Y1LZ--TIERED SET-ASIDE - Parking Ramp Expansion Minor Construction - Buffalo VAMC 528-375
Veterans Affairs · PCAC (36C776)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C77626R0046 in this department, oldest first.
- Apr 1, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
- Aug 7, 2026Special NoticeOpen
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
INTRODUCTION The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) anticipates soliciting proposals and subsequently awarding a single firm-fixed-price contract for the design-bid-build Minor construction project #528-375, Parking Ramp Expansion at the Buffalo VA Medical Center (VAMC) located at 3495 Bailey Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14215-1129. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Buffalo VAMC is seeking a general contractor to completely prepare site for building operations, including demolition and removal of existing structures, and furnish … (show all)
labor and materials and perform work for construction of a parking structure addition as required by the drawings and specifications. The purpose of this project is to construct an addition of two new parking levels to the top of the existing three-level parking structure. In addition to the 2-level expansion, the project will involve the construction of a new stair and elevator tower on the northwest side of the ramp, select modifications and improvements to adjacent grounds, and contractor-provided off-campus construction impact parking. Note, the scope of this project has been reduced since it was previously solicited. ADMINISTRATIVE The solicitation will be issued as a Request for Proposals (RFP) conducted in accordance with FAR part 15 and will be evaluated in accordance with the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) procedures listed in the solicitation. This procurement will be set aside based on an order of priority as established in 38 U.S.C. 8127. The solicitation will be advertised as a tiered set-aside evaluation with the following tiers: (1) SDVOSB concerns, (2) VOSB concerns, (3) small business concerns, and (4) large business concerns. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 236220 with a size standard of $45.0 million. The solicitation will be issued in April 2026. The period of performance is approximately 730 calendar days from the issuance of the notice to proceed. In accordance with VAAR 836.204, the magnitude of construction is between $10,000,000 and $20,000,000. This notice is not a request for competitive offers. All questions must be submitted in writing to the issuing office via email to Kara.Evert@va.gov. Telephone calls will not be accepted.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (PCAC (36C776)), same product/service code (PSC) Y1LZ.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $4.9M to $10.0M, median $9.3M; range $499K to $10.6M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Construction Group, LLC | 1 | $10.6M | Jun 5, 2025 |
| ADVON CORPORATION | 1 | $9.3M | Jun 3, 2025 |
| VETERANS CONSTRUCTION LLC | 1 | $499K | Apr 1, 2026 |
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.
- Apr 1, 2026VETERANS CONSTRUCTION LLC$499K554-21-700P2 |Design Build| EHRM Infrastructure Upgrades (Additional FCU's)-Aurora- CONo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 5, 2025Coastal Construction Group, LLC$10.6MY1LZ--655-401 Expand Medical Center Site Saginaw Civil / Infrastructure Site WorkNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 3, 2025ADVON CORPORATION$9.3MY1LZ--573-339 BB Expand Vertical Parking Garage #2 (Independence) Minor Construction - Gainesville VAMCNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 3 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
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
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
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.