6830--Research Gas

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 20, seeks a contractor to provide medical-grade specialty research gases and related services, with proposals due September 4, 2026, at 1:00 PM Mountain Time. This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside procurement.

Place of performance is the Portland VA Medical Center at 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road, Portland, Oregon 97239, with delivery to multiple buildings on the Portland VA campus (Buildings 100, 101, 103, 104, and 6). The contractor must deliver research specialty gases twice weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays to support over 200 VA-funded research grants encompassing 490 active protocols across multiple research laboratories, and provide emergency delivery capability within 24 hours.

The base period runs November 1, 2026, through October 31, 2027, with four optional one-year periods extending through October 31, 2031. The contract is firm-fixed-price. Offerors must be active small businesses with current SAM registration and must perform 100% of the contract work themselves. The contractor must obtain VA-issued PIV badges for assigned employees, complete required security training and biosafety certifications, and maintain monthly invoicing and annual tank inventory reconciliation with the VA. Subcontracting is limited to 50% for services. Payment terms are NET 30. Service contract wage determinations applicable to Oregon and Washington apply.

Evaluation criteria include technical capabilities (5-page limit), experience with similar contracts within the past five years (5-page limit), past performance with 3–5 contract references, and pricing. The NAICS code is 325120, Industrial Gas Manufacturing; PSC is 6830, Gases: Compressed and Liquefied. The contracting officer is Nazanin Kreiner (nazanin.kreiner@va.gov).