CTX Life Safety Assessment and Fire Damper Inspection

Solicitation 36C25727Q0050 is a firm-fixed-price contract issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 17 for life safety assessments and fire damper inspection, testing, repairs, and Statement of Condition reporting. The project covers the Temple and Waco campuses of the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, with a performance period of 180 days. This is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside under NAICS 561621, requiring that the contractor not pay more than 50 percent of the government contract amount to firms that are not certified SDVOSBs or VOSBs. The scope of work requires a Fire Protection Engineer with at least 10 years of experience and NFPA 99 or NFPA 101 Technical Committee certification to conduct assessments and damper services across numerous specified buildings at both locations. All work must comply with Joint Commission standards, NFPA codes, and VA Infection Control Risk Assessment requirements. Award will be based on a competitive best value selection using comparative analysis, evaluating technical capability, past performance via CPARS or references, and flat rate pricing. Submissions must include a technical capability statement of no more than three pages, a compliance plan, and a project management approach for simultaneous work at both campuses. Invoicing is mandatory through the Tungsten Network.