J072--VAPAHCS Commercial Kitchen and Dietetics Equipment Maintenance

Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 (Veterans Health Administration) intends to solicit commercial kitchen and dietetics equipment maintenance services and is conducting a sources sought announcement due June 8, 2026, with the requirement set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) registered in the SBA database.

Work spans three VA locations: Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Livermore, California. The contractor will maintain and repair approximately 224 pieces of commercial kitchen and canteen equipment, including cold carts, dishwashers, fryers, grills, ovens, food warmers, retherm units (Aladdin Temp-Rite chillers and carts), conveyorized dishwashers, refrigeration units, and transport carts from manufacturers including Piper Products, Keating, Pitco, Frymaster, Vulcan, Alto Shaam, Hatco, Blodgett, Groen, Rational, Traulsen, True, and Victory. The scope includes quarterly and monthly inspections and maintenance per manufacturer recommendations, with contractor responsibility for functional testing of electronic programming, temperatures, pressures, drainage, spray patterns, and heating/cooling cycles. The contractor must respond to emergency callbacks within 24 hours and provide written maintenance and repair reports.

Contractor must employ trained and certified technicians; Commercial Food Equipment Service Association (CFESA) certification is preferred. Applicants must demonstrate at least five years of documented experience maintaining kitchen equipment for at least two other VA facilities or large hospital systems with comparable inventory size and complexity, including specific experience with retherm units, conveyorized dishwashers, and refrigeration units.

Responses are due by June 8, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time, submitted via email to larry.facio@va.gov with subject line "Sources Sought VAPAHCS Appliance Services."