6835--Med Gas Base Plus Four

The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office is soliciting offers under solicitation 36C26227Q0053 for medical gas supply, cylinder rental, and ancillary services for the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System within Veterans Integrated Service Network 22, with offers due November 12, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The procurement is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) set-aside competed in the open market, and only SDVOSB concerns will be considered for award under Revolutionary FAR Overhaul Part 19.106 procedures.

Place of performance is the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System main campus in Tucson, Arizona, the Research Service Line, and nine Community-Based Outpatient Clinics across Arizona. Standard delivery runs Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Arizona time, with 24/7 emergency delivery requiring a two-hour response and four-hour delivery. The contractor must provide, fill, transport, deliver, and maintain medical gases and cylinders, including oxygen, medical air, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, helium, liquid nitrogen, and certified specialty mixtures. Work must comply with FDA, DOT, OSHA, and CGA standards, and the contractor must provide Safety Data Sheets, participate in annual inventory audits, and maintain $1 million per occurrence and $2 million aggregate liability insurance.

The base period runs November 16, 2026 through November 15, 2027, with four one-year options through November 15, 2031. The contract is indefinite quantity, with quantities estimated but not guaranteed. Estimated annual quantities range from 12 to 2,400 cylinder-years for gases and up to 150,380 daily rental units for E cylinders. Gas unit prices are all-inclusive, with no separate surcharges. The price worksheet contains 23 gas and liquid nitrogen line items and 39 ancillary line items covering cylinder rental, emergency delivery, hydrostatic testing, and loss-of-use compensation. All five periods are evaluated together for total price, and award follows FAR 52.212-1 and 52.212-2. The notice carries a waiver for the NAICS 325120 Industrial Gases Manufacturing descriptor, with PSC 6835. Invoices are submitted monthly in arrears through the VA Tungsten Network portal, with payment by electronic funds transfer.