Special NoticePosted Oct 8, 2026·Responses due Oct 15, 2026

4520--EQUIPMENT - WATER HEATER

Veterans Affairs · 242-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 02 (36C242)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
333310
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C24227Q0044
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
4520
Place
Not stated
Contact
Jonatan Rondon (jonatan.rondon@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24227Q0044 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 8, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
  • Oct 8, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 1, 2026 to Dec 4, 2026, middle of the range Nov 15, 2026.
Measured from 13 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 333310 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 8, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

Notice of intent to award a sole source, one time, firm fixed price contract to Robco Specialties, Inc. SOL: 36C24227Q0044 DUE: 10/15/2026 SET ASIDE: N/A NAICS: 333310 POP STATE: 45 Days ARO AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs; Castle Point VA Medical Center located at 41 Castle Point Road, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590. Email: Jonatan.rondon@va.gov The Department of Veterans Affairs, Margaret Cochran Corbin VA Campus, intends to award an open market, one time, firm fixed price contract to Robco Specialties, Inc. under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b) (1)(ii) t… (show all)

o Robco Specialties, Inc. (SB), 57 Erie BLVD, Albany, NY 12204 for their Water Heaters and Water Treatment Systems. Manufacturer Part No. Description Unit Quantity ES000601 Spirax Sarco Redi Heat RH-60 Water Heater with cast iron shell & single wall copper tubes EA 2 This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b) (1)(ii), Soliciting from a Single Source. The NAICS code utilized for this procurement is 333310, Water Heaters (except boilers), Commercial-Type, Manufacturing with a Size Standard of 1,000 employees. This Notice of Intent is not a request for Proposals or Quotations. No solicitation document exists, and no telephone or email inquiries will be accepted. No contract award will be made on the basis of proposals, or quotations received in response to this notice. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement and should furnish detailed data concerning their capabilities to provide services sought including pricing data and technical data sufficient enough to determine that a comparable source to the government is available. The government may consider all Expressions of Interest received prior to October 15th, 2026. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses to this notice must be emailed to jonatan.rondon@va.gov and received by 16:00 hours EST on October 15th, 2026. Submitters are responsible for ensuring their EOI reaches the designated contracting officer on-time.

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (242-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 02 (36C242)), same NAICS 333310.

Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $319K to $452K, median $341K; range $297K to $564K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ALDEVRA LLC2$905KSep 22, 2026
FRESENIUS USA, INC1$297KMay 5, 2025

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Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 2 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
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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
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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
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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.