VA Sets Aside Bronx Chiller Pump Job For Veteran-Owned Firms

The Department of Veterans Affairs put out a call to replace the chilled water pump at the boiler plant at its Bronx facility, with bids due November 11. The solicitation number is 36C24227R0009.

This job is limited to one group of contractors: firms certified as Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, under a federal rule called an SDVOSB Set-Aside. In plain terms, a set-aside means only companies that qualify under that certification are allowed to bid at all -- everyone else is locked out before they even start pricing the job.

If your company isn't already certified as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, this isn't a job you can chase. That certification has to be in place before you bid, not applied for after. The posting doesn't spell out the certifying body or the exact paperwork required, so the first move for any firm that believes it qualifies is to pull the full solicitation and confirm the set-aside terms and verification process spelled out there.

The project itself is mechanical work tied to a federal facility's boiler plant -- the kind of job that tends to be modest in scope but requires experience with institutional heating and cooling systems. For SDVOSB-certified mechanical contractors working in or near the Bronx, it's worth a look given how few of these set-asides come up at once.

Any firm that is certified and interested needs to move now. Bids are due November 11, which doesn't leave much runway for firms that haven't already registered to do business with the VA or reviewed the solicitation documents. Start with confirming your SDVOSB status is current, then get the full bid package to see what the pump replacement actually involves.

On the record: Y1DZ--REPLACE CHILLED WATER PUMP AT THE BOILER PLANT, issued by VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF. Solicitation 36C24227R0009. Bids are due November 11, 2026. The listing on SAM.gov (Federal): https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7690ea3b8df94f67b844f4e92131d250/view. Full record on The RFI Wire's board: https://therfiwire.com/rfi/RFI-005086.html.