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3460--CENTRAL DISK FINISHER WITH CLOSED LOOP WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM

246-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 6 (36C246) · The Central Virginia VA Health Care System Department of Veterans Affairs 1201 Broad Rock Blvd, Richmond, 23249

Response status

Due in 4 days

Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC

The response window is short.

Posted
Aug 25, 2026
Archive date
Sep 15, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • 246-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 6 (36C246) published this sources sought.
  • The place of performance is Richmond.
  • The notice uses NAICS 333517 (Machine Tool Manufacturing).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
ff807904f2af4117bab2244cacbb8dfa
Solicitation
36C24626Q0983
Base type
Sources Sought
Version
2 of 2

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Sources Sought
Solicitation number
36C24626Q0983
Set-aside
Set-aside code
Posted
Aug 25, 2026
Responses due
Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 15, 2026
Archive type
autocustom
Base type
Sources Sought
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
Category confidence
Category source
Last seen
Aug 28, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
Department code
Subagency
VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
Subagency code
Office
246-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 6 (36C246)
Organization path
Organization path codes
Office address
HAMPTON, VA, 23667, USA
Place of performance
The Central Virginia VA Health Care System Department of Veterans Affairs 1201 Broad Rock Blvd, Richmond, 23249
City code
State
State code
Postal code
23249
Country

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

This Sources Sought Notice is issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 6, to conduct market research and identify capable sources for providing for a Centrifugal Disc Finishing Machine, Closed Loop Wastewater Treatment System, and Manual Mobile Separation Unit. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement only. The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research and obtain information from qualified businesses. This is not a request for bids, quotes, or proposals. All responsible sources must submit a capability statement addressing their capabilities, capacity, place of manufacture, and location which shall be considered by the agency. � Responses are voluntary and will be used to� determine� the� appropriate acquisition� strategy. This notice is posted as UNRESTRICTED and is intended to gauge the entire marketplace. � This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. � Interested parties submitting a response to this inquiry must include the following information: Capability statement addressing ALL salient characteristics Company name, address, point of contact, phone and email� SAM.gov UEI number and NAICS applicability Business size (Large, Small, VOSB, SDVOSB, etc.) Place of manufacture for all supplied equipment Identify applicable socioeconomic categories and any pertinent information which demonstrates the firm s ability to meet the above requirement An authorized distributor letter if the interested party is not the manufacturer Evidence of previous installations or relevant experience Estimated delivery timeframe Any proprietary component constraints Specific Tasks Development of polishing recipes for multiple polymer and metal parts including media and rinse compounds, polishing process parameters. (rpm, duration, dosing, etc.) One day onsite installation of equipment One year parts manufacture warranty Salient required characteristics Centrifugal Disc Finishing Machine Purchase Centrifugal Disc Finishing Machine Physical Capacity: 60 liters or greater Overall Machine Dimensions: 46 L x 45 D x 74 H or less Weight: 600 lbs. or less Electrical Power: 220 - 240V/3 Phase, 20 AMPS Functional Powered Bowl tilt mechanism for material changing All wear components (bowl rings) field replaceable Variable speed bowl Rinse compound dosing pump included Operator control of process time, auto-reverse timer settings, rpm adjustment, rinse system interval and pulse length, and dosing pump on/off control Manufacture provided recipe for PA12 and 316L stainless steel parts Jog operation for part removal Sludge Weir tank Bowl covers Closed Loop Waste Water Treatment System Overall Machine Dimensions: 60 x 36 x 63 H or less Weight: 300 lbs. or less Capacity: 120 gallon or equivalent Centrifugal pump which circulates effluent creating a high velocity mixing action and treatment flocculent powder. Treated water drained and pumped back to disk finisher. Filter paper roll which filters out precipitated material from effluent. Water Feed system filters drain water, ozonates it to prevent bacterial growth. Centrifuge separator system to quickly reduce sludge volume and water content. Mobile Manual Separation Unit, Manual Lift Manual hand crank operated lift for moving material in and out of machine and sieving parts from media All responses shall be submitted no later than Friday, 08/31/2026, by 08:00 AM EST. Responses shall be emailed to: Tiara.White@va.gov. When replying, please include Sources Sought 36C24626Q0983 to ensure the email is reviewed in a timely manner.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

Low end (p25)$22,014
Median$40,053
High end (p75)$98,122
Comparable awards
6
Median
$40,053
Computed
Aug 28, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
8511255300!IPE - MILLING EQUIPMENTPHILLIPS CORPORATION$1,207,509.95Mar 9, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
8511691173!IPE - COMPONENTSJESSE ENGINEERING COMPANY$114,988.86Apr 24, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
8511837124!IPE - EXTERNAL SERVICESO'CONNELL MACHINERY CO., INC.$6,876.54Apr 8, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
8511869863!IPE - COMPONENTS (2)MONARCH LATHES LP$18,490.29Mar 17, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
8511929511!IPE - COMPONENTS (2)MONARCH LATHES LP$32,585.53Mar 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
8511948881!IPE - COMPONENTS (2)AMERICAN BEARING AND COMPONENTS LLC$47,519.64Mar 31, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Amendment history

A version is preserved whenever the normalized notice contents change.

VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1Sources SoughtAug 27, 2026Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC75ce24c996cb6a53
2Sources SoughtAug 28, 2026Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC447fbb50a4a621ef

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Aug 28, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 6 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Aug 28, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.
  3. 3Only 6 comparable awards were found. The range describes those records, not the market.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range; note 3 describes sample size. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.