4120--Replace 187 ton air cooled chiller at the Montgomery Regional Office
Veterans Affairs · VETERANS BENEFITS ADMIN (36C10D)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C10D25Q0020 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- 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
EVALUATION CRITERIA Factor 1 Technical Approach: 1. In a narrative format describe in detail how the offeror intends to meet or exceed all performance areas stated in the solicitation/statement of work/attachments that are related to Project Replace Chiller at VBA Montgomery Regional Office. NOTE: Vague, general narratives to include the restatement of the Statement of Work will be rated less favorably. 2. Identify the manufacturers of required equipment and provide the Specification Sheet for proposed replacement chiller, which satisfy the Buy-American Act and relate to this project. 3. Descr… (show all)
ibe any technical difficulties that may be encountered in a project of this type. Provide a narrative of preventative measures or solutions to overcome these issues. Narrative - 5 page maximum Factor 2 - Technical Qualifications. To be Technical Acceptable, the offerors shall identify ALL of the following: Sub-Factor 2(a): Specialized Experience and Technical Competence 1. Describe specialized experience and technical competence in heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) replacement work performed by the Prime and Subcontractor in a federal facility. 2. Describe offeror s ability to obtain the necessary resources to perform this project. These may include, but are not limited to, funding, sub-contractors, subject-matter experts, consultants, and/or specialized trades. 3. Provide a description or documentation of retaining a Metasy Certified Technician who will be providing all connections, testing and certifications of controls hardware. Narrative 2 page maximum Sub-Factor 2(b): Key Personnel and Management Approach Include a narrative which describes the relevant experience of: Firm s key personnel and experience, to include at least: Project Manager - Similar projects worked on - Education and /or Certification (s) Field Superintendent - Similar projects worked on - Education and/or Certification(s) Other Relevant Firm Employees - Similar projects worked on - Education and/or Certification (s) Overall Team- Discuss the planned use of: Subcontractors: Key trades to be subcontracted Proposed subcontractors, if firms already determined Similar projects worked on Narrative 3 page maximum Factor 3 Relevant and Recent Past Performance. A maximum of three (3) past performance projects completed by the Prime Contractor shall be submitted to the Government. Each past performance shall contain the following: Brief project description. List of subcontractors. Initial/Final award amount. State any change orders if occurred during the project performance. Project Contracting Officer Representative or Client. The projects shall be recent (completion date to be within 5 years of the solicitation release date), relevant, and meet or exceed the proposed magnitude and scope of the proposed project. In the case of an Offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available, the Offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. Note: The Evaluation Team may also use information obtained from Past Performance Information Retrieval System PPIRS http://www.ppirs.gov/ as a basis for evaluating this factor. Narrative - 5 page maximum Factor 4 Schedule and Impact to Facility Describe a plan to execute the shutdown of the existing chiller system and how the contractor will keep the building in operation at all times. Submit a preliminary schedule for performance satisfying the requirements of this project. A practicable schedule showing the order in which the Contractor proposes to perform the work, and the dates on which the Contractor contemplates starting and completing the several salient features of the work (including acquiring materials, mobilization, demolition, installation, finalization, etc.). Most importantly, the schedule should show length of downtime required. The schedule shall show key milestone dates and outages for switchover and start-up of equipment. Narrative - 5 page maximum Factor 5 Warranty Support Describe the organization, process and procedures to be established, implemented and carried out for warranty support. Narrative - 1 page maximum Each offeror shall submit a narrative which demonstrates how the offeror intends to accomplish each of the requirements as stated in the Statement of Work and Evaluation Factors. Technical Rating Scheme Each of the Factors will receive one of the ratings defined below. These ratings will be used to determine an overall rating for the project in its entirety. A rating of unacceptable for either standard will equate to an unacceptable rating for each of the factors and the proposal will not be further evaluated. Adjectival Rating Standards Rating Description Acceptable Proposal clearly meets the requirements of the solicitation. Unacceptable Proposal does not clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. Past Performance Rating Scheme: Offerors without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. Therefore, the offeror shall be determined to have unknown past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, unknown shall be considered neutral. If a rating of unacceptable for the past performance factor is assessed, the entire proposal will be determined unacceptable, and will not be further evaluated. Past Performance Ratings Rating Description Acceptable The Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort, or the offeror s performance record is unknown. Unacceptable Based on the offeror s performance record, the Government has no reasonable expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort Neutral Offerors without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. Award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of proposals/quote meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors. The evaluation will be conducted by receiving all proposals submitted and reviewing the lowest price proposal/quote to verify that that proposal/quote meets all solicitation requirements to include the evaluation criteria. If that proposal/quote does not meet the solicitation requirements, then the evaluation team will move on to reviewing the next lowest proposal/quote and proceed in the same manner until a proposal/quote meets all requirements.
Who won similar work
9 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same product/service code (PSC) 4120.
Single-winner award sizes (9): middle half $28K to $255K, median $49K; range $19K to $1.4M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| OST SERVICES, LLC | 1 | $1.4M | Sep 26, 2025 |
| RESULTS SALES & SERVICE, L.L.C. | 1 | $312K | Mar 26, 2025 |
| ADVANTAGE MECHANICAL LLC | 1 | $255K | Dec 19, 2025 |
| LOGICAL RESOURCES GROUP LLC | 1 | $53K | Aug 15, 2025 |
| JAMES WALK Corinth TX 76210 USA | 1 | $49K | Jul 15, 2025 |
| W.W. GRAINGER, INC. · $GWW · $18.8B | 1 | $32K | Jul 24, 2026 |
| PORTABLE AIR GROUP LLC | 1 | $28K | Jul 7, 2025 |
| VIRGINIA ENERGY AND LIGHTING, LLC | 1 | $26K | Sep 18, 2025 |
| ELEVEN BRAVO GROUP, LLC | 1 | $19K | Sep 29, 2025 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $GWW reported $18.8B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 9 past awards, $49K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Jul 24, 2026W.W. GRAINGER, INC.$32K4120--Emergency Commodities Purchase Air Conditioning Units and Freestand FansMateriality: <0.01% of $GWW revenue (Low) SEC
- Dec 19, 2025ADVANTAGE MECHANICAL LLC$255K4120--618-24-115, Replace Coil MAU #3 and #38 36C26326C0012; PO#: 618C60104No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2025ELEVEN BRAVO GROUP, LLC$19K4120--Replacement Makeup ACNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 26, 2025OST SERVICES, LLC$1.4M4120--Mobile ChillerNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 18, 2025VIRGINIA ENERGY AND LIGHTING, LLC$26K4120--SUPPLY - LIEBERT AIR CONDITIONER PARTSNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 15, 2025LOGICAL RESOURCES GROUP LLC$53K4120--Computer Room Air Conditioner (CRAC) Unit QTY1EANo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 15, 2025JAMES WALK Corinth TX 76210 USA$49KNTX Cooling Tower Repair PartsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 7, 2025PORTABLE AIR GROUP LLC$28K4120--EMERGENCY Large Portable AC Unit STCNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 26, 2025RESULTS SALES & SERVICE, L.L.C.$312K4120--GVL Rental ChillerNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
Competitive landscape
For the 8 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.
- 1 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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.