F103--Legionella Water Testing | Base plus Four Option Years
Veterans Affairs · 261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26126Q0045 in this department, oldest first.
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
PRESOLICITATION NOTICE: The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to solicit proposals for Legionella Water Sampling Services from qualified quoters. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) San Francisco Health Care System requires the contractor to provide all personnel, equipment, tools, supervision, and other items and services necessary to perform Legionella Water Sampling Services. The Period of Performance will be for a Base year and four-one year options. The anticipated start date will be on or near November 11, 2025. The Solicitation will be issued on a restricted basis and will be … (show all)
100% Set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SVOSB). To be eligible for award the SVOSB must be considered small under the relevant NAICS code and must be registered and verified in the following Dynamic Small Business Search (https://dsbs.sba.gov ). Companies must have the Certified Veteran Enterprise (CVE) seal on the registration to be considered for an award. Potential offerors are further advised that failure to register in the SAM database (https://sam.gov ) will render your firm ineligible for award. The VA anticipates issuing a solicitation for this requirement on or about September 22, 2025. Quotes will be accepted commencing with the issuance date of the solicitation. Interested contractors will be responsible for downloading copies of the solicitation (and any subsequent amendments) from the www.sam.gov website, as no hard copies will be made available. The solicitation will provide instructions to contractors about the quote submission process. Prospective contractors are encouraged to register their interest in the solicitation on the www.sam.gov website so that they are notified of the issuance of the solicitation and any amendments. In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (SAM) prospective contractors must be registered in SAM to be eligible for award. SAM registration is required under the applicable NAICS Code. PSC: F103- Environmental System Protection-Water Quality Support. NAICS: Testing Laboratories and Services Standard Size: $19.0 Million The Request for Quotes (RFQ) solicitation will be posted on Contracting Opportunities. This Pre-Solicitation Notice is NOT a request for submittals of any kind. The VA plans to issue an official RFQ.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)), same product/service code (PSC) F103.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $250K to $814K, median $489K; range $59K to $1.3M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| EWA DIRECTION INC. | 1 | $1.3M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| HYPERION BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. | 1 | $666K | Oct 2, 2025 |
| HGS ENGINEERING INC | 1 | $313K | Nov 18, 2025 |
| WILLBANKS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING, INC | 1 | $59K | Sep 22, 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 29, 2026EWA DIRECTION INC.$1.3MF103--HVAC Cooling Towers Testing and Maintenance for VA Palo Alto Health Care SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 18, 2025HGS ENGINEERING INC$313KF103--Legionella and HPC Water TestingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 2, 2025HYPERION BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.$666KF103--Legionella Testing For VA Palo Alto Health Care SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 22, 2025WILLBANKS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING, INC$59KF103--SPILL PREVENTION CONTROL AND COUNTERMEASURE PLAN AND TANK INSPECTIONNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 4 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.