Amendment 4-Solicitation-WBAMC- Water Purification and Treatment services W81K0026QA253 (DHA)

The Defense Health Agency seeks to lease a fully enclosed water purification and treatment system for William Beaumont Army Medical Center at Fort Bliss, Texas, with proposals due August 27, 2026, at 11:00 AM Mountain Daylight Time. This is a Total Small Business set-aside, specifically women-owned small business (WOSB). Amendment 4, posted August 24, includes a revised Performance Work Statement; Amendments 2 and 3 posted August 11 and August 13 respectively contain Questions & Answers with facility drawings and photographs. Questions were due August 18.

Place of performance is El Paso, Texas. The contractor must deliver and install a system in a covered Connex adjacent to mobile Sterile Processing Department trailers at the facility's loading docks. The system supplies three water types: utility hot water at 20 gallons per minute, 40 psi minimum (850 gallons per day average); utility cold water at 65 gpm, 40 psi minimum (3,200 gpd average); and reverse osmosis water at 20 gpm (800 gpd average). All supply loops must be recirculation loops. Equipment specifications include a 60 gpm reverse osmosis unit, 2,000-gallon storage tank, water softener, two 120-gallon electric water heaters, multibag filter housing with 40-inch filters, 7.5 horsepower pump, chemical injection quill, TDS meter, and bladder tank. The system must include wet-pipe fire sprinkler systems compliant with NFPA 72 and NFPA 13, battery-powered emergency lighting, ADA-compliant access, and a raised covered platform with hospital-grade flooring and air curtains. The contractor must maintain 95 percent uptime operating 24/7, perform monthly water quality testing per specified parameters including bacteria, endotoxins, pH, and hardness, and provide up to eight hours daily of technical consultation for two weeks post-award at no additional cost.

The base contract period runs October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, with three one-year option periods extending through September 30, 2029. Contract personnel must complete Antiterrorism Level I training, criminal history background checks, OPSEC awareness, and information assurance training. Award uses Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable evaluation. NAICS 221310. PSC W046. Offerors must be registered in SAM with no active exclusions and submit SF 1449 forms with all certifications. Proposals submitted electronically to elizabeth.a.orloski.civ@health.mil or fabiola.palma-trujillo.civ@health.mil.