J045--SB Set Aside Base Year plus 4 Option Years Annual backflow testing and maintenance at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, 820 S Damen Ave, Chicago IL.

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (VA) is seeking small businesses to provide annual backflow testing and maintenance services at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center located at 820 S Damen Ave in Chicago, Illinois. The contract will be solicited under solicitation number 36C25225Q0156 and will include a base year with four additional option years. Businesses interested in this opportunity must be classified under NAICS code 238220 for Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors and have expertise in Product Service Code J045, which covers maintenance and repair of plumbing and waste disposal equipment. The pre-solicitation notice indicates that responses are due by January 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM Central Time, with the contracting office located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Contract Specialist Sylvia Iloh serving as the primary point of contact. While specific evaluation criteria were not detailed in the pre-solicitation documents, the opportunity is structured as a total small business set-aside, suggesting that only small businesses will be eligible to compete.

The contract is designated exclusively for small businesses, providing an opportunity for smaller enterprises to compete for federal work with the VA. The place of performance is specifically identified as 820 S Damen Ave in Chicago, Illinois, with the ZIP code 60612-3728. The notice indicates the contract will be archived 10 days after the response date, suggesting a relatively tight timeline for potential contractors. No specific award value or budget range was disclosed in the pre-solicitation documents, which is typical for early-stage procurement notices. The procurement is being managed by the Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 (VISN 12), a civilian agency segment of the VA responsible for coordinating healthcare services in a specific geographic region. The contract's structure of a base year plus four option years provides potential stability and predictable work for the selected contractor, contingent upon satisfactory performance and continued agency requirements.