36C25926Q0446.docx

SUBJECT*

Requirement Title: Provide testing and certification of the Pharmacy Sterile Compounding suite and equipment.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Network Contracting Office

NCO 19

6162 South Willow Drive, Suite 300 Greenwood Village CO 80111

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Officer Kenneth Finchum (CO) Kenneth.Finchum@va.gov 303-712-5746

Department of Veterans Affairs

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Attn: on the VA campus

(GJ) 2121 North Avenue

Grand Junction CO

COUNTRY

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AGENCY’S URL

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AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS

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Title: BASE + 4 YEARS Provide testing and certification of the Pharmacy Sterile Compounding suite and equipment. For Grand Junction VA Medical Center. 2121 North Avenue Grand Junction CO.81501 Due 5/12/2026 at 08:00AM EST.

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SUBJECT* BASE + 4 YEARS Provide testing and certification of the Pharmacy Sterile Compounding suite and equipment. For Grand Junction VA Medical Center

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Page 1 of CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* SOLICITATION NUMBER* RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE ARCHIVE

RECOVERY ACT FUNDS SET-ASIDE

PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* NAICS CODE*

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS

POINT OF CONTACT*

80111 36C25926Q0446

05/12/2026 08:00AM EST NEW YORK, USA

15 DAYS AFTER RESPONCE DATE

NO SDVOSBC H265 541380

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office NCO 19 6162 South Willow Drive, Suite 300 Greenwood Village CO 80111

Contracting Officer Kenneth Finchum kenneth.finchum@va.gov

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ADDRESS

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Department of Veterans Affairs Western Colorado Health Care System (GJ) 2121 North Avenue Grand Junction CO.81501

DESCRIPTION

Request for Quote (RFQ): 36C25926Q0446 BASE + 4 YEARS Provide testing and certification of the Pharmacy Sterile Compounding suite and equipment. For Grand Junction VA Medical Center

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicita tion for commercial products or commercial services prepa red in accordance with Revolutiona ry FAR Overhaul (RFO) Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicita tion. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make no award from this solicitation.

* The deadline for all questions is 12:00pm MST May 11, 2026.

All questions must be submitted in writing no later than the question cut-off date marked above. All questions will be a answered officially through an amendment to the solicitation.

** Quotes are to be provided to kenneth.finchum@va.gov no later than 08:00am EST, May 12, 2026.

Quotes shall not be hand carried. Faxed quotes shall not be accepted. Emailed quotes are the only method of submitted quotes (4MB email limit). The Government reserves the right to make the award solely on initial Quotes received. Offerors bear the burden of ensuring that all portions of the offer (a nd any a authorized amendment’s) reach the designated office before the deadline specified in the solicita tion. This RFQ shall be completed in its entirety, and signed a nd da ted, failure shall not be considered for award.

(ii) This is a Request for Quote (RFQ), a nd the solicita tion number is 36C25926Q0446. The government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation.

(iii) This solicitation documents a nd incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-06 effective October 01, 2025.

(iv) The North American Industrial Classification tion System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541380 testing and certification of the Pharmacy Sterile Compounding suite and equipment. with a business size standard of $19 MILLION This solicita tion is 100% set-aside for service-disabled veteran owned small businesses (SDVOSB).

(v) List of Line Items; See Attachment 2 – Price Schedule

(vi) Description of Requirements for the items/Services to be acquired: The requirement Provide testing and certification of the Pharmacy Sterile Compounding suite and equipment. Services, please see Attachment 1 - PWS.

(vii) Delivery and acceptance are to be F.O.B Destination (RFO 52.247-34) at the Department of Veterans Affairs Western Colorado Health care system (GJ) 2121 North Avenue Grand Junction CO.81501

(viii) 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition

(a) Any awa rd made as a result of this solicita tion will be made on an All or Nothing Ba sis.

(b) State if quoted items are available a nd priced through offerors existing Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), GSA Multiple Awa rd Schedule (MAS) contract, or VA-wide Acquisition Contra ct.

(c) If the acquisition is set-aside for SDVOSB's their socioeconomic status must be verified and visible in the SBA Small Business Certification (SBS): https://search.certifications.sba.gov/ at the time of quote submission AND awa rd, or will be considered non -responsive, a nd will NOT be considered for awa rd.

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(d) Offerors are warned against contacting any VA personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to placement of any award made resulting from this RFQ. If such contact occurs and is found to be prejudicial to competing contactors, the offeror making such contact may be excluded from award considerations.

(e) All proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror’s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below.

(f) All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the quote and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each quote.

(g) ADDENDUM to RFO 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS—COMMERCIAL

Submission of quote shall include the following volumes: (I) Technical capability or quality offered to meet the Government requirement; (II) Price; (III) Past Performance; and (IV) Completion of VAAR 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting - Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction.

Volume I - Technical capability or quality to meet the Government requirement.

The offeror shall submit its quote demonstrating how it meets the requirements of the performance work statement (SOW) and solicitation, to include the cleaning plan and Quality plan (see SOW). Offeror shall include insurance certification, and company’s authorized personnel list, as needed.

Volume II – Price Price - The offeror shall complete the pricing schedule attached (see Attachment 2 – Price Schedule). The offeror shall price the base and all option year line items.

Volume III – Past Performance Offerors shall provide a maximum of three (3) recent and relevant past efforts (as defined below) to demonstrate their ability to perform the proposed work. If a completed Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) evaluation is available, it shall be submitted. If not providing CPARS evaluation past performance references must include contract numbers, amount of contract award, point of contact with email address, telephone numbers and other relevant information, and a description of product/work performed under the contract. To be relevant, the effort must be similar in nature of work, size, magnitude, complexity, and scope of this procurement. To be recent past performance is defined as not more than five years from the RFQ release date of this solicitation.

Volume IV – VAAR 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting - Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction.

The offeror shall complete the provision VAAR 852 -219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting - Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction.

Offeror must list any/all subcontractors (and their size standard IAW NAICS 561720) if they will be utilized for this requirement AND what they will be performing. How is your firm going to comply with Limitations on Subcontracting requirements? If no subcontractors will be used, please state “No Subcontractors will be used for this requirement” in the response.

(End of Addendum to 52.212-1)

(ix) 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.

ADDENDUM to RFO 52.212-2 EVALUATION—COMMERCIAL ITEMS:

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the offeror responsible whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government considering price and other factors.

(b) The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotations:

Factor I. Technical capability or quality offered to meet the Government requirement Factor II. Price Factor III. Past Performance

Factor IV. VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting – Certificate of Compliance

(c) Evaluation Approach. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government will use comparative analysis. The following factors will be used to evaluate offers:

Factor I. Technical capability or quality offered to meet the Government requirement: The quotation will be evaluated to the extent to which it can meet and/or exceed the Government’s requirements as outlined in the solicitation and based on the information requested in the instructions to quoters section of the solicitation.

Factor II. Price: The Government will evaluate the price by adding the total of all line-item prices, including all options. The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to make price reasonableness determination. Offers that do not meet or exceed the technical capability or quality of the service offered to the Government requirement, as stated in Factor 1 shall not be selected regardless of price.

Factor III. Past Performance: The Government will evaluate on how well the offeror’s identified performance relates to the requirement procured under the PWS for this procurement to determine relevancy. How well the offeror performed on identified contracts shall be used to assess performance confidence.

Factor IV. VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting – Certificate of Compliance: The Government will review the returned document for completion and signature of offeror. If document is not returned, completed and/or signed by offeror it may result in disqualification for consideration of offer.

If offeror does not provide all volumes as outlined in RFO 52.212 -1 Instructions, the offeror may be considered non-responsive.

(d) The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. The evaluation of options does not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s)

(End of Addendum to 52.212-2)

(x) 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items – applies to this acquisition Any inconsistencies in this solicitation or contract shall be resolved by giving precedence IAW 52.212 -4(r). By submitting a quote, the offeror understands that quotes will not be referenced in 1449 and clauses incorporated in the solicitation will dictate the contract. All offerors shall comply with all applicable Federal, State and local laws, executive orders, rules and regulations applicable to its performance under the contract IAW RFO 52.212-4(q). The Government reserves the right to deny requests for clause changes that are not included in this solicitation should the request be inconsistent with the RFO or VAAR.

(xi) The following RFO clauses are incorporated by reference:

Applicable (X)

with Alt I

Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment Statute

Responsibility Matters Statute

52.219-6 with Alt I

52.219-9

52.219-9 with Alt II

52.219-9 with Alt III

52.219-9 with Alt IV

52.222-35

52.222-36

Relations Act

EO

52.222-50

Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment—Requirements Other

Designated Items Statute

52.223-9

Hydrofluorocarbons Statute

52.224-3

52.225-1

52.225-3

52.225-3 with Alt III Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate III Statute

52.225-3 with Alt IV

Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission outside the United States Other

United States Statute

Area Statute

Driving

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Services Statute

Services Statute

Management Statute

Award Management Statute

52.240-91

52.240-92

52.247-64

Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels, with Alternate I Statute

52.247-64

Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels, with Alternate II Statute

(xii) Additional contract requirements or terms and conditions: 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (NOV 1999) The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to the prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days.

52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 45 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 5 years.

852.252-70, Provisions and Clauses Applicable to VA Acquisition of Commercial Items: VAAR Clauses are incorporated by reference as follows:

VAAR 852.203-

Commercial Advertising (MAY 2018)

VAAR 852.219-

VA Notice of Total Set-Aside for Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. (JAN 2023) (DEVIATION)

VAAR 852.232-

Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (NOV 2018)

VAAR 852.246-

Rejected Goods (OCT 2018)

VAAR 852.222-

Compliance with Executive Order 13899. (DEVIATION) (APR 2025)

VAAR Provisions are incorporated as follows:

VAAR 852.233-

Protest Content/Alternative Dispute Resolution (OCT 2018)

VAAR 852.233-

Alternate Protest Procedure (OCT 2018)

RFO 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference

The following provisions or clauses incorporated by reference in this solicitation must be completed by the offeror or prospective contractor and submitted with the quotation or offer. Copies of these provisions or clauses are available on the Internet at the web sites provided in the provision at RFO 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference. Copies may also be obtained from the contracting officer.

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html https://www.acquisition.gov/vaar

The following RFO provisions are to be incorporated by reference:

Certain Federal Transactions Statute

Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation Statute

52.204-7

Products E.O.

52.222-90 Security Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors.

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(xiii) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply.

(xiv) Date and Time offers are due to kenneth.finchum@va.gov by 08:00am EST, May 12, 2026.

(xv) Name and email of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation:

Kenneth Finchum kenneth.finchum@va.gov

See attached document: Attachment 1 - SOW See attached document: Attachment 2 - Price Schedule.

See attached document: Attachment 3 - VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting.

See attached document: SOW IV Certification.

See attached document: Price Shedule.

See attached document: Attachment 3 - VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting.