Pre-solicitationPosted Jan 6, 2025·Responses due Jan 10, 2025

J045--SB Set Aside Base Year plus 4 Option Years Annual backflow testing and maintenance at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, 820 S Damen Ave, Chicago IL.

Veterans Affairs · 252-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 12 (36C252)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
238220
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C25225Q0156
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
J045
Place
Chicago
Contact
Sylvia Iloh (Sylvia.iloh@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25225Q0156 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jan 6, 2025 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Jan 6, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • Feb 5, 2025
    Award Notice
    CHICAGO BACKFLOW, INC. · $20K
    Open

Next steps for this stage

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  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

SB Set Aside Base Year plus 4 Option Years Annual backflow testing and maintenance at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, 820 S Damen Ave, Chicago IL.

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (252-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 12 (36C252)), same product/service code (PSC) J045 and NAICS 238220.

Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $77K to $165K, median $140K; range $15K to $191K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
PRECISION PUMP & MECHANICAL, INC.1$191KOct 7, 2025
SOUTH TOWN REFRIGERATION, LLC1$140KJun 24, 2025
BHPE LLC1$15KOct 23, 2024

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Latest awards

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
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Policy around it

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  • 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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