Sources SoughtPosted Mar 11, 2025·Responses due Mar 18, 2025

Z1NB--Cooling Tower 2 & 3 Repairs | VA Palo Alto HCS

Veterans Affairs · 261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
238220
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C26125Q0382
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
Z1NB
Place
Palo Alto, USA
Contact
Corey Kline (Corey.Kline3@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C26125Q0382 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Mar 11, 2025 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Mar 24, 2025
    Award Notice
    ACCEL AIR SYSTEMS, INC. · $53K
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What the notice says

Subject: Sources Sought, Cooling Towers 2 & 3 Repairs for Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Regional Procurement Office West, Network Contracting Office 21 (NCO 21) on behalf of Palo Alto VA Health Care System. The purpose of this sources sought is to conduct market research to support the procurement of the Cooling Tower 2 & 3 Repairs requirement located at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo, CA. This notice serves to survey the market to ascertain whether sources can provide the requested services. This notice allows potential contractors to submit a non-… (show all)

binding statement of interest and documentation demonstrating their capability. The sources sought effort is intended to assess industry capabilities and develop/support the intended direction of acquisition planning. NCO 21 is requesting responses from qualified business concerns; the qualifying NAICS code for this effort is 238220 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors. This sources sought is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classifications (Service Disabled/Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB/VOSB), Hub zone, 8(a), small, small disadvantaged, woman owned small business, or large business) relative to NAICS 238220. Responses to this notice, will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After review of the responses to this notice, a solicitation announcement may be published. Responses to this notice are not considered adequate responses to any corresponding solicitation announcement. All interested offerors will have to respond to the solicitation announcement in addition to responding to this notice. A Request for Proposal (RFP) is anticipated to be released on or before April 2025. Background: The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking contractors to perform the required services for the completion of the project identified as Cooling Towers 2 & 3 Repairs per the attached draft statement of work (SOW). Contractors must demonstrate their ability to meet all requirements listed in this notice. See attached draft SOW & Support Documentation for additional information. The estimated magnitude of this construction project is between $25,000.00 and $100,000.00. This information is provided per FAR 36.204. Potential Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for an award (See https://www.sam.gov/SAM/pages/public/index.jsf ). Potential Offerors must also have a current Online Representations and Certification Application on file with SAM. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses shall have their ownership and control verified by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and be listed in the Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov). *In addition to or in place of (VetCert), VA may use the SBA Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) as another official source for SDVOSB verifications. Information Requested: The Government requests that interested parties review the attached SOW & Support Documentation and to provide the following capability information identified below to the Contracting Officer, Corey R. Kline, at corey.kline3@va.gov by 12:00 PM PDT on March 18, 2025. Please place Attention: Cooling Tower 2 & 3 Repairs at VA Palo Alto HCS in the subject line of your email. NOTE: Interested parties are encouraged to provide complete and accurate response to all items, a through m below. Business Size (Large/Small) Business Socio-Economic Status (SDVOSB, WOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, etc.) Identify if you are the Prime contractor or Subcontractor SAM Unique Entity ID (UEI) DUNS number Bonding Capability; per contract and aggregate. Provide amount of aggregate bonding currently available (i.e., amount not committed). Anticipated Teaming Arrangements (if applicable). Is the anticipated period of performance realistic for this project? Experience in managing Construction projects between $25,000.00 and $100,000.00. Include general information and technical background describing your firm's experience on contracts requiring similar efforts to meet the program objectives. Experience. Past and present corporate experience on public works (Federal, State, County, or City) major repairs/remodel(s) and/or included major heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) remodel(s) projects. Qualifying project[s] must also fall within the same magnitude or greater and be of similar scope and complexity. Similar magnitude is defined as project with award value of greater than $2 million. Similar scope and complexity are defined as projects that consist of a major repairs/remodel and/or major HVAC remodel of approximately 7K SQFT public works building and/or medical facility and involved the supervision of a minimum of 6 trades. Average price per square foot for each project identified under paragraph (i) above, using the total modified value of the contract. List of Sub-Contractors you intend to use on this project, including but not limited to: Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, Controls, and Air-Balance. If applicable, how does your company intend to meet the Limitations on Subcontracting as per 13 CFR 125.6? Are your Sub-Contractors from the local area or will they be coming from out of the area, if so, from where? The Government requests that interested party submissions in response to this source sought notice be no more than 10 single-sided, type-written pages using Times New Roman 12-point font or larger. Published literature may be any number of pages. NOTES: Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation whatsoever on the part of the Government to procure these services, or to issue a solicitation, nor to notify respondents of the results of this notice. No solicitation documents exist at this time. The Department of Veterans Affairs is neither seeking proposals nor accepting unsolicited proposals, and responses to this notice cannot be accepted as offers. Any information the contractor considers proprietary should be clearly marked as such. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this sources sought notice. (End of Document)

Who won similar work

15 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)), same NAICS 238220.

Single-winner award sizes (15): middle half $53K to $253K, median $137K; range $28K to $2.7M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
PARAGON MECHANICAL, INC.3$178KMar 11, 2025
JOHNSON CONTROLS BUILDING SOLUTIONS, LLC1$2.7MJul 20, 2026
R.F. MACDONALD CO., LLC1$462KJan 13, 2026
EWA DIRECTION INC.1$307KSep 19, 2025
Innovators Transportation LLC1$300KJul 27, 2026
BORJA ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION, INC1$207KApr 29, 2026
PURE ENVIRO-MANAGEMENT, LLC1$206KJul 16, 2026
K J CAIN CO INC1$162KJan 28, 2026
BEDARD CONTROLS, INC.1$137KAug 28, 2025
PLATINUM CONTRACTING SERVICES BOULDER CREEK 950061$118KJul 13, 2026

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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
  • 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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