J045--36C24226Q0504 - Extend Responses Due Date | Questions Answered

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 2, serving the Hudson Valley Health Care System, is soliciting annual summer maintenance services for high-pressure boilers and boiler plant equipment under solicitation 36C24226Q0504. The scope of work includes opening, cleaning, and reassembling water tube boilers, fire tube boilers, de-aeration tanks, and condensate tanks at two VA Medical Center locations. Services must be performed in July of each contract year and include comprehensive cleaning protocols involving pressure washing, scraping, manual removal of deposits, and use of truck-mounted power vacuums or equivalent cleaning equipment with HEPA filtration. Offerors must demonstrate technical capability and past performance with two relevant references, possess appropriate insurance coverage including $500,000 general liability per occurrence, ensure all personnel complete VA Privacy Training annually, and comply with OSHA regulations, confined space entry procedures, and lockout/tagout protocols. Past performance will be evaluated using a standardized questionnaire assessing quality of service, timeliness of performance, business relations, and management of key personnel across a six-point rating scale. The original solicitation deadline of May 1, 2026 has been extended to May 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM Eastern Time, with questions having been due by April 22, 2026; this amendment provides answers to submitted vendor questions and extends the response due date accordingly.

This solicitation is designated as a 100 percent Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside under NAICS code 238220 with a small business size standard of $19 million, requiring offerors to certify compliance with limitations on subcontracting that restrict non-SDVOSB/VOSB subcontractor payments to no more than 50 percent of government payments. The contract covers maintenance of seven boilers total across two facilities: three Victory 1000 HP water tube boilers and one Burnham 200 HP fire tube boiler at Montrose VAMC, and two Superior 400 HP boilers and one Superior 200 HP boiler at Castle Point VAMC in Wappingers Falls, New York. The contract structure consists of a firm fixed-price base period from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, with four optional one-year renewal periods and a potential six-month extension, providing a maximum contract duration of approximately five years. Prevailing wage rates apply under the Service Contract Act, with hourly rates ranging from approximately $16.26 to $61.13 depending on occupational classification and county of performance, plus mandatory fringe benefits including health and welfare payments, vacation accrual, and paid holidays. Performance location is Castle Point VAMC at 41 Castle Point Road, Wappingers Falls, New York 12590, with work also required at Montrose VAMC.