J041--Ice Machine Cleaning and Maintenance Service

This solicitation seeks semi-annual ice machine cleaning and maintenance services for approximately 125 ice machines located across medical centers in the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, VA Central California Health Care System, and Sierra Pacific Network. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 will evaluate proposals based on technical capability, past performance, price, and SDVOSB/VOSB status. The performance period is from December 1, 2022 through November 30, 2023 with four optional one-year extensions. Responses are due by November 10, 2022.

There is no set-aside designation. The work involves preventative maintenance and deep cleaning of ice machines to maintain operations and food safety standards across multiple VA medical facilities in California. The NAICS code is 561720 and PSC code S206. The government files include wage determinations for the counties where work will occur, as well as an inventory listing over 300 ice machines, freezers, dispensers and related equipment across the medical centers. The response due date was later amended to provide acceptable water filter types and sizes for the mix of ice machine models requiring filter changes as part of the required services. Place of performance is VA facilities located in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Livermore, and other cities within Santa Clara, Alameda, San Francisco and San Mateo counties in California.