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

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 17, 1901 Veterans Memorial Dr, Temple, TX 76504 and 4800 Memorial Dr, Waco, TX 76711 intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a single, firm fixed price contract for Construction Services. The solicitation will be issued on SAM.gov on or about February 27, 2026, and will include the Statement of Work. There will be a pre-bid site visit; information and specifics to follow with the solicitation. Project Details: The Garland VA Medical Center is located at 2300 Marie Curie Boulevard, Garland, TX 75042. The existing boiler plant and energy supply at the facility is outdated, noncompliant, and cannot support future energy demands. This project shall construct a new energy center that will support existing and future facility operations. A Central Utility Plant Study for the facility was completed in March 2024, which contained a conceptual pre-design and analyzed current utility usage, desired utility capacity, potential energy center location, and plant equipment design options. This study is included as SOW Attachment #01. The utility as-builts obtained during this study are also included as SOW Attachments #02 - #06. Revit files shall be provided to the Contractor post-award. The Garland VAMC energy center shall be a new, single-story, stand-alone, high-rise building to house all heating, cooling, fuel oil, bulk oxygen, and electrical generation equipment and storage, located in the northwest parking lot and connected to the main building by a walkable utility tunnel. The energy center will serve the existing hospital as well as the outlying, VA-owned building, 900 Shiloh. See the attached Design-Build SOW for specifics for this requirements. A Peer to Peer SOW is also provided, to allow familiarization with what the peer to peer A/E contractor will be doing in assisting assessment of performance of the Design-Build contractor of record. SET-ASIDE: 100% SDVOSB NAICS: 236220, size standard $45M Magnitude of Construction: Between $50,000,000 and $100,000,000 IAW VAAR 836.204(h)(3). Questions regarding this opportunity will not be answered prior to the release of the solicitation. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Apparent successful offerors must have a current VETS 4212 report on file with the Department of Labor; be registered in SAM; and be registered in the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) MySBA Certification at the time of submission of proposal. Failure to be both verified by the SBA and visible on the SBA s Dynamic Small Business Search as an SDVOSB https://dsbs.sba.gov/search/dsp_dsbs.cfm at the time of proposal submission may result in the proposal being deemed ineligible for award.