W065--Automated Linen Dispenser Lease | Bridge Contract

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 (Network Contracting Office 21) is procuring an automated linen dispenser lease for supplies and services currently operational at VA San Francisco Healthcare System. The procurement encompasses multiple alExA-branded automated linen and scrub dispensers, including LC dispensers, MC-D dispensers with touchscreens, SC dispensers, and various specialty dispenser models with remote and wall-mounted options. This is a sole source, firm fixed price bridge contract intended to continue existing equipment services while the VA conducts a new multi-year competitive procurement. The VA intends to award the contract to L1 Enterprises Incorporated, which has been identified as the sole authorized distributor for the proprietary equipment; however, the agency will consider capability statements, proposals, or quotations from all responsible sources prior to final award determination. The critical deadline for interested parties to submit written responses is April 21, 2026, at 15:00 EST to Contracting Officer Mathew B. Czeshinski at Mathew.czeshinski@va.gov, with the solicitation to be posted to SAM.gov on or about that same date.

No set-aside designations have been used for this procurement. L1 Enterprises Incorporated, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), is the current incumbent and intended sole source awardee, having held the identical requirement under previous contract 36C26124P0848. The contract period of performance runs from May 1, 2026, through September 30, 2026, representing a five-month bridge action. The procurement includes approximately 21 individual items of automated dispensing equipment with multiple units of certain models distributed across the VA San Francisco Healthcare System facility. While specific award values are not disclosed in the presolicitation notice, the equipment lease encompasses a comprehensive suite of integrated systems designed to manage just-in-time linen delivery and monitor distribution costs and usage data through existing VA tracking software and systems managed by Environmental Management Service staff.