Water System Chemical Treatment Services for the VA Salt Lake City UT

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 19 seeks water system chemical treatment services for the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, with proposals due September 25 at 12:00 PM Mountain Time. This is an unrestricted, open-market solicitation with no set-aside.

Place of performance is 500 Foothill Boulevard, Salt Lake City, Utah 84148 (George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center). Services span a one-year base period (September 30, 2026 through September 29, 2027) plus four optional one-year extensions. The contract is firm-fixed price and includes routine water chemistry testing and preventive maintenance for four steam boilers (118,120 lb/hr total capacity), four cooling towers (approximately 3,500 tons combined), water softeners, dealkalizers, deaerators, reverse osmosis and deionizing units, and closed-loop glycol systems. Annual softener salt supply is approximately 800,000 pounds. Corrective maintenance is funded through a $10,000 annual parts allowance and separate labor at the contractor's fixed hourly rate, capped at 48 hours annually.

Technical qualifications are mandatory: contractors must hold Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing registration; provide a designated chemist or chemical engineer with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry or related field, three years of water treatment experience, and current CWT or AMPP/NACE Corrosion Technologist certification; field all technicians with relevant certifications and three years of experience; and ensure all on-site personnel maintain current OSHA 10/30, Bloodborne Pathogens, and HazCom/GHS training. Services are performed during normal business hours (7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time, Monday–Friday), with emergency response required within twelve hours on-site.

A site visit is strongly encouraged for September 21 at 1:00 PM Mountain Time. Written questions are due September 23 at 12:00 PM Mountain Time. Evaluation is based on technical capability, price, and past performance. NAICS code is 221310 with a $41 million business size standard. All volumes of the quote must be submitted or the offer may be deemed non-responsive.