Purchase Order 36C26126P0569

Atlantic First Industries Corporation, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business headquartered in New York, has been awarded a purchase order valued at $315,764 by Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 to provide Pharmacy Gloved Fingertip Testing and Media-Fill Testing services at the VA Sierra Nevada Healthcare System in Reno, Nevada. The contract, which carries a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside designation, runs for a base period from March 31, 2026 through March 30, 2027, with four option years extending the ultimate completion date to March 30, 2031. Under this firm fixed-price arrangement, Atlantic First Industries will supply environmental microbiology laboratory services including processing and analysis of microbiological surface samples, gloved fingertip samples, and media fill tests in accordance with 2023 United States Pharmacopeia standards and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation requirements.

The contractor will be responsible for all in-house testing and analysis activities, supplying sampling kits and materials for sample preservation and transport, maintaining chain-of-custody documentation, and reporting results within three business days of testing completion. Personnel performing analysis must be licensed and qualified environmental microbiologists or technicians. This award reflects the Department of Veterans Affairs' confidence in Atlantic First Industries' specialized technical capabilities, as the contractor has established a significant portfolio of healthcare facility compliance services across multiple Veterans Integrated Service Networks, with particular expertise in environmental certification services for sterile compounding pharmacies requiring CETA-certified technicians and adherence to rigorous federal standards.