6515--Humidifier Heater Base Sources Sought

Open Pre-Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
36C25227Q0090
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network 12, through its Great Lakes Acquisition Center (NCO 12), is conducting market research through a sources sought notice for 950 each of Humidifier Heater bases, Humidifier Sensor Cartridges, and Humidifier Expiratory Heater Wire Adapters, with responses due by 8:00 AM Central Standard Time on November 23, 2026. The Set Aside line reads "No Set-Aside Used," and this notice is not a request for quote. The notice seeks to determine whether sufficient qualified sources exist across SDVOSB, VOSB, small and emerging small, and other-than-small categories. Equal products will be considered alongside the named brand-name items. Delivery is to the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, Illinois.

Required capabilities include support for invasive ventilation, noninvasive ventilation, and nasal high flow therapy; internal temperature probes that require no special disinfection processing and no external probes; single heated circuit compatibility for noninvasive ventilation and double heated circuit compatibility for invasive ventilation; a simple touch-screen interface with mode and comfort adjustments; and built-in alarms including high and low temperature, water out, circuit disconnect, reverse gas flow, and system check. The government file summary states compatibility with Medtronic 980, Philips V60, and Nihon Kohden 330, 440, and 550 ventilators, and with all ventilation and gas flow devices currently used at the facility.

Responses must include company information, FSS or SEWP contract numbers if applicable, SAM Unique ID, tax ID, business category designation, a capability statement, and manufacturer authorization documentation. Submit to Contract Specialist Ryan Nugent at Ryan.Nugent@va.gov, referencing solicitation number 36C25227Q0090. The source names NAICS 339112 and PSC 6515.

Notice text

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE.

The NCO 12, Great Lakes Acquisition Center, 115 S. 84th Street, Suite 101, Milwaukee, WI 53214, is performing market research to determine if there is a sufficient number of qualified: (1) Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); (2) Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB); or (3) Small or emerging small business firms, or (4) Other Than Small business firms, to provide Humidifier Heater base, Humidifier Sensor Cartridge, and Humidifier Expiratory Heater to the , Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, IL.

General Requirements:

Brand Name or Equal

The below products are known to meet the governments needs all equal parts will be considered.

950 Humidifier Heater base, 950 Humidifier Sensor Cartridge, and 950 Humidifier Expiratory Heater Wire Adapter or Equal

Salient Characteristics:

Therapy Profiles:

Must support Invasive ventilation

Must support Noninvasive ventilation

Must support Nasal High Flow therapy.

Temperature Probes:

Must have no external temperature probes

Must incorporate internal temperature probes that do not require special disinfection processing

Circuit Compatibility:

Must be compatible with single heated circuits for non-invasive ventilation.

Must be compatible with double heated circuits for invasive ventilation.

User Interface:

Must have a simple user interface

Must include touch screen monitors to create setting modifications

Must allow mode changes

Must allow comfort setting adjustments

Must display and troubleshoot alarms

Must provide access to Information and Service menus

Alarms:

Must have built-in alarms for various conditions including but not limited to:

1. High Temperature alarms

2. Low Temperature alarms

3. Water Out alarms

4. Circuit Disconnect alarms

5. Reverse Gas Flow alarms

6. System check alarms

Compatibility:

Must be compatible with all ventilation and gas flow delivery devices that is currently used at FHCC,

Specifically, must be compatible with Medtronic 980 ventilators

Specifically, must be compatible with Philips V60 BiPAP devices

Specifically, must be compatible with Nihon Kohden 330, 440, and 550 ventilator systems All interested firms who can meet the requirements stated above should respond, in writing,

INCLUDING ALL THE FOLLOWING:

Company name.

Address.

Point of contact (name/title/telephone number/e-mail address).

FSS / SEWP Contract number, if applicable.

SAM Unique ID number.

Tax ID number.

Indication of which business category (SDVOSB, VOSB, Small Business or Other Than Small Business) for which the organization qualifies.

A capability statement that addresses the organizations qualifications and ability to provide the requirement depicted above.

Documentation from manufacturer (i.e. correspondence from manufacturer) of your firm being an authorized distributor for the manufacturer.

Submit responses to the Contracting Specialist, Ryan Nugent, at Ryan.Nugent@va.gov no later than 8:00 AM (Central Standard Time), 23 November 2026.

36C25227Q0090 950 Humidifier Heaterbase shall be referenced on all correspondence regarding this announcement.

TELEPHONIC INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

The NAICS Code 339112, Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing, is applicable to this acquisition; the size standard is 1,000 employees. Interested firms are reminded that in accordance with FAR 4.12, prospective contractors shall complete electronic annual representations and certifications in conjunction with FAR 4.11 required registration in the Systems for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of a contract. The Government will use responses to this notice to make an appropriate acquisition decision. This is the only notice; no other copies of this notice will be provided.

Files

File Type Posted
36C25227Q0090.docx DOCX document

Similar open opportunities

Opportunity Agency Set-aside Responses due
6140--Ventilator Rechargeable Li-Ion Batteries Department of Veterans Affairs VA Loma Linda Healthcare System Loma Linda CA 92357, United States · NAICS 335910 Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 No set-aside
Amendment CTX Steam Humidifier Temple, Texas 76504, United States · NAICS 238220 Veterans Integrated Service Network 17 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
6515--Medtronic IPC Instruments Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Houston, TX 77030, United States · NAICS 339112 Veterans Integrated Service Network 16 No set-aside
Ventilator, air circula NAICS 336360 Land and Maritime Total Small Business
Ventilator, air circul Land and Maritime No set-aside

On GovTribe

Work this opportunity

  • Track it in your pipeline
  • Find teaming partners
  • Similar opportunities
  • Ask GovTribe AI about this opportunity

GovTribe for Federal Contractors