CedarBid

com.cedarbidPublished by cedarbid.comOfficial publisherv1.0.0Updated Oct 26, 2026

VA HVAC and plumbing contracts from USAspending: what ends soon, who holds it, typical prices.

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Overview

AI-generated overview

CedarBid gives an assistant read-only access to VA HVAC and plumbing contract data from USAspending: expiring contracts, holders, prices and award timing.

What you can do
  • Find recurring VA heating, cooling and plumbing service contracts ending within a chosen number of months, filtered by state, city and keyword
  • Look up a single contract by its contract number (PIID) for holder, UEI, dollars obligated, dates, bids and set-aside type
  • Review a company's VA HVAC and plumbing awards since October 2018 by name or 12-character UEI
  • See contracts at one city and state, including top winners and recent awards
  • Compare typical dollars obligated per contract type, nationwide or by state, with median and middle half
  • View monthly award counts and dollars across the year to spot spending peaks
When to use it
Useful for contractors, analysts or researchers tracking federal VA facilities work: spotting expiring service contracts, checking a competitor or facility, sizing typical award values, or timing a bid around the federal fiscal year.
Requirements
A remote MCP endpoint at cedarbid.com over streamable HTTP; no packages, environment variables or headers are declared. The assistant needs network access to that endpoint.
Before you install
The data is read-only reference material, but the server notes that whether and when the VA re-solicits work is up to the VA and should be checked on SAM.gov, so treat results as guidance rather than a bid opportunity feed. No authentication or credentials are declared.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open CedarBid in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/com.cedarbid%2Fva-contracts/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cedarbid": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://cedarbid.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

6

find_expiring_contracts

Find VA HVAC service contracts ending soon

Lists recurring VA heating, cooling and plumbing service contracts (maintenance, inspection, testing) whose current period of performance ends within the chosen number of months, soonest first. Whether and when the VA solicits the work again is up to the VA; check SAM.gov. Filter by state, city, keyword (for example 'chiller', 'boiler', 'backflow') and the set-aside the contract was last awarded under. Returns the holder, dollars obligated, end date, bids received and a link to the official record.

Parameterscitylimitstatekeywordset_asidewithin_months

lookup_contract

Look up a VA contract by number

Returns the details of a VA HVAC or plumbing contract by its contract number (PIID), for example '36C25225P1123': holder, company UEI, dollars obligated, start and end dates, location, bids received, set-aside type, contracting office and official record link.

Parameterscontract_numberrequired

company_profile

Company's VA HVAC contract history

Shows a company's VA HVAC and plumbing contracts since October 2018: total awards, dollars obligated, active contracts, locations served and its most recent contracts. Search by company name or by its 12-character UEI. If several companies match a name, returns the list of matches to choose from.

Parametersrecentname_or_ueirequired

location_contracts

What a VA location buys and from whom

Shows VA HVAC and plumbing contracts at one location (city and state): total awards and dollars since October 2018, the companies that won the most, and recent contracts. Use it to understand a facility before bidding.

Parameterscityrequiredstaterequiredrecent

typical_prices

Typical VA prices for a type of HVAC work

Shows what the VA has typically paid per contract for a type of HVAC or plumbing work, over contracts started in the last four years: the middle half of awards (low and high) and the median, in dollars obligated, with the number of awards behind each figure. Nationwide, or for one state when it has at least five comparable awards. Types of work: Air handling unit, Backflow, Boiler, Building automation / controls, Chiller, Coil, Cooling tower, Ductwork, Medical gas, Plumbing, Steam and condensate, Test and balance, Water treatment, Other HVAC/plumbing.

Parametersstatejob_typerequiredkind_of_work

buying_calendar

When the VA awards HVAC work

Shows how many VA HVAC and plumbing contracts were awarded, and for how many dollars, in each month of the year across all years tracked. Spending peaks in September, the last month of the federal fiscal year.

Takes no parameters.

Version history

1
  1. v1.0.0LatestOct 20, 2026

Score

72% of the applicable checks met

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  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listedRequired15 pts
  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts

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  • Documentation15 pts

    Declare a GitHub repository with a README, or serve resource_documentation in the OAuth protected-resource metadata.

  • LicenseNot applicable

    A hosted service is used under its provider's terms, so no license is expected here. This check is left out of the percentage.