Due: 28 days leftSolicitationOpen to all
What: Test and inspect circuit breakers, transformers, switches, cable runs, vaults, and feeders at Veterans Affairs medical facility. Includes coordination study, arc flash analysis, and protective relay testing. Approximately 11 MV switches, 10 MV transformers, 477 circuit breakers, and multiple feeders. Work includes five years of experience requirement.
Buyer: Department of Veterans Affairs
Where: Ioannis A. Lougaris VAMC, Reno, Nevada
Deadline: November 9, 2026
Who can bid: Only businesses certified as Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) by SBA can bid. This is a total SDVOSB set-aside.
Key requirements: Professional Engineer seal required (any state). Must keep 75 percent of work in-house as special trade contractor. Proof of SDVOSB certification at time of offer. Site visit strongly encouraged (optional).
Next step: Email questions by November 2, 2026 at 12 PM PST to alex.arter@va.gov. Submit bid by email same address by November 9, 2026 at 12 PM PST.
Original description
1. VAAR 852.219-75 in the solicitation has box (iii), special trade construction contractors (75 percent), marked, while the requirement is coded J061 under NAICS 238210 and FAR 52.219-14 is also included. Please confirm that the 75 percent special trade limitation in box (iii) is the limitation that applies to this award. Confirmed. This requirement is solicited under NAICS 238210. The applicable limitation on subcontracting is VAAR 852.219-75(c)(iii), 75 percent for special trade construction contractors. Offeror must comply with that limitation and submit the signed certificate. 2. The SAM.gov notice shows no set-aside, while the solicitation includes VAAR 852.219-73 (total set-aside for certified SDVOSBs). Please confirm that this requirement is a total SDVOSB set-aside. Confirmed. This is a total SDVOSB set-aside per VAAR 852.219-73 and SF1449 Block 10. NCO 21 will update the SAM.gov notice to reflect the set-aside. Offerors must be certified SDVOSB in SBA Veteran Small Business Certification at time of offer. 3. Section B.1 states that invoices are submitted upon Government inspection and acceptance. Will VA accept two invoices, one after acceptance of field testing and one after acceptance of the coordination study and final report? Yes, the VA will take two invoices. Station/contracting will review these invoices for approval. 4. Amendment 0001 added Attachment C27, Single-Line Schematics. Please confirm whether C27 and the Facility Single Line Diagram together define the full quantities to be tested (MV switches, MV cable runs and vaults, liquid-filled and dry-type transformers, circuit breakers 225A and above, and feeders), or provide an equipment list with counts. Please also identify the buildings covered by "Day 12 + TBD, new facilities since 2017." In the past, a copy of 1-line diagrams was updated with color coding of each test component and a sheet with all quantiles and locations. This should be done to ensure vendor and FMS understands what scope is. 5. For the coordination study and arc flash analysis, is the 2024 study model available to the contractor, and in what software? Is there a required software platform and CAD version for the deliverables? Yes. However, I was just informed that our 2020 circuit breaker testing is the performed format which we can provide. 6. Must the coordination study and arc flash analysis be sealed by a Professional Engineer, and if so, must the engineer be licensed in Nevada? Yes engineering seal is required. No, it does not need to be Nevada. In the past, the previous vendor has had an engineer on staff who did this. 7. Please confirm that the five years of experience in the Contractor Requirements section is verified as a responsibility matter after quotes, and that the quote itself consists of price, the signed VAAR 852.219-75 certificate, amendment acknowledgments, and the items listed in FAR 52.212-1(a). Confirmed. Contractor Requirements Para 7.3 [5-year experience] will be evaluated as par