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Reverse Osmosis System Modifications

Department of Veterans Affairs · NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)
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Solicitation details

Solicitation number
36C26327Q0053
Notice type
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
NAICS
238220
Product service code
J046
Set-aside
Unrestricted
Posted
2026-10-08
Response deadline
Oct 23, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
Minneapolis, MN
Contracting contact
cameron.rick@va.gov

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Statement of work, as posted

Reverse Osmosis / Deionization System Modification procurement for the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. This is a solicitation conducted using FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services). Solicitation number 36C26327Q0053 is issued as a request for quotes (RFQ). Prospective offerors must be registered and current in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (https://www.sam.gov) at time of offer to the Government. Quotes will only be accepted from responsible contractors. The NAICS code for the solicitation is 238220 with a size standard of $19 million. A list of the contract line items, quantities, and units of measure are listed within the attached solicitation documentation. The VA anticipates one Firm Fixed Price award to provide services to the Minneapolis Health Care System, 1 Veterans Dr., Minneapolis, MN 55417 The period of performance is 11/01/2026 to 01/31/2027. Interested offerors are highly encouraged to attend a site visit from 7:00-8:00am on 10/15/2026. Offerors should contact Faris Chiad at faris.chiad@va.gov or 612-484-7277 if they plan on attending. Interested vendors should meet in room 2G-146 on the 2nd floor of the Minneapolis VA Medical Center Campus, 1 Veterans Dr., Minneapolis, MN 55417 if they plan on attending. Technical questions on this solicitation are due via e-mail only to Cameron Rick, Contracting Specialist, at Cameron.rick@va.gov no later than 5:00pm Central time on 10/19/2026. Quotes are due to the Contracting Office by 12:00pm Central time on 10/23/2026. Quotes are required to be emailed to cameron.rick@va.gov prior to the solicitation closing date and time. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure their quote is received in its entirety by the Contracting Officer before the solicitation closing.

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Point of contact
Cameron Rick
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
cameron.rick@va.gov
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