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VA Connecticut Contracting Officer (90C) 950 Campbell Ave Brockton MA 02301

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Contracting Officer Kenya Mitchell Kenya.Mitchell1@va.gov

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The Department of Veteran Affairs, Networking Contracting Office (NCO1) located in West Haven, CT intends to enter into a sole source procurement, pursuant to the authority of FAR 6.302-1, with Evoqua Water Technologies LLC for the following requirement:

Performance Work Statement

SPS RO System Maintenance Project Scope The White River Junction VA Healthcare System requires the services of a qualified firm to provide services allowing for the preventative maintenance of a RO and DI water generation system (critical water).

Tasks and Requirements General Contractor Requirements Preventative maintenance services will include the following services identified in Table 1 for all equipment identified in Table 2.

Table 1

Covered Equipment Repair or Replacement

As Required **

Emergency Call Out Service

As Required **

Call Out Services

As Required **

As Scheduled - If additional quantities are required, they will be quoted and charged separately. This is done in order to minimize the inclusion of costs which are unlikely and/or unexpected or which may be unpredictable.

As Required ** - For "As Required" a frequency is listed, but the actual frequencies and quantities may be greater or fewer. The resulting frequencies will be guided by the quantity and quality guarantee.

Table 2

· System array 1:1:1:1 w/ 4”x40” low pressure membranes

· Product divert kit

· Automated RO bypass

· Two 3.6ft mixed bed tanks

· Two inlet hoses

· Two outlet hoses

· Two light body

· Two quality lights

· One light transformer

· One inline strainer

· One 20” housing

· One 20” 0.2 µm filter

· One 300 gallon fully drainable dome top PE Tank

· One IFM Level transmitter

· One 0.2 µm 20” vent filter

· One 20” vent filter housing

· One thornton M300 multiparameter analyzer

· Link-2-site modem for digital monitoring of system performance

Period of Performance Contract period will be a base “plus 4”, identifying a base contract with 4 options which can be exercised by the Government. Contract periods of performance for each year shall be 1 year or 365 days from the date of Contract award. The Contractor shall provide a cost estimate based on the following bid schedule.

Privacy Statement Information Security: The C&A requirements do not apply; a Security Accreditation Package is not required. Incidental exposure to protected health information may occur from accessing the work site. Staff will follow all Privacy & Security policies and procedures.

Evoqua Water Technologies LLC. will be awarded this procurement because they are the only vendor capable of providing the needed service because the water purification system is an Evoqua Water Technologies/Xylem built system. As such, the water purification system is proprietary to Evoqua, and no other companies are authorized to service this system. Only technicians employed by Evoqua are authorized to service the system because of the knowledge and expertise they possess due to specialized training.

The NAICS code for this requirement is 221310 with small business size standard of $41 Million.

This notice of intent is not a solicitation nor is it a request for proposal. However, interested parties that believe they can satisfy the requirements listed above must clearly identify their capability to do so in writing by May 15, 2026, at 5:00 PM EST time. Responses should be sent to Kenya Mitchell at Kenya.Mitchell1@va.gov. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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