J046--Backflow Prevention Testing and Repairs

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 is seeking a contractor to provide backflow prevention testing and repairs at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Medical Center in Hines, Illinois, and the Joliet VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic. The solicitation requires annual testing, certifications, repairs, and emergency repairs for 192 backflow prevention devices manufactured by various companies including Watts, Wilkins, Apollo, Ames, and Febco, ranging from 1/2-inch to 10-inch models located throughout multiple buildings. Contractors must be licensed plumbers in Illinois with Cross-Connection Control Device Inspector (CCCDI) certified technicians and demonstrate at least three years of experience in backflow prevention testing. The evaluation will consider price, technical capability, past performance, and veteran-owned small business status. The original solicitation deadline was July 11, 2025, at 10:00 AM CDT, but has been extended to July 15, 2025, at 10:00 AM CDT, with a mandatory site visit scheduled for July 9, 2025.

This opportunity is 100% set aside for small businesses under NAICS code 221310 (Water Supply and Irrigation Systems) with a size standard of $41 million, and no current incumbent contractor is identified in the documentation. The contract structure is a 5-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) arrangement with five one-year ordering periods from August 1, 2025, to July 31, 2030, featuring a minimum guarantee of $100 and a maximum ceiling of $200,000. The 192 backflow prevention devices are distributed across multiple buildings numbered 1-228 at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Medical Center, located in various areas including mechanical rooms, basements, penthouses, sprinkler rooms, steam tunnels, and external locations. The devices serve diverse functional areas including domestic water systems, fire protection, boiler make-up water, chiller systems, sterilization equipment, and irrigation systems throughout the VA healthcare facilities in Illinois.