M1LZ--Parking Services for Illinois Facilities

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 is soliciting valet parking services at four Illinois VA facilities with quotes due September 1, 2026. This is a 100% Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside, foreclosing competition outside that pool.

Place of performance spans Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital (Hines, Illinois), Jesse Brown VA Medical Center (Chicago, Illinois), Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (North Chicago, Illinois), and Lakeside Community-Based Outpatient Clinic. The contract covers full-service parking operations including labor, materials, equipment, supervision, and incidental services. Operating hours are 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM Monday through Friday at Hines and Jesse Brown; 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM at Lakeside and Lovell, excluding federal holidays. Daily vehicle volume ranges from 10–15 vehicles at Lakeside to 500–600 vehicles at Hines. The base period runs October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, with four optional one-year renewal periods.

The NAICS code is 812930, Parking Lots and Garages; PSC is M1LZ. The incumbent contractor is Vetpride Services under contract 36C25221C0032, valued at $5,759,310.66. Total potential contract value is $47 million across the base and option periods.

All parking attendants must possess a valid state driver's license, be U.S. citizens, fluent in English, and pass a five-panel drug screen and criminal background check. The contractor must provide on-site supervisors at each facility during all operating hours and maintain valet-style booths at all locations. The contractor bears responsibility for vehicle damage caused by its operations. Service Contract Labor Standards apply; wage determinations 2015-4935 (Revision 32) and 2015-5017 (Revision 34) are effective. Chicago business license compliance is an evaluated factor. Offerors must provide firm-fixed pricing, a Quality Control Plan, proof of three years' relevant experience with two prior clients, current insurance certificates (minimum $500,000 general liability, $200,000/$500,000 automobile liability, and workers' compensation), and a signed VA limitations on subcontracting certification. An amendment issued August 20 provides responses to 57 vendor questions and updated wage determinations.