J046--Installation and Maintenance for Water Monitoring System at the Bedford VA Medical Center
The Department of Veterans Affairs seeks installation and maintenance services for a water monitoring system at the Bedford VA Medical Center, with quotes due September 3, 2026, at 12:00 PM EST. This is a Total Small Business set-aside under NAICS 221310 with a size standard of $41 million.
Place of performance is 200 Springs Road, Bedford, Massachusetts. The procurement requires equipment and services to support the VA's Water Management Program in compliance with VHA Directive 1061(4), Prevention of Health Care-Associated Legionella Disease and Scald Injury from Water Systems. The base contract runs one year from August 3, 2026, through August 2, 2027, with four one-year option periods thereafter. The base year includes delivery and installation of water monitoring hardware (24 pairs of tubing, 7 pH sensors, 1 three-foot intake tubing, 3 pressure regulators, and 12 CLX chlorine monitors), technical support, system start-up, and 12 months of ongoing monitoring and maintenance services covering 19 base monitoring systems and 7 advanced monitoring systems. Option periods cover monitoring services only at fixed monthly rates with annual increases.
Alternative equipment and analytics platforms are acceptable if they meet specified salient characteristics: water monitoring (not treatment) equipment capable of operating at 124°F or above with copper plumbing installation, monitoring pH, residual biocide to 0.001 ppm, turbidity, and pressure across seven patient care buildings at supply and distal locations. Analytics platforms must provide continuous data logging, real-time multi-staff alerts, historical storage compliant with VA cybersecurity requirements (VA 6500.6), compliance reporting, automatic trending, and customizable control limits. Contractors bear responsibility for removing and disposing of the existing proprietary Phigenics system.
Quotes must include completed Price Schedule, Past Performance Worksheet (maximum five pages), technical narrative (maximum five pages), Brand Name or Equal compliance documentation per FAR 52.211-6, and current SAM registration. A site visit was held July 30, 2026. Questions were due August 3, 2026.
Evaluation criteria are technical capability, past performance, and price. Wage Determination 2015-4047 applies. Amendment No. 0003, issued September 1, 2026, added VAAR 852.219-75, requiring offerors to certify that if awarded, they will not subcontract more than 50% of the government payment to firms that are not VIP-listed SDVOSBs or VOSBs. Failure to submit a signed certification renders quotes ineligible for evaluation and award.
36C24126Q0489_0001 Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 1
7/21/26, 11:57 AM J046--Installation and Maintenance for Water Monitoring System at the Bedford VA Medical Center
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 seeks installation and maintenance services for a water monitoring system at the Bedford VA Medical Center, with quotes due August 13, 2026 and a mandatory site visit on July 30, 2026. The procurement is a Total Small Business set-aside issued as an RFQ under FAR Part 12 (commercial products and services).
Place of performance is 200 Springs Rd, Bedford, MA 01730. The NAICS code is 221310 (Water Supply and Irrigation Systems) with a small business size standard of $41.0 million; PSC is J046. The scope requires Phigenics brand name equipment or equal products and services supporting the VA Bedford Healthcare System's Water Management Program in compliance with VHA Directive 1061(4). Base year deliverables include 24 pairs of A/B tubing, 7 pH sensors, 1 three-foot intake tubing unit, 3 pressure regulators, and 12 CLX chlorine monitors, along with on-site technical support and system start-up. The contractor must provide ongoing monthly maintenance for 19 PWA base monitoring systems and 7 PWA advanced monitoring systems, including chlorine analyzer maintenance, consumable replacement (monthly CLX reagents, annually tubing and cuvette kits), cellular connectivity, and continuous access to phiAnalytics web-based software. The contract period runs from August 3, 2026 through August 2, 2027 (base year) plus four one-year option periods, with equipment and start-up costs limited to the base year and fixed monthly service rates for each period. All contractor personnel must be qualified Phigenics technicians and comply with VA badging and credentialing requirements. Wage Determination 2015-4047 applies. Evaluation criteria are technical capability, past performance, and price, with award to the quotation most advantageous to the government.
36C24126Q0489 Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 1
7/21/26, 11:57 AM J046--Installation and Maintenance for Water Monitoring System at the Bedford VA Medical Center
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 1, awarded a firm fixed price contract to RLM Government Services LLC for installation and maintenance of a water monitoring system at the Bedford VA Medical Center on September 14, 2026.
The contract value is $745,091. Place of performance is Bedford, MA. The award was made under Total Small Business set-aside. Contract number is 36C24126P0672.
36C24126Q0489 Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 1
9/14/26, 9:15 AM