6640--BRAND NAME OR EQUAL: 5-Year IDIQ - Disposable Individually Ventilated Caging System and Accessories for Rodents - Minneapolis VA Health Care System

The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 23 is soliciting a 5-year IDIQ contract for disposable individually ventilated caging systems and accessories for rodents, specifically brand name or equal to Innovive products, with proposals due August 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM Central Time. This is an unrestricted, full and open competition procurement with no set-aside.

Place of performance and delivery is Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Building 49, One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417, on FOB destination basis. The NAICS code is 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing); PSC is 6640 (Laboratory Equipment and Supplies); small business size standard is 1,000 employees.

The contract carries a minimum guarantee of $500 and a ceiling of $1,000,000. The period of performance spans six ordering periods from August 12, 2026 through August 11, 2031. Major requirements include four permanently installed double-sided mouse caging racks (176+ cages each), two double-sided rat caging racks (80+ cages each), associated blowers, power supplies, filters, and extensive disposable cage components and accessories across 20 line items totaling over 50,000 units. All cages must be disposable and feature individual air filtration per cage. Offerors must provide one-time initial installation, setup, and training at no additional cost, limited to one visit lasting 1–3 hours during Veterinary Medical Unit operating hours (6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Central Time, Monday–Friday, excluding federal holidays). Delivery timelines are 14 calendar days for orders of $10,000 or less, and 30 calendar days for orders exceeding $10,000; Ordering Period 1 must be delivered by September 30, 2026.

Offerors must submit authorized distributor documentation or manufacturer certification, demonstrate substantive equality for any proposed equal products, provide minimum one-year warranty, and submit three past performance references from the past three years. Responses must be submitted electronically to Alisha.Milander@va.gov in Microsoft Word or PDF format, separated into Volume I (pricing/SF 1449) and Volume II (technical/past performance). Amendment 0001, issued July 31, 2026, clarified delivery timelines, cage bottom specifications, shipping cost quantity, and corrected Ordering Period 6 mouse water bottle quantities from 1,000 to 5,000 units. Offerors must acknowledge receipt of the amendment prior to the proposal deadline.