The Department of Veterans Affairs, through Veterans Integrated Service Network 12, awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $342,041.84 to Interstate Power Systems Inc. (doing business as Interstate Powersystems) for generator maintenance services at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This contract, awarded on February 1, 2021, is not subject to small business set-aside provisions. Interstate Powersystems will provide quarterly emergency generator maintenance, service, and inspection, along with annual load testing for all generators across the medical center campus through January 31, 2025. The contractor is responsible for supplying all necessary labor, materials, tools, equipment, and supervision to maintain the generators in accordance with manufacturer specifications.
As an incumbent service provider, Interstate Powersystems brings established expertise in backup power system maintenance to support the VA facility's critical infrastructure. The medical center's emergency generators are essential to ensuring continuity of operations during power disruptions, making reliable maintenance and testing services vital to patient care delivery. This purchase order supports the VHA's operational resilience and the facility's ability to maintain uninterrupted healthcare services to veterans in the Milwaukee region. Interstate Powersystems, a Wisconsin-based for-profit corporation, has an established track record of providing generator services to VA facilities and has been registered in the System for Award Management since 2015.