6515--3 Station In-Home Oxygen and In-Home Ventilation Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 16 intends to solicit in-home oxygen and in-home ventilation services for three VA Medical Centers in Arkansas and Mississippi, with responses to a Sources Sought Notice due February 10, 2026. The procurement is set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses.

Service will be provided across three locations: Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks in Fayetteville, Arkansas; G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi; and Central Arkansas Veterans Health Care System in Little Rock, Arkansas, with service areas encompassing portions of Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana, and Texas. The contractor must serve an estimated 3,674 oxygen patients and 51 ventilator patients monthly, operating 365 days annually including holidays.

The contractor must furnish all oxygen equipment (concentrators, cylinders, portable units, liquid oxygen systems), ventilators, masks, cannulas, tubing, and consumables; maintain backup oxygen supplies lasting a minimum of 18 hours; and provide initial equipment setup within four hours for urgent cases or same-day for prescriptions received by 3:00 PM Central Time. Services include semi-annual preventive maintenance, monthly respiratory therapist visits for ventilator patients, emergency response within two to six hours, patient education, home environment assessments per Joint Commission standards, and 24-hour customer support.

The contractor must maintain Joint Commission accreditation or equivalence, employ licensed respiratory therapists with current state licensure, obtain National Provider Identification, maintain applicable state distributor licenses and FDA permits, and implement comprehensive quality control and infection prevention plans. All personnel must complete VA security awareness training and undergo appropriate background investigations.

The NAICS code is 621610 (Home Health Care Services); PSC is 6515. Small Business Size Standard is $19 million. Responses should include company name, point of contact, physical address, capability statement, socio-economic status, and SAM Unique Identification Number, directed to Contract Specialist Marcus Gasper at Marcus.Gasper@va.gov.