J041--Cooling Tower service | Base 4
Veterans Affairs · 242-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 02 (36C242)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24226Q0150 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
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- 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
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office (NCO 2), Buffalo, New York intends to solicit quotes from contractors capable of providing cooling tower service at the James J. Peters (Bronx) VA Medical Center. The VA anticipates issuing an RFQ for this requirement on or about November 26, 2025, to be posted to sam.gov. The anticipated period of performance for the Base Year is 1/01/2026 through 12/31/2026 with four one-year option periods. This requirement is being solicited as a service-disabled veteran owned small business (SDVOSB) set-aside. A… (show all)
ll instructions for submitting quotes will be provided in the solicitation. Perspective offerors must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) at the time of submission of quotes. Contractors may obtain SAM information at https://www.sam.gov. NAICS Code is 238220 (Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning Contractors) with a Small Business Size Standard of $19.0 M. The classification code is J041. Questions concerning this announcement should be directed to the Contract Specialist using the email link provided. Telephone requests for information or questions will NOT be accepted. Please email requests or questions to Chris Weider at the following e-mail address: Christopher.Weider@va.gov and ensure that the subject line includes: RFQ no. 36C24226Q0150. Contracting Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO2), 3495 Bailey Avenue, Building 3, 2nd floor, Buffalo, NY 14215.
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 product/service code (PSC) J041 and NAICS 238220.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $607K to $1.1M, median $778K; range $435K to $1.4M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICHAEL KOST BRONX 10454 | 2 | $2.2M | Jun 24, 2026 |
| WINERGY LLC | 1 | $435K | Jul 25, 2025 |
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.
- Jun 24, 2026MICHAEL KOST BRONX 10454$1.4MJ041--Liebert Air Conditioning MaintenanceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 25, 2025WINERGY LLC$435KJ041--36C24225P1184 - Air Balancing and Testing ServiceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 10, 2025MICHAEL KOST BRONX 10454$778KJ041--FY25 | Cooling Unit Maintenance Services (Base +4)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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
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.