6525--SEP 2026 Consolidation - HTME with Extended Installation Services (includes Turnkey Services)

The Department of Veterans Affairs National Acquisition Center seeks high-tech medical equipment (HTME) with extended installation and turnkey services under the SEP 2026 consolidation (Solicitation 36A79727Q0001), with vendor questions due December 2, 2026. The notice lists No Set-Aside, but the Request for Offers limits the solicitation to current contract holders with the National Acquisition Center High Tech Medical Equipment Branch or Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support (DLA-TS), who must hold valid contracts at both offer submission and order award. The Department of Veterans Affairs National Acquisition Center procures on behalf of VA medical facilities, which submit technical evaluations.

Place of performance is 28 VA facilities across 13 VISNs, including Albuquerque, Ann Arbor, Cleveland, Houston, Indianapolis, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The schedule covers 43 line items, one unit each, spanning CT, MRI, X-ray, mammography, LINAC, SPECT CT, PET CT, gamma cameras, catheterization labs, ultrasound, and hybrid imaging. Required submissions include Form 6550 Appendix A pre-procurement assessments, Manufacturer Disclosure Statements for Medical Device Security (MDS2), FIPS 140-2 certifications, technical drawings, and operating system support plans for unsupported systems.

Offerors must itemize pricing for each component, may submit alternate offers, and honor prices for at least 180 days from closing. Nationwide multi-unit discounts are required, structured by modality and total award. Turnkey work statements use the CSI 50-division MasterFormat and are evaluated for rubric compliance and price reasonableness.

Equipment is rated Outstanding, Good, Acceptable, Marginal, or Unacceptable on Availability of Required Features and Availability of Service. All non-price factors combined are significantly more important than price. Award goes to the best-value offeror under FAR 16.505 ordering procedures.

Responses must be uploaded to Box as a single ZIP file, or multiple files if over 2 GB, and confirmed by email to Michael.Kuchyak@va.gov. CD-ROM, email, paper, and fax submissions are not accepted. The RFO states a response deadline of 11:59 PM CST on September 16, 2026, which precedes the November 10, 2026 posting date, while the notice's due-date field reads August 10, 2027. Consolidation schedule dates include equipment offers due January 20, 2027, turnkey offers due April 28, 2027, and an award goal of August 9, 2027, all described as estimates subject to change.