J046--Critical Water Systems Maint
Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26326Q0096 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
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- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
Critical Water Supply Maintenance Services for the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. This is a solicitation conducted using FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services). Solicitation number 36C26326Q0096 is issued as a request for quotes (RFQ). Prospective offerors must be registered and current in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (https://www.sam.gov) ) at time of offer to the Government. Quotes will only be accepted from responsible contractors. The NAICS code for the solicitation is 221310 with a size standard of $19 million. A list of the contract… (show all)
line items, quantities, and units of measure are listed within the attached solicitation documentation. The VA anticipates one Firm Fixed Price award to provide services to the Minneapolis Health Care System, 1 Veterans Dr., Minneapolis, MN 55417 The period of performance is 03/15/2026 to 03/14/2027 with 4 option years if exercised. Interested offerors are encouraged to attend a site visit from 10-11:00am on 02/26/2026. Offerors should contact Carl Berning at or carl.berning@va.gov or (612) 629-7888 if they plan on attending. Attendees will meet at the main hospital building at the outpatient entrance security desk. Technical questions on this solicitation are due via e-mail only to Cameron Rick, Contracting Specialist, at Cameron.rick@va.gov no later than 12:00pm Central time on 03/03/2026. Quotes are due to the Contracting Office by 12:00pm Central time on 03/06/2026. Quotes are required to be emailed to cameron.rick@va.gov prior to the solicitation closing date and time. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure their quote is received in its entirety by the Contracting Officer before the solicitation closing.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)), same product/service code (PSC) J046.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $124K to $518K, median $215K; range $33K to $820K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-2-I Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $820K | Sep 23, 2026 |
| LINDSAY'S CRYSTAL PURE WATER, INC | 1 | $215K | Jul 7, 2026 |
| Underwood Federal Solutions LLC | 1 | $33K | Aug 31, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Sep 23, 2026I-2-I Solutions, Inc.$820KREVERSE OSMOSIS FOR IOWA CITY BASE PLUS 4No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 31, 2026Underwood Federal Solutions LLC$33KJ046--Notice of Award - Water Softener Repair and Maintenance ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 7, 2026LINDSAY'S CRYSTAL PURE WATER, INC$215KJ046--Service - Critical Water System Preventative Maint - STCNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 3 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 25 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.