Houston National Cemetery Annual Generator Service Base +4, Amended 0001 with vendor Q an A

This contract solicitation, numbered 36C78626Q50221, is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside under NAICS code 561210 for annual generator maintenance services at the Houston National Cemetery in Houston, Texas. The requirement is for comprehensive routine maintenance on two emergency generator units—one 200 KW and one 250 KW Generac model—located at the Admin and Maint buildings, including preventative inspections, annual servicing, fuel and oil sample analysis per ASTM and NFPA 110 standards, DCA testing, manual and auto-start function verification, automatic transfer switch inspections, and annual reporting in both electronic and hard copy formats. Services must be performed in accordance with the original equipment manufacturer’s guidelines. Proposals must be submitted via email to david.hester@va.gov no later than July 17, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., and late submissions will not be accepted. Vendors must be actively registered in SAM.gov and certified in the VA’s Vendor Information Pages (VIP) database to qualify. The contract spans multiple option years through 2031, with performance periods beginning August 1 of each year and ending July 31 of the following year, and the award will be made to the responsible offeror submitting the lowest reasonable price that meets all technical acceptability criteria, including a mandatory minimum of three years’ experience in emergency generator inspection, servicing, and repair. The contract incorporates FAR clauses 52.212-1, 52.212-4, 52.212-3, 52.212-5, and 52.232-19, along with VA-specific clauses governing key personnel, area of performance, electronic payment submission, and limitations on subcontracting, which restrict the prime contractor from paying more than 50% of the service portion to non-VIP-listed entities. Payment requests must be submitted electronically through VA’s Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment System or an ANSI X12 EDI-compliant platform; fax, email, or scanned documents are prohibited. Offerors must complete specific blocks on the solicitation form and provide all required federal certifications, including those related to payments to influence federal transactions, SAM registration, CAGE code reporting, and responsibility matters. All amendments will be posted on SAM.gov, and vendors are responsible for monitoring