Sources SoughtPosted Aug 13, 2026·Responses due Aug 19, 2026

J046--Reverse Osmosis System Modifications

Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
238220
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26326Q1027
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
J046
Place
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Contact
Cameron Rick (cameron.rick@va.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26326Q1027 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 13, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 13, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
  • Sep 8, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 14, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 1, 2026 to Dec 10, 2026, middle of the range Oct 29, 2026.
Measured from 213 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 238220 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 13, 2026).

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

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE Before responding please carefully read and consider the following: Reverse Osmosis System Modification Services for the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. This is a Sources Sought Announcement Only and no solicitation is currently available. Responses will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After a review of the responses to this Sources Sought Notice, a solicitation announcement may be posted. A response to this Sources Sought Notice is not an adequate reply to a potentially forthcoming solicitation. All information contained in this So… (show all)

urces Sought Announcement is preliminary, as well as subject to modification, and is in no way binding on the Government. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this request. Furthermore, the Government reserves the right to cancel this requirement at its discretion. The information requested will be used solely within the Department of Veterans Affairs to facilitate decision making and will not be disclosed outside of the Government. The determination of a procurement strategy, based upon the comments submitted in response to this Sources Sought Announcement, is solely within the discretion of the Government. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 238220: Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors, size standard is $19 million. NOTE: Please ensure that the System for Award Management (SAM) indicates this NAICS code if you are interested in the requirement. The Small Business Administration and the Federal Acquisition Regulation have Limitations on Subcontracting requirement. For all small businesses, to include SDVOSB and VOSB, it will not pay more than 75 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. See FAR 52.219-14 and VAAR 852.219-75 available in full text at https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52 and https://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/vaar852.asp#85221975 Description of Services See attached Statement of Work Interested firms with the capability of providing the requirement, per applicable subcontracting rule limitations, shall submit capability statements so the Government can determine the firm s experience and capability to provide the requirements. Failure to demonstrate the capability of providing the requirement in response to this market survey may affect the Government s review of the industry s ability to perform or provide these requirements. Firms shall include the following information with their responses: Organization name, unique entity identification (UEI) number, address, email address of a point of contact who can verify the demonstrated capabilities, website address, and telephone number. Capability statement demonstrating the ability to meet the specialized requirements stated in the Statement of Work and your expertise in the above-described areas in sufficient detail, including any other specific and relevant information. Copies of any agreements with companies/manufacturer(s) showing authorization to provide required products / services. Small Business respondents indicate the estimate of services to be subcontracted. What percentage of services (estimated) would the company perform as the Prime Contractor? __________________% What percentage of services (estimated) would the company subcontract to other firms? __________________% State whether any of the requested services may be ordered against a government contract awarded to your organization (e.g� Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), General Services Administration (GSA), National Acquisitions Center (NAC), etc.).� Only firms seriously interested and truly capable should send their information and/or capability statement and any questions by email to cameron.rick@va.gov no later than 5:00PM Central Time, August 19, 2026.

Who won similar work

46 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 238220.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
MARK-VII ENTERPRISES, INC.9$4.1MOct 1, 2026
BOILER CHILLER SYSTEMS, LLC5$303KSep 23, 2026
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC · $JCI2$2.8MJul 30, 2025
VENERGY GROUP LLC2$1.6MJun 26, 2025
CONTROL SERVICES INC2$723KMay 28, 2026
STERILECO LLC2$217KMar 30, 2026
GARDNER STRUCTURES Hot Springs SD 57747 USA2$106KFeb 18, 2026
DAKOTA ELECTRIC, INC.1$11.5MJul 23, 2026
PEDERSEN & RANGEL SPEARFISH 57783 SDN1$4.2MJun 16, 2026
KEVIN PIET, LLC1$1.8MSep 11, 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.

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
  • $6K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  • 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.

  • 1 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 2 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.