Sources SoughtPosted Mar 27, 2025·Responses due Apr 10, 2025

J045--CON-NRM-668-25-103 Upgrade Drainage Building 1 Lab

Veterans Affairs · 260-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 20 (36C260)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
238220
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26025R0063
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
J045
Place
Spokane
Contact
Quyen Mai (Quyen.Mai@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26025R0063 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Mar 27, 2025 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Apr 22, 2025
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Jul 22, 2025
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
Solicitation
  • Jul 22, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 6, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 6, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 6, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 25, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • Sep 22, 2025
    Award Notice
    PEAK PERFORMANCE JV 1, LLC · $399K
    Open

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

Sources Sought - Solicitation Number: 36C26025R0063, Project 668-25-103 Upgrade Drainage This is a Sources Sought announcement only. This is not a request for proposals, quotations, or bids; nor a synopsis of a proposed contract action under FAR Subpart 5.2 and no contract shall be awarded from this notice. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this Sources Sought or any follow up information requests. No solicitation is currently available. Draft documents (SOW, Drawings, Specifications, etc.) are subject to change. This notice is for… (show all)

market research purposes to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of interested Small Business firms. Responses to this Sources Sought may shape the acquisition strategy in developing a competitive requirement. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future or potential solicitation. It is the intent of the VA to use the information gathered for market research purposes only. Veterans Health Administration, Regional Procurement Office West, Network Contracting Office 20, is conducting market research for a construction contract to Upgrade Drainage. Work is located at the Mann Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, WA. For the principal components of work see the attached draft statement of work and specifications. Documents are currently in draft state and industry comment / suggestions are greatly encouraged and welcomed. Period of performance is estimated to be 160 calendar days for completion of work. The estimated magnitude for this project is between $300,000.00 and $500,000.00. Sources are being sought for firms with a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code of 238220 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors, PSC J045 and a with a Small Business Size Standard of $19.0 million. Sources are highly encouraged to respond to this notice. After review of the responses to this notice, and if the Government still plans to proceed with this project, a separate pre-solicitation announcement will be published on www.SAM.gov. Responses to this announcement are not an adequate response to any future solicitation announcement. Responses are requested with the following information and shall not exceed a total of 2 (two) pages. Email subject line needs to contain the solicitation number 36C26025R0063. Please provide the following information: Contact information: Name, address, SAM.gov UEI number, and points of contact with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. Business Size/Classification (based on NAICS 238220): Is your firm eligible for participation in one of the following small business programs? If so, please indicate the program. [ ] yes [ ] no Small Business (SB) [ ] yes [ ] no HUBZone [ ] yes [ ] no Small Business 8(a) [ ] yes [ ] no Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) [ ] yes [ ] no Women-Owned (WO) Small Business [ ] yes [ ] no Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) [ ] yes [ ] no Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) [ ] yes [ ] no Other (please specify) Capabilities Statement: Description of capabilities to perform construction services as described above and project experience demonstrating relevant experience similar to those described. Include bonding capability information that is consistent with estimated magnitude. Govt. does not have a waiver to Buy American. SDVOSB or VOSB businesses please include statement on maintaining compliance with VAAR 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction, All other socio-economic businesses please include statement on maintaining compliance with FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting. Time: Based on the information provided, please estimate the total project time in days. Products: 52.225-9 Buy American-Construction Materials. Identify any supplies/products that may conflict with the Buy American requirements. Also, identify and any potential supplies/materials with long lead time estimates. Past Performance/experience: Provide information on contracts of similar scopes of work or construction contracts, briefly describe no more than three (3) contracts (or specific task orders) completed within the past five years of the issue date of this Sources Sought notice. The past performance information should include: Project Title/Contract Number Location: City, State General description of the construction to demonstrate relevance to the proposed project Offerors role Dollar value of contract Name of the company, agency, or government entity for which the work was performed What types of information is required to submit accurate offers? If submitting past performance/experience on a project in the role of a subcontractor, include the Prime Contractor s name and a quantifiable amount (percentage) of the project your company contributed to the overall scope of work. Note: Do not include Proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in responses. NO RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED BY FAX. Responses will not be returned. Telephonic responses will not be honored. Please respond by email only. Send responses to the Contract Specialist, Quyen Mai, at Quyen.Mai@va.gov. Responses will be accepted until April 10, 2025, 5:00 PM EDT. See attached document: Attachment 1 668-25-103 DRAFT SOW. See attached document: Attachment 2 668-25-103 DRAFT Specifications.

Who won similar work

7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (260-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 20 (36C260)), same product/service code (PSC) J045 and NAICS 238220.

Single-winner award sizes (7): middle half $62K to $314K, median $238K; range $40K to $8.5M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
CAVU CONSULTING LLC1$8.5MSep 24, 2025
AVALON CONTRACTING INC1$376KNov 25, 2025
SKYTEK LLC1$252KAug 5, 2026
KSC FEDERAL CONTRACTORS LLC1$238KDec 4, 2025
EMPOWER EXCELLENCE, LLC1$76KSep 29, 2026
ALASKA MECHANICAL, INC1$47KDec 12, 2024
STERILECO LLC1$40KJan 6, 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 7 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.