SAM #36C24527C0004

VA award for Washington DC VA Medical Center steam utility services

The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a one-year contract for steam utility service to the Washington DC VA Medical Center. - Award and provider - Awardee: Washington Hospital Center Corporation (WHCC). - Award amount: $3,370,292.98. - The award cites a one-responsible-source basis; WHCC’s steam pipeline directly serves the medical center. - Service requirement - Supply, transmit, and deliver steam to the Washington DC VA Medical Center. - Estimated use: approximately 8,380,478 pounds per month. - The current Public Utility Commission-approved tariff is $33.59 per 1,000 pounds. - Monthly bills must itemize supply, transmission, delivery, customer, demand, purchased gas adjustment, and other charges. - Term and value context - Period of performance: October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027; one year. - The supporting notice estimated total cost at $3,378,100, compared with the final award amount of $3,370,292.98. - A possible future ten-year contract is under consideration after a new GSA delegation of authority; the current delegation expires July 30, 2028. This is not part of the awarded one-year term.

Description

6.103-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. (a) Authority. 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) or 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1).

(b) One responsible source. Agencies may contract without providing for full and open competition when the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. For DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, this authority extends to situations where only a limited number of responsible sources can satisfy agency requirements.

(c) Supplies and services may be deemed as available from only one source under this authority under the following circumstances

(1) When an unsolicited research proposal shows a unique and innovative concept (see definition at 2.101) the substance of which is not otherwise available to the Federal Government and does not resemble the substance of a pending competitive acquisition. For DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, this authority extends to situations where a source demonstrates a unique capability to provide the particular research services proposed.

(2) When awarding a follow-on contract for the continued development or production of a major system or highly specialized equipment and, for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, for the continued provision of highly specialized services, would result in

(i) Substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition; or

(ii) Unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements.

(d) Application for brand-name descriptions. Except as authorized at 6.103-5, use of brand-name descriptions, or specification of attributes peculiar to one manufacturer, prevents full and open competition and should only be used when justified and approved according to 6.104. This does not apply to brand name or equal descriptions as they provide for full and open competition.

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