Sources Sought
FY27 HVAC Maintenance Service
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe Army's Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) at Fort Belvoir is doing market research for an HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) maintenance company for the Washington DC metro area, with Fort Myer, Virginia, as the place of performance (sources sought PANMCC26P0000056336). It is planned as a 100% small business set-aside with about 6 to 7 full-time-equivalent staff, and a solicitation may follow in Q2FY27 (the second quarter of fiscal year 2027). Capability statements of up to 8 pages are due November 13, 2026, 2:00 PM EST; this is not a solicitation. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of the Army who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 30, 2026. See the latest version.
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The Army's Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) at Fort Belvoir is doing market research for an HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) maintenance company for the Washington DC metro area, with Fort Myer, Virginia, as the place of performance (sources sought PANMCC26P0000056336). It is planned as a 100% small business set-aside with about 6 to 7 full-time-equivalent staff, and a solicitation may follow in Q2FY27 (the second quarter of fiscal year 2027). Capability statements of up to 8 pages are due November 13, 2026, 2:00 PM EST; this is not a solicitation.
Who can bid
- Small business under NAICS 238220 (size standard $19.0 million): planned 100% small business set-aside
- Be an HVAC company able to perform 51% of the labor itself
How to submit: To the contract specialist named in the notice on SAM.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 30, 2026.
- Serious: Small businesses only. The requirement is planned as a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS 238220.
- Serious: Must do 51% of the labor. Brokers and firms that would hand the work to another company are not wanted.
- Worth checking: 2-hour emergency response. A bidder needs crews close to the Washington DC area to reach the site within 2 hours.
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- Minor: Asks for a DUNS number. The notice asks for a DUNS number, which SAM.gov has replaced with the Unique Entity ID (UEI); consider giving both.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- HVAC maintenance services in the Washington DC metro area
- Emergency service response to the site within 2 hours
- Staffing of about 6 to 7 full-time equivalents: one Program Manager (1,920 hrs./yr), a half-time Project Manager (960 hrs./yr), two HVAC Techs (3,840 hrs./yr), 1.5 plus 0.5 emergency-service HVAC Techs (2,880 and 960 hrs./yr) and one Dispatch/Quality Control (1920 hrs./yr)
- For now: a capability statement showing the company can do and manage the work
- Place of performance
- Fort Myer, VA (Washington DC metro area)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 13, 2026, 2:00 PM EST
- How to submit
- To the contract specialist named in the notice on SAM.gov
- Page limits
- Capability statement: 8 pages
What to include when you submit
- Send a Word or Word-compatible document, no more than eight (8) pages.
- Include company name and address, DUNS number and CAGE code.
- State business size and any socioeconomic status under NAICS 238220.
- Give company points of contact and contact information.
- Describe capabilities to perform and manage the work.
- Confirm the company is interested and intends to submit a quote, bid or proposal if a solicitation is issued.
- No phone calls; send all questions to the contract specialist.
After award, you must have
- Able to respond on site within 2 hours for emergency calls From the notice:
Vendor must be able to respond to the site within 2 hours for emergency service calls.
Not in the notice text
- Number of buildings, equipment types and period of performance are not stated.
- Which Service Contract Act wage determination would apply is not stated.
- The contract specialist's email is not in the notice text; it is listed on the SAM.gov notice page.
- Whether there's a site visit: this summary doesn't say. Check the solicitation and its amendments on SAM.gov.
Eligibility and how to respond
- If it goes ahead as planned: set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 238220
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
- Construction contracts over $2,000 pay at least the local Davis-Bacon wage rates, from the wage determination in the solicitation. Price your labor from it: How to price a government contract, and how Davis-Bacon differs from the Service Contract Act.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 29, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- W6QM MICC-FT Belvoir, Fort Belvoir, VA
- Product/service code
- J041 · Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment – Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, and Air Circulating Equipment
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238220)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 30, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 13, 2026
- Oct 29, 2026 · Sources Sought (this version)Due Nov 13, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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