6525--PACT Act Leases Special FEB FY26 EQ Consolidation

The Department of Veterans Affairs National Acquisition Center is consolidating medical diagnostic imaging equipment leases under the PACT Act Leases program through Solicitation 36A79726Q0014, a special February 2026 equipment-only consolidation. The procurement encompasses approximately 45 line items of radiological equipment including X-ray systems (radiography, fluoroscopy, computed tomography), ultrasound, MRI, mammography, and nuclear medicine bone density scanners required across multiple Veterans Health Administration facilities nationwide. Eligible vendors must be current contract holders with active contracts under the VA NAC High Tech Medical Equipment Branch or Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, and must maintain valid contracts at both offer submission and delivery order award. Evaluation will be based on availability of required features and availability of service, with all non-price factors weighted equally and considered significantly more important than price. Vendors must submit questions by March 24, 2026, with the NAC publishing responses by March 31, 2026; proposals are due by April 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM CST, with a target award date of May 22, 2026.

This solicitation contains no set-aside designations and is open to eligible current contractors on existing VA NAC or DLA-TS contracts. The procurement schedule spans approximately three months from initial posting on March 18, 2026 through delivery order award execution scheduled for May 22, 2026, with customer technical evaluations due May 6, 2026. Equipment requirements are distributed across seven VISNs spanning multiple states including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, Louisiana, Texas, and Washington, with one to two units required per line item. Vendors must provide individual product pricing for each line item, multi-unit discount structures, completed vendor workup spreadsheets in Excel format, compliance matrices demonstrating compliance with technical specifications, and required documentation including VA Directive 6550 Appendix A pre-procurement assessments, product brochures, technical drawings, FIPS 140-2 certifications, and Manufacture Disclosure Statements for Medical Device Security. All offers must honor pricing for a minimum of 180 days from the solicitation closing date and be submitted as a single ZIP file to Box with confirmation emails sent to designated VA contacts.