Y1NB--336C25726R0025 C549-23-600 Construct Garland Energy Center Design-Build Construction

This contract solicitation, identified by number 36C25726R0025, is for the design-build construction of a new energy center at the Garland Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Garland, Texas, with an estimated value between $53 million and $100 million. The project involves replacing the existing boiler plant with a state-of-the-art, single-story utility facility housing heating, cooling, fuel oil, bulk oxygen, and electrical generation systems, interconnected via an underground utility tunnel. The work requires full architectural and engineering design services, construction, commissioning, and compliance with stringent VA, federal, and industry standards including VA TIL PG-18-15, NFPA, OSHA, EPACT, EISA, and Section 508 accessibility requirements. The contract is set aside exclusively for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), with offerors required to maintain active SAM registration, hold valid SBA certification as an SDVOSB, be listed in the SBA Dynamic Small Business Search, and submit a current VETS-4212 report to be eligible. The performance period spans 1,542 calendar days, divided into a 482-day design phase and approximately 1,060-day construction phase. Proposals must be submitted electronically via SAM.gov and in hard copy format according to strict VA guidelines for each design milestone—schematic design, design development, construction documents, and final bid documents—with specific submission requirements for plan sets, specifications, reports, and digital files including DWG, Revit, and PDF formats. All deliverables are government property, subject to confidentiality and non-disclosure, with no public release permitted without written approval. Key personnel, including LEED-certified architects, licensed engineers, and certified safety supervisors, must be identified and approved prior to performance; personnel changes require prior COR authorization. The contractor must use the Tungsten System for invoicing, and all site personnel must wear VA-issued badges, hold OSHA certification, and refrain from accessing VA networks or protected health information. The solicitation indicates a trade-off selection process where technical merit—including project management, quality assurance, commissioning, and sustainability planning—is weighed alongside price. The government retains the right to approve each construction phase individually, and no firm fixed price line items or options are currently defined. This notice is on hold pending the release of a sources sought notice for market research, with a formal RFP expected by April 27