Pre-solicitationPosted Apr 1, 2025

636A8-23-101, Update Signage & Wayfinding

Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
236220
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26325B0011
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
PSC
Z1DA
Place
Iowa City, IA, USA
Contact
Angie Frost (Angela.Frost2@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26325B0011 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Apr 1, 2025 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Apr 24, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • May 13, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • May 20, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • May 30, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Jun 9, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • Sep 5, 2025
    Award Notice
    INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES INC · $1.2M
    Open

Next steps for this stage

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  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

This notice is for informational purposes only and is not a request for submission of bids. 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), bidders must be registered and certified in the Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) at (https://veterans.certify.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. The applicable North American Indus… (show all)

try Classification System (NAICS) code is 236220: Commercial and Institutional Building Construction with the applicable small business size standard of $45.0 million. In accordance with VAAR 819.7003(b), the bidders must represent to the Contracting Officer that it is a small business concern under the NAICS code assigned to this acquisition. In accordance with VAAR 836.204, the magnitude of construction for this project is between $1,000,000.00 and $2,000,000.00. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Iowa City VA Health Care System (VAHCS) intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Part 14 and 36 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Network Contracting Office 23 (NCO23) intends to award a single, firm fixed-price contract for completion of construction Project: Update Signage & Wayfinding at the Iowa City VAHCS in Iowa City, Iowa. An IFB is planned to be issued on or about April 16, 2025, with an award date within 90 calendar days from bid opening date. Further details of all dates, events, and locations, including site visit and bid due date, will be available in the solicitation. The Contractor for this project shall furnish all labor, materials, tools, and equipment required to provide a new comprehensive wayfinding system throughout the site and buildings on the Iowa City VAHCS campus, including directional signage along common routes to campus. Signage will include building identification for buildings 1, 2, 16, 40, 41, 49 and 50 to address specific wayfinding deficiencies. Room signage will also be addressed in accordance accessibility standards. All work will be completed in accordance with the specifications, drawings and Scope of Work. The period of performance for this work is ninety (90) calendar days from issuance of Notice to Proceed (NTP). The IFB (solicitation), consisting of various bid documents, specifications, 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.

Who won similar work

10 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)), same product/service code (PSC) Z1DA and NAICS 236220.

Single-winner award sizes (10): middle half $1.1M to $4.4M, median $2.2M; range $22K to $11.7M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
COVENANT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC2$6.1MMay 11, 2026
MDM CONSTRUCTION LLC2$1.1MAug 20, 2026
PEDERSEN & RANGEL SPEARFISH 57783 SDN1$11.7MOct 15, 2025
BRISTON CONSTRUCTION, LLC1$10.9MMay 9, 2025
GREENSTONE CONSTRUCTION, INC.1$4.9MOct 2, 2025
BKM CONSTRUCTION LLC1$1.4MMar 30, 2026
INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES INC1$1.1MSep 24, 2025
DISABLED VETERANS CONSTRUCTION INC1$91KJun 13, 2025

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Latest awards

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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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.