Z1DZ--520-26-109 Replace Fire Suppression Piping in Crawl Space, Biloxi (Emergency)

The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract valued at $129,799.21 to Paramount Construction Group, LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, for the emergency replacement of 6-inch fire suppression piping in the crawl space of Building 2 at the Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System in Biloxi, Mississippi. The procurement was conducted under FAR 6.302-2 due to unusual and compelling urgency, as the damaged system posed an immediate risk to patient safety and facility operations, requiring rapid intervention to restore full fire suppression capability. The contractor is responsible for removing all existing piping, fittings, valves, and hangers, installing new components including three check valves and one flow switch, and integrating the system with the facility’s existing fire alarm network managed by Everon. Work must be completed within 30 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed, with all materials required to comply with the Buy American Act, verified by Gulf Coast Engineering. The contract is structured as a non-competitive, time-limited action with no option periods or extended terms. Performance occurs exclusively at the Biloxi facility, and acceptance is conducted on-site by VA representatives, including Gulf Coast Engineering, who oversee compliance with safety, integration, and domestic material requirements. The award was justified based on the contractor’s unique expertise in fire suppression systems and ability to mobilize within one week, with no competitive solicitation conducted. The contractor is certified as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business through SBA DSBS, triggering ongoing reporting obligations under FAR 19.14 and FAR 52.219-28. No specific packaging, preservation, marking, bar-coding, or MIL-STD requirements were outlined, and while the contracting specialist Tammy Tynes is the primary point of contact, no Contracting Officer’s Representative or Contracting Officer Technical Representative was officially named. Payment and accounting details remain unspecified, and no formal evaluation factors or scoring criteria were used due to the emergency sole-source nature of the award.