F103--Boiler Water Treatment Program

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 seeks boiler water treatment and cooling tower monitoring services at the VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville, Illinois, with proposals due October 21, 2026 and questions due October 15, 2026. This is a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS 325998 (All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing) with a 650-employee size standard.

Place of performance is the VA Illiana campus at 1900 East Main Street, Danville, Illinois. The contractor must treat sixteen low-pressure steam boilers (20–150 horsepower, all Cleaver Brooks models) across six facility buildings and maintain one 150-gallon-per-minute chilled water cooling tower. Required boiler water parameters include soft hardness 0–1 PPM, alkalinity 300–700 PPM, sulfite 30–60 PPM, phosphate 5–15 PPM, conductivity 3000–4000, and condensate pH 7.5–10.5. The cooling tower requires twice-yearly physical cleaning (draining, debris and sludge removal, basin and fill cleaning, descaling, pressure washing) plus monthly monitoring and treatment. Services are performed Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM Central Standard Time, excluding federal holidays, beginning November 1, 2026.

The base contract period is one year (November 1, 2026 to October 31, 2027) with four one-year option periods through October 31, 2031. The prime contractor must independently demonstrate a minimum of three consecutive years of boiler water treatment experience; subcontractor experience does not satisfy this requirement. Contractor supplies chemical storage tanks and treatment chemicals; Government-owned pumps and controllers are available onsite. A mandatory site visit was held October 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM local time. Evaluation criteria include price (firm-fixed), technical capability, past performance, and veteran involvement preference (SDVOSB or VOSB registered in SBA Veterans). Service Contract Act prevailing wage rates apply per Illinois Vermilion County Wage Determination 2015-5021 (Revision 30, effective August 22, 2026).