Sources Sought
Imaging Service & Preventative Maintenance EHCC & MTV
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThe Department of Veterans Affairs (Network Contracting Office 15) is asking which firms can provide preventive maintenance and repair service for GE imaging equipment at the Evansville, IN VA Health Care Center and the Mount Vernon, IL VA Clinic. This is a sources sought notice for market research only, not a solicitation. The response due date is November 2, 2026, 8:00 AM Central (9:00 AM Eastern). More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of Veterans Affairs who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (Network Contracting Office 15) is asking which firms can provide preventive maintenance and repair service for GE imaging equipment at the Evansville, IN VA Health Care Center and the Mount Vernon, IL VA Clinic. This is a sources sought notice for market research only, not a solicitation. The response due date is November 2, 2026, 8:00 AM Central (9:00 AM Eastern).
Who can bid
- An established business with an office and full-time staff, including a fully qualified Field Service Engineer (FSE) and a fully qualified backup FSE
- Each FSE must have completed the manufacturer's formal training on the equipment and have at least two years of experience with scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of it
- Written assurance of staff competency and a list of credentials for approved FSEs for each make and model; subcontractor FSEs need the same qualifications and the contracting officer's advance approval
How to submit: Email to Tracie Raggs at tracie.raggs@va.gov; telephone responses are not accepted. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 21, 2026.
- Serious: Qualified in-house engineers and an office required. A respondent needs an office, full-time staff, and two manufacturer-trained engineers (a primary and a backup), which many small shops lack.
- Worth checking: Fast response times and uptime guarantees. Phone response in 30 minutes, on-site in 4 hours, and 97% radiology uptime need staff close to both sites.
- Worth checking: No manuals or service software from the VA. You must get your own service manuals and diagnostic software, and their cost is included in your price.
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- Worth checking: Parts cost and next-day delivery on you. All replacement parts are included in the price and must arrive on-site by 10:30 AM the next day.
- Minor: Market research only. A reply does not put you on a bidders list or guarantee a solicitation; any later solicitation needs a separate response.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Preventive maintenance, software updates, remote call support and remote diagnostics for the listed GE X-ray, ultrasound and related imaging systems
- Repairs during VA business hours (8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday to Friday, excluding Federal holidays), with phone response within 30 minutes and on-site arrival within 4 hours
- Guaranteed uptime of 97% or greater for radiology equipment and 95% or greater for ultrasound equipment
- All replacement parts, including tubes, ultrasound probes, detectors, grids, tables and batteries, delivered on-site by 10:30 AM the next day
- Scheduled preventive maintenance to manufacturer specifications and to NFPA-99, OSHA and CDRH standards, with worksheets given to the VA
- A service report after every repair or maintenance visit, delivered by hand or by email within 48 hours
- Place of performance
- Evansville, IN VA Health Care Center and Mount Vernon, IL VA Clinic
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 2, 2026, 8:00 AM Central (9:00 AM Eastern)
- How to submit
- Email to Tracie Raggs at tracie.raggs@va.gov; telephone responses are not accepted
What to include when you submit
- Give your company name, address, SAM.gov unique entity ID (UEI), point of contact, phone number and email
- State whether you are a small business under NAICS 811210 and your size status (for example SDVOSB, VOSB, HUBZone, WOSB or large)
- If you are a large business, name any authorized small business distributors, service providers or subcontractors, with contact and status
- Say whether you are an authorized service provider for these services and attach the manufacturer's authorization letters or agreements
- List any Federal Supply Schedule, VA National Acquisition Center, NASA SEWP, VA Strategic Acquisition Center or other federal contract that could be used
- Attach a capabilities statement showing you can meet the requirements, and add any comments on the requirements
Not in the notice text
- The contract type, base period, option periods and estimated value are not stated.
- SAM.gov shows no set-aside, so whether a later buy would be set aside is unknown.
- The number of preventive maintenance visits per year is not stated.
- The equipment is listed by system ID only; serial numbers are given for just one system.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- 255-Network Contract Office 15 (36C255), Leavenworth, KS
- Product/service code
- J065 · Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment – Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Equipment and Supplies
- Business type
- Equipment repair & maintenance (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 811210)
- 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
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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