6515--Custom Surgical Packs

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 is procuring custom surgical packs for the Salisbury VAMC, Charlotte HCC, and Kernersville HCC. The procurement includes fifteen distinct surgical pack types with specified components such as surgical gowns, drapes, gauze, towels, basins, and specialized surgical instruments, all of which must be latex-free and meet AAMI and ISO 9001:2015 certification standards. Key requirements include FDA registration, sterilization validation, Trade Agreements Act compliance, rigid plastic trays, sterilization indicators, a 90-day minimum shelf life, and detailed pack labeling with lot traceability. The award will be made to the responsible quoter offering the best value based on technical capability, past performance, and price. The proposal deadline is March 30, 2026, at 8:00 AM EDT, and all correspondence and questions must be submitted via email to Aleshia.Hines-Best@va.gov; telephone inquiries will not be accepted. Offerors are required to independently download all solicitation documents and amendments from sam.gov without further notification from the Contracting Officer.

This is an unrestricted procurement with no set-aside designation, open to all businesses classified under NAICS Code 339113 (Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing) with a size standard of 800 or fewer employees. No incumbent contractor or award value is specified in the solicitation notice. The contract will run for one year as a base period from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, with four optional one-year renewal periods extending through June 30, 2031, and payment terms are net 30 days upon delivery and acceptance. The contractor must meet stringent performance requirements including delivery within three business days for standard orders and 24 hours for emergencies, full component traceability with lot numbers and sterilization dates, contingency sterilization services, and implementation of a recycling program for reusable items. Place of performance is Kernersville, North Carolina.