6835--Medical Gas and Cylinders Syracuse VA Pre-Solicitation Notice

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Veterans Integrated Service Network 2, is seeking a contractor to provide comprehensive medical gas and cylinder services to multiple VA facilities in upstate New York. The services encompass procurement, filling, transportation, handling, servicing, maintaining, delivering, picking up, and storing medical gases and cylinders for the Syracuse VA Medical Center, VA Dental Clinic, Rome VA Outpatient Clinic, and Binghamton CBOC. The contract will be structured as a firm fixed-price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) agreement with a base pricing period and four additional optional pricing periods. The contractor must provide all necessary equipment and materials to support operations, excluding government-furnished property. The solicitation was posted on November 5, 2025, with a response deadline of November 12, 2025, and will be issued electronically through the SAM.gov Contract Opportunities website.

This procurement opportunity is set aside exclusively for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), limiting competition to qualified entities meeting this designation. The contract falls under NAICS code 325120 (Industrial Gas Manufacturing) and PSC code 6835 (Medical Gases). No incumbent contractor, specific award value, or detailed quantity projections are identified in the pre-solicitation notice. The scope encompasses service delivery across a multi-facility region within VISN 2, suggesting a substantial ongoing requirement for medical gas services across multiple VA healthcare locations. The firm fixed-price structure indicates that pricing will be established upfront for the entire contract period, requiring bidders to develop comprehensive cost proposals based on anticipated service volumes and operational requirements across all designated facilities.