M1LZ-- Patient-Assisted Parking Services and Parking Lot Attendants

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 2, is soliciting proposals for patient-assisted parking services and parking lot attendant operations at the Northport VA Medical Center in Northport, New York. The contractor must staff three separate parking lots with a minimum of five full-time attendants for Lot L (operating 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday) and one full-time attendant each for Lots B and Q (operating 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Monday through Friday), while maintaining vehicle drop-off and pick-up wait times of less than 10 minutes. Key qualifications require all employees to be U.S. citizens fluent in English with valid driver's licenses, at least two years of driving experience, and a minimum of six months of prior patient-assisted parking experience in a healthcare setting. The contractor must furnish uniforms, equipment (including a gas-powered golf cart, podium, lock boxes, automated claim checks, cones, and walkie-talkies), implement app-based vehicle claim check technology, and maintain minimum insurance coverage of $500,000 general liability per occurrence, $200,000 automobile liability per person/$500,000 per occurrence, and workers' compensation. Evaluation will be based on technical capability (50 percent), past performance with three relevant references (25 percent), and price (25 percent). The original solicitation was posted February 3, 2026, with questions due by February 6, 2026, and proposals originally due February 17, 2026; however, the solicitation was cancelled on March 16, 2026, due to a protest with no award made.

This opportunity was originally issued as a 100 percent small business set-aside with an estimated contract value of $47 million covering all five years of performance. The base contract period runs from April 1, 2026, through January 31, 2027 (10 months), with four optional one-year renewal periods extending through January 31, 2031, under NAICS Code 812930 (Parking Lots and Garages) and Product/Service Code M1LZ (Operation of Parking Facilities). The contract is firm-fixed-price, with all services to be performed at the Northport VA Medical Center in Northport, New York. Contractor employees must adhere to prevailing wage requirements established under the Service Contract Act, with wage rates for the Nassau and Suffolk counties area ranging from $16.68 to $61.13 per hour depending on occupational classification, plus mandated health and welfare benefits, paid vacation, and paid holidays. The contracting officer is Dolores Sachuk-Thompson, and although the original solicitation was cancelled due to protest on March 16, 2026, the opportunity may be resolicited on SAM.gov.