Contract · Federal · Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

J046--Installation and Maintenance for Water Monitoring System at the Bedford VA Medical Center

Agency: VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF / VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
Location: TOGUS, MA
Amount: Amount not listed
Posted: Jul 27, 2026
Set-aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
NAICS code: 221310 look up NAICS codes
PSC code: J046

Timeline

Posted

Jul 27, 2026
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Agency: VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF / VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
Location: TOGUS, MA
Set-aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
NAICS: 221310
Scope: Federal

Amendment No.: 0001 Solicitation No.: 36C24126Q0489 Date: July 27, 2026 Purpose of Amendment The purpose of this amendment is to provide responses to questions submitted regarding the solicitation.

As a result of these questions and responses, the response due date remains unchanged.

Question: The bid indicates that the awarded contractor must use the PhiAnalytics platform by Phigenics.

This is proprietary to them, it’s unlikely they would allow another company to access this.

Would be acceptable to provide our own equipment and our own comparable analytics platform for this bid?

Answer: The equipment/analytics platform would have to fulfill the same requirements from VA Directive 1061, as cited in the SOW.

The contractor’s equipment must be water monitoring equipment rather than water treatment equipment, able to operate above 124 °F and fully installed using copper plumbing.

The analytics platform would need to be reviewed/evaluated to ensure it is independent of the water monitoring equipment and offers comparable services like continuously updated data with auto-trending and cloud-based data management to ensure various required staff on site can access real-time data.

The contractor would be responsible for taking out and disposing of the existing system as they are correct, it is all proprietary.

Question: Pursuant to FAR 11.104 and FAR 52.211-6, could you please identify the salient physical, functional, and performance characteristics that an equal hardware and software solution must meet?

Answer: An equal hardware unit must be suitable for continuous water quality monitoring on a potable water system.

They need to be installed on the supply cold & hot lines as well as the distal locations (pipe chases) across 7 patient care buildings.

The unit shall be able to operate...

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