The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 20 awarded a purchase order to Empower Excellence, LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, on September 18, 2026, for $75,800 to provide backflow testing and repair services under a Total Small Business set-aside. Work is performed at Spokane VA Medical Center, Spokane, Washington. The contractor will inspect, test, and certify 100 backflow preventers and crossconnection devices annually and repair up to 20 devices upon government approval, all in compliance with NFPA, ASME, ANSI, ASSE, and ABPA standards. The contract period runs September 2, 2026 through September 1, 2031, consisting of a base year plus four one-year option periods. The order originated from a solicitation posted August 4, 2026, with a due date of August 17, 2026.