J045-- Hood Cleaning/Inspection | 642 | NEW

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 is soliciting sealed quotes for kitchen hood exhaust system cleaning, inspection, and certification services at the Erie VA Medical Center under solicitation number 36C24426Q0307. The contract requires semiannual cleaning and inspection of four kitchen hoods located in the Canteen and Nutrition & Food Service departments, with services to be performed in compliance with NFPA Standard 96 and Pennsylvania Life Safety requirements. Quoters must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at the time of submission and award, and must complete all 20 line items covering the five-year contract period. The award will be made on a lowest-price technically acceptable (LPTA) basis to a responsible quoter. The deadline for submitting written questions is March 9, 2026, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time, and quotes must be received by March 10, 2026, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time via email to Contracting Officer Loretta Payne at loretta.payne@va.gov.

This is a 100% total small business set-aside solicitation with an estimated contract value of $19 million over the five-year performance period running from March 18, 2026, through March 17, 2031. No incumbent contractor or current contractor information is identified in the solicitation documents. The contract requires cleaning schedules of May and November for Canteen hoods and February and August for Dietetics hoods, with no special equipment such as lifts required to perform the cleanings. Payment will be made upon completion of services via electronic funds transfer. The place of performance is the Erie VA Medical Center located at 135 E 38th Street Boulevard, Erie, PA 16504, and the contracting office is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.