The Brooklyn VA Medical Center at 800 Poly Place needs about 7,000 square feet of damaged acoustical ceiling taken out, the above-ceiling spaces cleaned and disinfected to healthcare standards, and new tile installed. The federal government's published range is $25,000 to $100,000, the performance period is 30 calendar days from notice to proceed, and quotes are due by email September 15 at 4 p.m. — extended from the original September 1 date by amendment, which any quote must acknowledge.

The reason this small job earns a listing is the set-aside: it is 100 percent reserved for service-disabled-veteran-owned small businesses, certified with the SBA at the time of quote. For SDVOSB interior and acoustical contractors, this is the exact shape of federal work the certification exists for — small, fast, past-performance-building, at an agency that runs a steady pipeline of it.

One caution before pricing: the single site visit and the question period both closed in August. A bidder coming in now prices from the posted documents alone — and in an occupied hospital, the infection-control sequencing (containment, negative air, disinfection protocols above the ceiling) is where the money hides. Davis-Bacon wages apply.

What to do next: pull solicitation 36C24226Q0853 on SAM.gov, read both amendments, and get the quote in by the 15th. This job is also on our board as RFI-001677.