Ruthrauff Sauer, LLC

Ruthrauff Sauer, LLC, a Pennsylvania-based limited liability partnership, operates as a specialized plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contractor performing emergency repairs and facility maintenance for the Department of Veterans Affairs on a full-and-open, non-set-aside basis. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor and does not subcontract on federal awards.

Ruthrauff Sauer's entire federal footprint derives from two VA customer entities. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 (VA VHA VISN 4) accounts for 10 awards totaling $527 thousand in combined potential value, and the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration accounts for 4 awards totaling $21 thousand. Together, these two VA entities represent 100% of the vendor's federal award activity and combined potential value. Work is concentrated in plumbing and HVAC repair: the top NAICS category is Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (12 of 14 awards), and primary PSC codes include maintenance and repair of plumbing and heating equipment (5 awards) and repair or alteration of water supply facilities (3 awards).

Recent representative work includes a $314 thousand emergency water main repair definitive contract with VA VHA VISN 4 in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania (awarded June 2022, completed August 2022); a $14 thousand purchase order for water line repair at a Pennsylvania VA medical facility (awarded May 2023, completed June 2023); a $4.6 thousand emergency sole-source purchase order to repair a backflow valve critical to irrigation at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania (awarded May 2026, completed June 2026); and a $2.9 thousand emergency watermain repair purchase order at the same cemetery (awarded August 2026, completed September 2026).

Activity has been sporadic — one award in 2021, two in 2022, one in 2023, one in 2025, and two in 2026 — with fourteen total awards in the source data spanning from 2012 to August 2026. Combined dollars obligated equal combined potential value ($549 thousand), indicating all awarded work has been obligated. The Service Contract Inventory dataset captures minimal activity: two SCI records in FY2024–FY2025, with the vendor appearing as a named subcontractor on two service contracts and delivering approximately 2.3 FTEs in FY2024 and zero FTEs in FY2025. This low SCI capture reflects Ruthrauff Sauer's positioning as a small local repair contractor handling facility maintenance and emergency HVAC and plumbing work for VA infrastructure in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, rather than a larger federal services provider.