Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 awarded a purchase order to Barque Consulting, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, on February 1, 2024, for boiler tuning and repair services at Manchester VA Medical Center with a ceiling value of $877,804.00 and a completion date of January 31, 2029.
Work is performed at Manchester, New Hampshire. The order covers semiannual boiler tuning on three institutional boilers, emergency repairs within 24 hours, and non-emergency repairs within 96 hours, including combustion tuning, safety device testing, and instrumentation calibration in compliance with NFPA 85 standards. The requirement originated from a pre-solicitation posted November 20, 2023, with technical expertise, management capability, and past performance as evaluation drivers.
In fiscal year 2024, the contract invoiced $115 thousand across 506 contractor hours (0.2 FTEs) at a derived government-paid rate of $228.14 per hour. Barque Consulting self-performed all reported labor with no subcontractors.