H265--Medical Gas Inspection and Testing

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 seeks annual medical gas system inspection and testing services at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, Illinois, with quotes due May 7, 2026, and questions due May 1, 2026. This is a 100% SDVOSB set-aside; only Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses registered in SBA VetCert and meeting the small business size standard for NAICS 811210 may compete.

Place of performance is North Chicago, Illinois. The contract requires inspection and testing of medical gas and vacuum systems in compliance with NFPA 99 Code standards. Offerors must demonstrate three consecutive years of medical gas inspection and testing experience and provide at least three examples of similar previous contracts. A mandatory site visit is scheduled for April 27, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at Building 133-EF.

The facility infrastructure includes approximately 872 patient terminal outlets and 131 medical gas shutoff valves across four buildings, with gases including oxygen, medical air, vacuum, nitrous oxide, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and waste anesthetic gas. Source equipment comprises dual liquid oxygen tanks, four duplex medical air compressor systems, four duplex medical vacuum pump systems, dental compressors and pumps, and gas manifolds with Beacon MEDAES alarm and zone valve boxes.

The contract runs one year from June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2027, with four one-year option periods extending through May 31, 2031. The estimated contract value is $34 million. Evaluation criteria are price, technical capability, and past performance. Offerors must submit firm-fixed pricing for all line items. The procurement is subject to Service Contract Labor Standards. Amendment 0002, posted May 5, 2026, provided the complete medical gas inventory; offerors must acknowledge receipt of all amendments.