J046--FY26 Service - Aqua Sciences Water Purification (Base 4)

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 (VA NCO 2) has published a Special Notice of Intent to Award a sole source contract to Aqua Sciences, Inc. for preventative maintenance services of the Reverse Osmosis Water Purification and Deionization System at the Buffalo VA Medical Center in Buffalo, New York. This notice is classified under NAICS Code 811310 (Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance) and Product Service Code J046 (Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Water Purification and Sewage Treatment Equipment). The contract carries a small business size standard of $12.5 million. While the VA intends to award this contract as a sole source to the incumbent contractor, the agency is providing an opportunity for competing firms to demonstrate their qualifications and challenge the award decision.

Interested contractors must submit written notification by January 27, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time to demonstrate their ability to meet the stated requirements, with responses submitted via email to Contract Specialist Taylor Richter at Taylor.Richter@va.gov. Any firm capable of performing the preventative maintenance services for the water purification system may respond, provided they submit sufficient supporting evidence of their technical and operational capability. The government retains full discretion to proceed with the sole source award to Aqua Sciences if no qualifying responses are received or to compete the procurement based on submitted responses. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted, and all communications must be submitted in writing through the specified email channel. If the government determines that competitive bidding is warranted based on responses received, it will proceed accordingly; otherwise, the contract will be awarded to Aqua Sciences as intended.