CTX Life Safety Assessment and Fire Damper Inspection

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 17, seeks life safety assessment and fire damper inspection, testing, and repair services under a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside, with offers due November 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM CDT. Questions are due November 6, 2026.

Place of performance is Temple, TX 76504, and the requirement covers the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, including the Temple and Waco VA Medical Centers. The attached RFQ 36C25727Q0050 is a firm-fixed-price commercial services acquisition under FAR Part 12 with an estimated budget of $22 million and a 180-day performance period from notice to proceed. The NAICS code is 561621 and the PSC is H342.

The contractor must provide a Fire Protection Engineer certified by the NFPA 99 or NFPA 101 Technical Committee with at least 10 years of experience conducting life safety assessments. Scope includes Statement of Condition documentation for 16 Temple buildings and 15 Waco buildings in binder and CAD format; testing, inspection, and repair of 443 dampers at Temple and 273 at Waco, with weekly deficiency reports; and contingency, bonding, overhead, mobilization, and ICRA compliance. Work must comply with NFPA 80, 92, 99, and 101, Joint Commission requirements, and VA Infection Control Risk Assessment protocols. Attachment A lists the damper repair deficiencies at seven Waco and Temple buildings.

Offerors must submit a technical capability statement of no more than 3 pages, three contract references, applicable permits and licenses, and flat-rate pricing per line item. The Government will conduct a comparative analysis of technical capability, price reasonableness, and past performance. Payment is made electronically through the Tungsten Network upon completion and Government acceptance, with invoices submitted in arrears. Questions and offers go to Contract Specialist Taminie Woodrow at taminie.woodrow@va.gov.