6835--Bulk Oxygen

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 17, seeks bulk oxygen supply for West Texas VA Health Care System, with proposals due July 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM CDT and technical questions due July 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM CST. The procurement is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business 100% set-aside.

Place of performance is 300 W Veterans Boulevard, Big Spring, Texas 79720. The estimated annual requirement is 14,400 cubic feet of medical-grade oxygen. The contract is Firm Fixed Price with a base period from August 15, 2026 to August 14, 2027, plus four optional one-year extension periods through August 14, 2031. Pricing line items cover medical-grade oxygen, monthly tank rental for 1,500-gallon tanks, monthly fuel surcharge, tank removal and installation, and temporary liquid oxygen services during equipment replacement. Deliveries are scheduled every 21 days on Mondays or when the tank reaches 36% capacity, between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM Monday through Friday.

The contractor must provide a 1,500-gallon vertical tank meeting NFPA 99 standards, telemetry monitoring system, in-service training, annual alarm set point testing, digital readouts, and 24-hour emergency response capability. The NAICS code is 325120, Industrial Gas Manufacturing; PSC is 6835, Medical Gases. Award will be made to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable SDVOSB offeror using a two-volume submission (Volume 1: Pricing; Volume 2: Technical Capability). Payments are made monthly via electronic funds transfer through the Tungsten Network system. The contracting office is located at 124 E. Highway 67, Suite 100, Duncanville, Texas 75137; Contract Specialist Lesley Kitchen is the primary point of contact at Lesley.Kitchen@va.gov.