6830--Medical Grade Gas Cylinder Lease for Asheville VAMC

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 6, seeks medical grade gas cylinder lease services for the Asheville VA Medical Center, with proposals due August 21, 2026. The procurement is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside.

Place of performance is Asheville, Virginia, with deliveries required Tuesdays and Thursdays in morning hours to the warehouse dock on an FOB Destination basis. The contract is an indefinite-quantity arrangement with a one-year base period (October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027) plus four optional one-year extensions. Annual quantities include 3,360 walk-about oxygen cylinder refills, 1,692 small cylinder (A-E) monthly rentals, 816 large cylinder rentals, and 7,200 oxygen cylinder rentals with regulators, plus specialty gases including helium, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, argon, and specialized lung diffusion gas mixtures across 39 line items.

Offerors must hold all required federal, state, and local licenses and certifications for medical gas distribution at proposal submission. Manufacturers must provide annual FDA licensing verification; non-manufacturers must submit executed reseller agreements from authorized manufacturers within ten calendar days of award and notify VA at least 30 days in advance of any manufacturer change. Non-manufacturers must identify sub-contractor manufacturers and provide evidence of state-required licensing for performance locations. Subcontracting exceeding 50% of total labor effort renders offers non-compliant. NAICS code is 325120 (Industrial Gas Manufacturing); PSC is 6830. The government will evaluate offers on a modified lowest-price-technically-acceptable basis, considering three years' experience, two similar contracts, past performance, and price. Amendment 2, effective August 14, 2026, modified the Performance Work Statement and amended VAAR 852.219-76 and evaluation criteria; NAICS Code 325120 is subject to an SBA class waiver for non-manufacturer rule purposes.