B533--Quarterly Dental Water Testing

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration is seeking Veteran-Owned Small Businesses to perform quarterly dental water line testing for VA medical facilities in New York, specifically in Bath, Canandaigua, Rochester, and Syracuse. The procurement will be conducted using FAR Part 12 Commercial Items and Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures, with contractors required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at the time of quote submission. The NAICS code for this opportunity is 541380 (Testing Laboratories), with a small business size standard of $19 million. Interested contractors must download the solicitation from SAM.gov and submit quotes electronically, with all questions to be directed via email to Cara Grittner using the specific solicitation number (36C24225Q0672) in the subject line. The anticipated Request for Quote (RFQ) will be posted on May 28th, 2025, with quotes due by June 9th, 2025.

The contract is exclusively set aside for VetBiz Certified Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), with an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) structure ranging from a $5,000 minimum to a $150,000 maximum. The contract period will span five years, from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030, with quarterly testing required in October, January, April, and July. Contractors will be responsible for performing approximately 1,000 water line tests annually, with each facility requiring 40-90 Heterotrophic Plate Count (HPC) tests per quarter. The successful contractor must have environmental microbiology or microbiology certification, provide all water testing supplies, receive samples drawn by dental employees, conduct plate count tests, and immediately notify the VA if test results exceed 500 colony-forming units. Invoicing will occur quarterly, with all testing to be performed at the contractor's laboratory without on-site service requirements.