# Boiler replacement Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24626b0020 - Solicitation number: 36C24626B0020 - Notice type: Award notice (first published as sources sought) - Status: Awarded to Sigo Valiant JV II LLC for $22,954,198.00 - Department: Department of Veterans Affairs - Contracting office: 246-Network Contracting Office 6 (36C246) - NAICS: 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction - Product or service code: Z1NB Maintenance Of Heating And Cooling Plants - Set-aside: Service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside - Place of performance: Durham - First posted: January 20, 2026 - Last posted: July 10, 2026 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/522a66ca2be049299f77e8bf2153f990/view ## Description Presolicitation Notice Presolicitation Notice Presolicitation Notice Presolicitation Notice Location of work includes building 7 (Boiler Plant), 9 (Chiller Plant), 24 (Temporary Boiler Plant), East parking lot/loading dock area, and West parking lot/access for project 558-22-152 Replace Boilers at Durham VA Health Care System, Durham, NC. The new boilers are designed as fire tube boilers at 600 HP. Economizers and stacks shall be provided for each boiler. The three boilers will each provide 22,500 pounds per hour of 80 PSIG steam to the site to meet the 45,000 pounds per hour steam flow requirement. All three boilers will have dual fuel burners with Natural Gas as the primary fuel and Fuel Oil 2 as the redundant fuel. The fuel oil also requires a propane tank and air compressor for ignition and atomizing the fuel oil, respectively. Provide professional construction services as shown in the drawings and specifications Estimated construction magnitude is between $10,000,000.00 and $20,000,000.00 NAICS CODE: **236220 Size Standard:** $45.0 Million Period of performance: 547 (five hundred forty-seven) Days All non-responsive bids shall be rejected and ineligible for award. Network Contracting Office 6 (NCO 6) intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) and award a single, firm fixed-price contract. Solicitation material will be available on/about May 5, 2026. Any specifications, drawings and amendments will be posted on the System for Award Management (SAM) Contract Opportunities website (https://sam.gov/opportunities). The Contract Opportunities website is the only official location to obtain solicitation information and documents. Bids will be due approximately 30 days after issuance of the solicitation. Only one site visit will be scheduled. Location and point(s) of contact for the site visit will be identified in the solicitation. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not an invitation for bids. The Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation as a result of this notice. No other information is available until issuance of the solicitation. No bidders list is maintained. All interested vendors should register on SAM.gov. Interested bidders are advised they are responsible for obtaining and acknowledging all amendments to this solicitation prior to the time for receipt of offers and should revisit the website periodically for any amendments/notices to the solicitation. Prospective contractors must be registered in the SAM database in order to obtain access in Contract Opportunities. SAM must be current and active to be eligible for contract award. Contractors please note: Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA) apply to this solicitation. With ORCA; you now have the availability to enter and maintain your reps and certs with your proposal. Any questions regarding this announcement and all future announcements regarding this project must be emailed to the Primary Contract Specialist, Alice Custis, at alice.custis @va.gov. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS FOR BIDDING MATERIAL WILL BE ACCEPTED. ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Sigo Valiant JV II LLC (UEI DFR3BTU7UP77) - Contract: 36C24626C0048, definitive contract - Obligated: $22,954,198.00 - Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 3 offers received - Link: award number 36C24626C0048 equals the contract number; same awarding office 36C246 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C24626C0048_3600_-NONE-_-NONE-/ ## Publications - January 20, 2026: Sources sought, due February 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM EST. Notice c8eaddafbdf14687a03e8c574dced8e7. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c8eaddafbdf14687a03e8c574dced8e7/view - January 21, 2026: Sources sought, due February 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM EST. Notice cbccd4c4c6354edb9f162efe825699f7. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/cbccd4c4c6354edb9f162efe825699f7/view - January 21, 2026: Sources sought, due February 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM EST. Notice ce36c480268b4013945cfdbf54ca9e27. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/ce36c480268b4013945cfdbf54ca9e27/view - April 14, 2026: Presolicitation, due July 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice acec7b41e0784f0789b1d8aab5cdefbd. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/acec7b41e0784f0789b1d8aab5cdefbd/view - July 10, 2026: Award notice. Notice 522a66ca2be049299f77e8bf2153f990. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/522a66ca2be049299f77e8bf2153f990/view ## Points of contact - Alice Custis, Contracting Officer, Alice.Custis@va.gov, 757.722.9961 ext. 18670 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24626b0020.