing their end of life. Currently, the walls, ceiling and flooring finishes are continuously separating from the substrate and are beyond reasonable maintenance repair. This project will include a phase implementation of two (2) phases or less. An estimated square footage of remodeled space impact and phasing space is roughly 4,000 square feet remodeled for Nutrition and Foods, 2,000 square feet of common (mechanical rooms and phasing/impacted space). Incorporated in the construction, site prep for new kitchen equipment which will be evaluated accordingly by the A/E of record in the contract drawings. The kitchen and dish room located in building 50 basement are currently occupied, requiring construction phasing plans that would lessen the impact on all current operations and departments. All work shall be in accordance with Contracting Documents, Scope of Work (SOW), NFPA, local building codes, VA facility standards, and other applicable requirements. The Period of Performance will be 320 days from receipt of the Notice to Proceed. This is a new requirement and there is no existing or historical procurement information relative to this requirement. The IFB (solicitation), consisting of various bid documents, specifications, drawings, forms, etc. will be available for download at System for Award Management (SAM) Contract Opportunity https://sam.gov/content/opportunities). The Contract Opportunities website is the only official location to obtain solicitation information and documents. These documents will include complete details of the solicitation and project requirements. Any amendments to the solicitation will be posted at the same location. Interested bidders are advised they are responsible for obtaining all bidding documents via Contract Opportunities, and for monitoring the Contract Opportunities website for any changes to this announcement and pending solicitation. No other information regarding scope, dates, etc. is available until issuance of the solicitation via Contract Opportunities. A bidders list will not be maintained. Hard copies of any documents regarding this project will not be mailed or made available outside of this web site. All prospective bidders must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and must be registered and active in the SAM database (http://www.sam.gov). All prospective bidders must complete electronic online Representations and Certifications within SAM. The eventual awardee shall also have on file a current Department of Labor VETS4212 Federal Contractor Reporting filing at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/programs/vets4212 (if applicable). All questions must be submitted in writing to the issuing Contract Officer via email to Daniel.dobler@va.gov No telephone inquiries will be answered.

Who won similar work

26 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)), same NAICS 236220.

Single-winner award sizes (26): middle half $550K to $4.3M, median $1.8M; range $22K to $34.6M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES INC4$6.8MSep 24, 2025
MDM CONSTRUCTION LLC4$2.9MAug 20, 2026
GREENSTONE CONSTRUCTION, INC.3$13.5MApr 24, 2026
DISABLED VETERANS CONSTRUCTION INC3$264KJun 13, 2025
DAX SAFETY & STAFFING SOLUTIONS, LLC2$11.3MSep 11, 2026
COVENANT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC2$6.1MMay 11, 2026
BKM CONSTRUCTION LLC2$1.7MSep 23, 2026
SAW GREENLAND, LLC1$34.6MAug 4, 2025
PEDERSEN & RANGEL SPEARFISH 57783 SDN1$11.7MOct 15, 2025
BRISTON CONSTRUCTION, LLC1$10.9MMay 9, 2025

Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.

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Competitive landscape

For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 25 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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