SSN - 36C24226Q0484 - USP_CETA - Compliant Pharmacy and Laboratory Certification.pdf
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This is a Sources Sought Notice issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 2 in Buffalo, New York, solicitation number 36C24226Q0484, seeking information from qualified firms capable of providing USP and CETA compliant certification services. The VA Western New York Healthcare System requires semi-annual certification and testing of the Sterile Compounding Pharmacy suite and annual certification of three laboratory biological safety cabinets at the Buffalo VA Medical Center. Services include non-viable particle testing under dynamic conditions, periodic air and surface viable environmental sampling, room pressurization and air change calculations, HEPA filter leak testing, and delivery of written certification reports summarizing test locations, limits, results, and pass/fail status within seven business days after completion of work. All services must be performed on-site at 3495 Bailey Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14215, in accordance with VHA Directive 1108.12, USP 797 and 800, NSF/ANSI 49, and applicable HEPA leak testing standards.
Responses to this Request for Information must be submitted in writing as a capabilities statement to Contract Specialist Zach Whiting at Zachary.Whiting2@va.gov no later than Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at 6:00 a.m. EST. The Notice is not a request for formal proposals or quotes and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. Responses will be archived 90 days after the response date. The Product Service Code is Q301 (Pharmacy and Biological Safety Testing Services), and the NAICS Code is 541380 (Testing Laboratories). No set-aside applies, and no Recovery Act funds are involved.
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Sources Sought Notice
*= Required Field Sources Sought Notice
SUBJECT* Sources Sought Notice | USP & CETA - Compliant Pharmacy and Laboratory Certification | 528
GENERAL INFORMATION
CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* 14215
SOLICITATION NUMBER* 36C24226Q0484
RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE 04-01-2026 6:00 EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA
ARCHIVE 90 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE
RECOVERY ACT FUNDS N
SET-ASIDE
PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* Q301
NAICS CODE* 541380
CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS Department of Veterans Affairs
Network Contracting Office (NCO) 2 3495 Bailey Avenue Building 3, 2nd floor Buffalo NY 14215
POINT OF CONTACT*
Contract Specialist Zach Whiting Zachary.Whiting2@va.gov 716-862-7461 x24620
PLACE OF PERFORMANCE
ADDRESS Buffalo VA Medical Center
3495 Bailey Avenue Buffalo NY
POSTAL CODE 14215-1129
COUNTRY
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS
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DESCRIPTION
This is a “Request for Information” only. This Sources Sought Notice is not a request for formal proposals or quotes. It is neither a solicitation announcement or a request for quotes and does not obligate the
Government to award a contract. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall be in writing and include a capabilities statement to Contracting
Specialist Zach Whiting, Zachary.Whiting2@va.gov, no later than Wednesday 04/01/2026 at 6:00am EST.
Telephone inquiries shall not be accepted.
**This is not a full statement of work but should allow vendors to determine if they are able to perform services of this size and scope.
General
The Department of Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System (VA WNY) seeks information from qualified firms capable of providing USP and CETA compliant certification services for the Sterile
Compounding Pharmacy suite and select laboratory biological safety cabinets at the VA Western New
York Medical Center in Buffalo, New York. These services include semi-annual certification and testing of pharmacy cleanroom spaces, primary engineering controls (biological safety cabinet and laminar airflow workbenches), and associated ceiling-mounted HEPA filters in accordance with VHA Directive 1108.12 and USP 797 and 800, as well as annual certification of three laboratory biological safety cabinets in accordance with NSF/ANSI 49 and applicable HEPA leak testing standards. The expected scope of work includes non-viable particle testing under dynamic conditions, periodic air and surface viable environmental sampling, room pressurization and air change calculations, HEPA filter leak testing, and delivery of written certification reports summarizing test locations, limits, results, and pass/fail status within seven (7) business days after completion of work, with all services performed on-site at 3495
Bailey Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14215.
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