8820--VMU Animal Laboratories (Including shipment)

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 20 is soliciting offers for laboratory animals and associated shipment services under solicitation number 36C26026Q0326. The procurement includes live animals such as mice and rats of various strains, cryopreservation services, embryo reconstitution services, diagnostic and monitoring services, specialized research cells, viral vectors, and human biological specimens. Key contract requirements mandate that offerors be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), provide exact animal strains with specified dietary restrictions with no substitutions permitted, and deliver all products with all-inclusive pricing that covers shipment directly to the Portland VA Medical Center warehouse on an F.O.B. destination basis. Performance requirements include delivering routine orders within one week and emergency orders within one day, providing free consultation services with board-certified pathologists, and ensuring no broken items or compromised packaging upon delivery. Award will be made to the lowest-priced offeror meeting all minimum performance requirements and demonstrating satisfactory or unknown past performance. The initial deadline for question submission was amended to February 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM Mountain Time / 3:00 PM Eastern Time, while the offer due date remains February 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM Mountain Time.

This is an unrestricted procurement with no set-aside designation, meaning it is open to all eligible businesses, though the documentation references a small business set-aside option. The estimated contract value is $2.75 million for a five-year firm fixed-price contract consisting of a base period from March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2027, followed by four one-year option periods extending through February 28, 2031. No current incumbent or contractor is identified in the solicitation materials. Performance will occur at the Portland VA Medical Center Veterinary Medical Unit located at 3710 SW U.S. Veterans Hospital Road, Portland, Oregon 97239, with deliveries to Buildings 101 and 103 loading docks. Offerors must submit three components: an executed SF 1449 form with SAM Unique Entity ID, a firm fixed-price proposal with prices in two decimal places, and responsibility documentation including descriptive literature, with pricing remaining firm for 60 calendar days from the offer due date.