J079--Amendment with Answers for Kitchen Hood Cleaning Service at the Sheridan VA Health Care System Contract Base Four (4) Option Years.

This contract amends a previous combined solicitation for exhaust hood cleaning services at the Sheridan VA Health Care System in Wyoming, with a base year and four optional years, extending the total potential duration to five years. The acquisition is set aside exclusively for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), requiring offerors to be SBA-verified and registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), with full compliance to FAR clauses governing identity verification, ethical conduct, whistleblower rights, and prohibitions on confidential internal agreements. The scope of work mandates cleaning of four exhaust hood systems across two buildings—Building 86’s main kitchen (12’6” hood) and serving line (4’6” hood), and Building 7’s back-to-back main kitchen hoods (two 16’ units) and serving line (7’ hood), totaling five filters across all systems, with one of the main kitchen systems featuring a self-washing capability. All cleaning must be performed under strict time windows: Building 86 operations occur Monday–Friday from 2:00 PM to 2:00 AM, and Building 7 from 7:00 PM to 4:30 AM the following day, with all work requiring the contractor to supply full labor, equipment, materials, and supervision. Submissions must be received via email by 10:00 AM EST on June 18, 2026, to crystal.volmar@va.gov, formatted as a single email package under 4 MB containing two mandatory volumes: a completed price schedule and the signed VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate of Compliance, failure of which renders the offer non-responsive. Evaluation is based on price alone, with awards made on an all-or-nothing basis to the most advantageous offer, and contractors must submit a comprehensive Quality Control Plan within 30 days of award, with updates requiring prior written approval from the Contracting Officer. Performance is monitored through the Government’s Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan and requires a detailed service report within two weeks of each cleaning, including date, hoods serviced, findings, certification sticker IDs, and technician signature. The contract includes clauses enforcing sustainable practices, paid sick leave, labor standards, anti-trafficking requirements, and Buy American provisions, while prohibiting subcontracting beyond mandated limits and mandating full compliance with all ethical, safety, and reporting obligations. The Contracting Officer’s Representative and Contracting Officer are designated for oversight and communication, and the Government reserves the