R499--Confined Space Inventory Service

The Department of Veterans Affairs, through the Network Contracting Office 8 in Tampa, Florida, is seeking comprehensive confined space identification, evaluation, documentation, signage, training, and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) services under a total small business set-aside solicitation with NAICS code 541620. The contract requires the contractor to provide all labor, tools, materials, and specialized equipment necessary to identify and assess confined spaces at the C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center in Bay Pines, Florida, and to deliver a full suite of deliverables including an OSHA 1910.146-compliant confined space program, a detailed inventory, technical reports, CAD/PDF drawings, custom signage, and employee training. The work must align with VA standards and the VA Industrial Hygiene guidebook, and all contractor equipment must remain under direct line-of-sight supervision with no overnight storage permitted at the facility. The base period of performance runs from August 3, 2026, to August 2, 2027, with services to be performed on a firm-fixed-price basis, invoiced upon completion and government acceptance via electronic funds transfer in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act. The solicitation has been amended to extend the quotation submission deadline from July 20, 2026, to July 27, 2026, at 4:30 PM EDT, and to notify offerors that government responses to questions will be issued via SAM.gov no later than July 21, 2026. Offerors must be actively registered in SAM with a valid Unique Entity Identifier, qualify as a small business under NAICS 541620, and submit quotations in two volumes: one containing a signed SF 1449 and price schedule, and the other a technical narrative not exceeding three pages addressing capability and past performance. Veterans-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses receive evaluation credit under VAAR 852.215-70, provided they are certified through the SBA VetCert program and verified in the VIP database. The contract includes critical clauses on whistleblower rights, prohibitions on internal confidentiality agreements, limitations on subcontracting, and contractor employee protections, with deviations applied to several small business and labor-related FAR clauses. The government preserves the right to terminate for convenience or default, retains inspection and acceptance authority, and holds the contractor liable for corrective actions at no additional cost. All submissions