Sources SoughtPosted Oct 10, 2025·Responses due Oct 24, 2025

R425--Base YR (02/01/2026-01/31/2027) + 4 OYs Stationary Engineer Support

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

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
561210
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C25226R0008
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
R425
Place
Not stated
Contact
eileen.meyer@va.gov (eileen.meyer@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25226R0008 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 10, 2025 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Oct 27, 2025
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Mar 26, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
Solicitation
  • Mar 26, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Apr 14, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Apr 21, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • Jun 23, 2026
    Award Notice
    Azimuth Contracting, LLC · $1.4M
    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

SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS The Department of Veterans Affairs is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support a requirement for qualified stationary engineers/operators to maintain the high-pressure boiler and chiller plants for Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital in Hines, IL. The boiler plant houses four (4) Cleaver Brooks 35,000 lb/hr water tube boilers with a normal header pressure of 125psi. The main hospital chiller plant includes three (3) 1,200-ton Carrier Chillers which include an exceptiona… (show all)

lly diverse array of other facility equipment that supports the hospital. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 561210 Facilities Support Services. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. Requirements: Contractor shall provide six (6) stationary engineers with a valid City of Chicago Stationary Engineer s License to cover various rotating shifts on days, evenings, and nights as well as weekdays and weekends (to include all holidays). All campus buildings shall be monitored (see campus map attachment) and remain in operation twenty-four (24) hours per day. Each contractor shall provide proof of a minimum of five (5) years experience with high pressure boilers and industrial/commercial Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) operation experience of similar or greater size and complexity to Hines campus. NOTE: VA shall not supervise contract workers. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address if applicable, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort and documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated. BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, SOLE SOURCED OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by 10:00 AM Local (Central) Time on October 24, 2025. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to eileen.meyer@va.gov.

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) R425 and NAICS 561210.

Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $477K to $784K, median $749K; range $205K to $820K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Azimuth Contracting, LLC3$1.8MJan 20, 2026

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Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 1 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

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  • 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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