Vertical Transportation Equipment (VTE) Maintenance, Repair, & Inspection Services

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Hanscom Air Force Base seeks a contractor to provide comprehensive vertical transportation equipment (VTE) maintenance, repair, and inspection services. The contractor must furnish all management, tools, supplies, equipment, parts, and labor necessary to ensure continuous and safe operations of the VTE assets at Hanscom AFB in compliance with ASME A17.1-2025, ANSI/ASME A17.2-2014, ASME A17.3-2023, NFPA standards, and OSHA requirements. Key qualifications include Massachusetts licensure, location within 60 miles of the base's Civil Engineering Headquarters, current SAM registration with small business certification, and a current NIST SP 800-171 assessment no more than three years old. The Government will evaluate quotations based on non-price factors including technical merit, small business status, and past performance, along with price, awarding to the lowest evaluated price among technically acceptable quotes. Critical deadlines include March 27, 2026 for submission of questions, March 31, 2026 for Government responses, and April 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET for proposal submission, with a minimum 90-day offer validity period required.

This solicitation is designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 811310 with a small business size standard of $12,500,000, and no incumbent contractor information is provided in the solicitation documents. The contract encompasses maintenance and repair services for 20 pieces of VTE equipment including freight and passenger elevators, escalators, wheelchair/stair lifts, dock levelers, and dumbwaiters across multiple base facilities. The contract structure includes a base year from May 4, 2026 to May 3, 2027, with four optional one-year periods extending through May 3, 2031, operating on a fixed-price monthly basis with specific service requirements including monthly preventative maintenance, annual federal inspections, 24-hour routine service call response times, and one-hour emergency response times. No specific budget range is disclosed in the available documents, though contractors must submit detailed pricing in the provided bid schedule. Performance will occur at Hanscom Air Force Base in Lynnfield, Massachusetts under FOB Destination terms, with delivery and acceptance at the base location.