Sources SoughtPosted Mar 10, 2025·Responses due Mar 17, 2025

J045--Sediment Filtration System Services

Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
561210
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26325Q0542
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
J045
Place
Iowa City, IA, USA
Contact
Emanuel Nevarez (emanuel.nevarez@va.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26325Q0542 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Mar 10, 2025 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
  • May 30, 2025
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
  • Jun 9, 2025
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • Jul 12, 2025
    Award Notice
    LIQUITECH, INC · $137K
    Open

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

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY The purpose of this Sources Sought is to conduct market research to procure a new Sediment Filtration System and Service and Maintenance. This notice serves to survey the market to ascertain whether-or-not sources are capable of providing the requested supply/services. You also must be an Authorized Distributor for the manufacture if not the manufacture. This notice also allows potential contractors/vendors to submit a non-binding statement of interest and documentation demonstrating their capability. Please review the DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW) to compa… (show all)

re your supply/service to what is requested. Please submit any documentation supporting your product/service for consideration. Network Contracting Office 23 (NCO 23) is requesting responses from qualified business concerns; the qualifying NAICS code for this effort is 561210 Facilities Support Services. The Small Business Administration (SBA) Size Standard for this request is $47 Million. This Sources Sought is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification(s) (Service Disabled/Veteran Owned Small Business (SD/VOSB), Hub zone, 8(a), small, small disadvantaged, woman owned small business, or large business) relative to NAICS 561210. Responses to this notice, will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After review of the responses to this notice, a solicitation announcement may be published. Responses to this notice are not considered adequate responses to any corresponding solicitation announcement. All interested offerors are requested to respond to this notice but are required to respond to the official solicitation announcement in order to be awarded the contract. INSTRUCTIONS: RESPONSES MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: Primary Information: Company Name: Point of Contact (POC) name: Email address: Phone number: Unique Entity ID No. listed in the System of Awards Management (SAM): Business Size: (Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), Small Business Other, Small Business, or Large Business) for the NAICS code 561210. Please indicate whether you hold a GSA Federal-Supply-Schedule or Indefinite Delivery/Indefinitely Quantity (IDIQ) contract that covers this type of request. If so, please provide the Schedule contract number. Must have an Authorized Distributor Letter issued from the manufacture if not the manufacture. The attached SOW is a draft and is NOT finalized. If any portions are unclear, prohibited, and/or you are unsure about the draft description of the requirement please list your comments and/or concerns in your response so they can be addressed. Response is due by 03/17 2025, at 1300 Central Standard Time. Please submit e-mail responses to Emanuel Nevarez, Contract Specialist, at email address: Emanuel.nevarez@va.gov. Please place Sediment Filtration System Services in the subject line of your email. This notice is to assist the Department of Veterans Affairs in determining qualified sources only. NOTES: Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation whatsoever on the part of the Government to procure these supplies and/or services, or to issue a solicitation, nor to notify respondents of the results of this notice. No solicitation documents exists at this time; however, in the event the acquisition strategy demonstrates that GSA is a viable option for procuring a solution, the RFQ shall be posted to GSA eBuy where only those firms who currently hold a GSA Schedule with the applicable SIN will be able to respond. The Department of Veterans Affairs is neither seeking quotes nor accepting unsolicited quotes, and responses to this notice cannot be accepted as offers. Any information the vendor considers proprietary should be clearly marked as such. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this Sources Sought notice.

Who won similar work

14 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)), same product/service code (PSC) J045.

Single-winner award sizes (14): middle half $48K to $231K, median $95K; range $14K to $1.5M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
VENERGY GROUP LLC2$1.6MJun 26, 2025
BOILER CHILLER SYSTEMS, LLC2$190KSep 18, 2026
MARK-VII ENTERPRISES, INC.2$168KJul 1, 2026
ENCORUS GROUP ENGINEERING, P.C. SPRINGVILLE 141411$589KSep 23, 2025
COMPOSITE COOLING SOLUTIONS, L.P.1$494KJul 31, 2026
TERMINAL CONNECTIONS, L.L.C.1$267KApr 7, 2026
SCHWAB-VOLLHABER-LUBRATT INC1$54KAug 14, 2025
AIR-CON MECHANICAL CORP1$50KJul 14, 2025
JBL SOLUTIONS INC1$47KSep 22, 2026
TIM HILDRETH COMPANY1$31KAug 28, 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.

Latest awards

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
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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.