Emergency Electric Equipment Repair

The Department of Veterans Affairs, through Network Contracting Office 23 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, has awarded a sole-source contract under FAR 6.302-2 for emergency electrical equipment repair at the Fargo VA Medical Center in North Dakota. The contract, identified by solicitation number 36C263-26-AP-3440 and NAICS code 811310, was awarded to Dakota Electric Construction Co., INC (DECCO), the incumbent contractor with over 25 years of familiarity with the facility’s electrical systems. The urgency of restoring critical power to life-safety systems—including medical gas compressors, surgical suites, and RME processing in Buildings 46 and 57—justifies the non-competitive award, as competition would be impracticable due to the immediate risk of system failure. The estimated contract value is $175,000, with no line-item breakdown or detailed pricing schedule provided, and no option periods or extensions outlined. Work must comply with VA and OSHA standards, including mandatory Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO), Job Safety Analysis (JSA), and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) protocols, with inspection and acceptance occurring on-site at the Fargo location. The Contracting Officer, Emanuel Nevarez, certified the sole-source justification, emphasizing DECCO’s unique institutional knowledge and established relationship with the facility. No formal evaluation factors, delivery schedule, payment instructions, or packaging requirements were documented, and no representations or certifications were submitted by the offeror beyond the government’s internal acknowledgment of the UEI and business size status from SAM records. The contract was issued on July 1, 2026, and signed on June 24, 2026, under a Simplified Acquisition Procedure with no competitive process, and no COR or COTR is identified in the documentation.