578-26-012 Bldg 226 Replace Paralleling Gear
Veterans Affairs · 252-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 12 (36C252)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25226Q0705 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 8, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
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What the notice says
This Notice of Intent is provided to advise that the Government intends to negotiate a Sole Source contractual action via a Firm-Fixed-Price contract to Altorfer Industries Inc. The purpose of this action is to replace the obsolete and malfunctioning parallel switchgear control systems in Building 226. The contractor shall provide all required labor, management, materials, equipment, tools, travel, safety oversight, and incidentals to remove the legacy controls and install fully integrated Schneider Electric Ethernet?based PLC processors operating on Control Expert software, along with all ass… (show all)
ociated communication infrastructure and hardware. The project further aims to ensure complete system integration, conduct all required testing and commissioning activities, deliver comprehensive as?built documentation and programming files, provide operator and maintenance training for Project 578-26-012 Bldg 226 Replace Paralleling Gear at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital located at 5000 S. 5th Ave, Hines, IL 60141. NAICS code 333120�Construction Machinery Manufacturing will apply to this procurement. Altorfer Industries Inc possesses the proprietary engineering source code, hardware interface definitions, control logic sequences, sync check algorithms, EMCP communication mappings, and generator to switchgear interlock specifications necessary to safely integrate Schneider Electric PLC processors with existing Caterpillar EMCP panels and the Eaton Foreseer EPMS. No other contractor has authorized access to Caterpillar�s proprietary technical data, nor does any other OEM or integrator have legal rights to modify or interface these components. This procurement will be made under 41 USC �3304(a)(1), as implemented by RFO 6.103-1 (One responsible source) to a Small Business. This requirement will be awarded using the non-competitive procedures as authorized by FAR 6.302-1 to the only responsible source available for the procurement. A Notice of Justification & Approval document will be made available via Contract Opportunities in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 after award. This is a notice of intent of a sole source contract and not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation will be available or issued for this requirement. If a firm believes that VA should not pursue this sole source procurement with Altorfer Industries Inc then they should submit information by 4:00 pm (Central Standard Time) on September 23, 2026, to Shalottina Cook at Shalottina.Cook@va.gov and Roniece Ambrose at Roniece.Ambrose@va.gov. No telephone responses/inquiries will be accepted. The Department of Veterans Affairs will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice of intent. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Who won similar work
47 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) Z1DA.
Single-winner award sizes (47): middle half $252K to $2.5M, median $1.1M; range $30K to $12.4M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| AmeriTech Contracting LLC | 5 | $4.0M | Oct 27, 2025 |
| U.S. VET GENERAL CONTRACTING, LLC | 3 | $15.4M | Sep 21, 2026 |
| JV6 CONTRACTING V2 LLC | 3 | $14.1M | Aug 28, 2026 |
| TROOP CONTRACTING INC | 3 | $8.0M | Sep 10, 2026 |
| PRO FIRE AND WATER RESTORATION COMPANY | 3 | $1.7M | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Azimuth Contracting, LLC | 3 | $818K | Sep 15, 2026 |
| INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES INC | 2 | $4.3M | Mar 19, 2026 |
| CAVU CONSULTING LLC | 2 | $3.6M | Mar 23, 2026 |
| MODESTO MANAGEMENT LLC | 1 | $11.6M | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Armstrong Elevator Company | 1 | $7.8M | Feb 14, 2025 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- Oct 6, 2026BLACKHAWK CONSTRUCTION LLC$262KZ1DA--550-27-111 B58 Roof RepairNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 21, 2026U.S. VET GENERAL CONTRACTING, LLC$399KZ1DA--B406 AHU to Emergency Power 676-22-108No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 15, 2026Azimuth Contracting, LLC$485K578-26-020 Hines Campus sinkhole RepairNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 14, 2026GOLD WAVE INC$898KZ1DA--550-24-109 Pond Area Improvement CONNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 14, 2026PANACEA CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC$2.4MZ1DA--550-23-104 Install Rooftop PV Multiple Buildings (CON)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 10, 2026TROOP CONTRACTING INC$6.7MZ1DA--578-26-016 Donation Renovations Building 217 Phase 2 CONNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 28, 2026JV6 CONTRACTING V2 LLC$4.4MZ1DA--537-26-200 FY26 Facility Cooling ImprovementsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 7, 2026PRO FIRE AND WATER RESTORATION COMPANY$558KZ1DA--Emergency NTP 578C60241 Sanitary Pipe Repairs Edward Hines Jr. VA Medical Center Hines, IllinoisNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 14, 2026TROOP CONTRACTING INC$132KZ1DA--578-M26111 IEPA DeficiencyNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 5, 2026JV6 CONTRACTING V2 LLC$4.0MZ1DA--556-24-107 CON: Replace Cooling Tower FansNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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
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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.