Solicitation
White City, Oregon, Boiler Inspection Services Solicitation Base Year + Four Option Years (offers are now due on 11/13/2026)
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThe Department of Veterans Affairs (Network Contract Office 20) wants yearly state boiler plant inspections at the VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics (VA SORCC) in White City, Oregon (solicitation 36C26026Q0977). Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) can bid. The contract runs one base year from December 1, 2026, plus four option years to November 30, 2031. More in the summary
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (Network Contract Office 20) wants yearly state boiler plant inspections at the VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics (VA SORCC) in White City, Oregon (solicitation 36C26026Q0977). Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) can bid. The contract runs one base year from December 1, 2026, plus four option years to November 30, 2031.
Who can bid
- Must be a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB); the buy is a 100% SDVOSB set-aside
Things to watch (4)
- Serious: SDVOSB set-aside. Only businesses certified as service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses can bid.
- Worth checking: Extra testing in option year 3. Option year 3 adds a Non-Destructive Test and a Life Expectancy report on the deaerator tank, so price that year separately.
- Worth checking: Date passed (Nov 1, 2026): New PWS and SF 1449 posted November 1, 2026. The requirements and offer form were replaced, so bids must use the new versions.
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- Minor: Response due date extended to November 13, 2026. The contracting officer extended the response due date because of many questions; plan to the new date.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Yearly state inspections on three 250 HP low-pressure (<15 psi) gas and oil fired power boilers
- Yearly state inspections on one deaerator/feed water tank (DA/FWT), one heat recovery tank, one condensate storage tank and one bottom blow tank
- In option year 3: a Non-Destructive Test (NDT) and a Life Expectancy report on the DA/FWT, in addition to the yearly inspections
- Work as set out in the performance work statement (PWS), a new version of which was posted November 1, 2026
- Period of performance
- Base year December 1, 2026 to November 30, 2027, plus four one-year options through November 30, 2031
- Place of performance
- White City, OR, USA (VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 13, 2026, 5:00 PM Pacific (from the version posted Nov 1, 2026; amended since)
What to include when you submit
- Read all amendments, the new PWS and the new Standard Form 1449 (SF 1449: the form you sign and return as your offer) posted November 1, 2026, before sending questions
- Send questions by email to Jeremiah.Middleton2@VA.GOV between November 2 and November 6, 2026
Not in the notice text
- The PWS, the SF 1449 and the amendments are attachments on SAM.gov that weren't read; pricing lines, evaluation method and submission instructions are there.
- How offers are evaluated and how to submit them is not stated in the notice text.
- Which Service Contract Act wage determination applies is not stated.
- Whether inspectors need a state boiler inspector commission or other license is not stated.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) certified through SBA's VetCert can bid as the prime contractor. Not certified through VetCert yet? Apply on VetCert (SBA), or start with the SDVOSB guide. More open service-disabled veteran-owned set-asides under NAICS 561210
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Nov 1, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- 260-Network Contract Office 20 (36C260), Vancouver, WA
- Product/service code
- H345 · Inspection – Plumbing, Heating, and Waste Disposal Equipment
- Business type
- Facilities, janitorial & grounds (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 561210)
- Versions
7 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 2, 2026 · Amendment 0006Due Nov 13, 2026
- Nov 1, 2026 · Amendment 0005 (this version)Due Nov 13, 2026
- Nov 1, 2026 · Amendment 0004Due Nov 13, 2026
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0003Due Nov 13, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 20, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Oct 28, 2026
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 28, 2026
- Oct 17, 2026 · SolicitationDue Oct 28, 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
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Open SDVOSB set-aside contracts
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, SDVOSB (service-disabled veteran-owned small business), Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
White City Boiler Inspection Services Solicitation Number 36C26026Q0977 Due to a large number of questions, as the CO, I am extending the offer due date to 11/13/2026. I will allow questions for 1 week starting on 11/02/2026 – 11/06/2026. This Solicitation (36C26026Q0977) will remain an SDVOSB 100% total set aside. If you have any questions please email: Jeremiah.Middleton2@VA.GOV ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The objective of this solicitation is to provide VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics (VA SORCC) with Boiler Plant Inspection Services. The period of performance shall be as follows: Base Year: 12/1/2026 to 11/30/2027 Option Year 1: 12/1/2027 to 11/30/2028 Option Year 2: 12/1/2028 to 11/30/2029 Option Year 3: 12/1/2029 to 11/30/2030 Option Year 4: 12/1/2030 to 11/30/2031 Background: The VA SORCC has three Power boilers, each rated at 250HP operating at low pressure (<15 psi), gas and oiled fired. Yearly state inspections are required on all three boilers, one deaerator/ feed water tank (DA/FWT), one heat recovery tank (HRT), one condensate storage tank (CST), and one bottom blow tank (BBT). ******Option year three will require the yearly state inspections on all three boilers, one deaerator/ feed water tank, one heat recovery tank, one condensate tank, and one bottom blow tank and have a Non-Destructive Test (NDT), And a Life Expectancy report performed on the DA/FWT ******. A NEW PWS HAS BEEN UPLOADED TO SAM.GOV ON 11/1/2026 A NEW 1449 SOLICITATION HAS BEEN UPLOADED TO SAM.GOV ON 11/1/2026 Before you send any questions please make sure you have read all of the amendments, PWS and 1449.
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