H265--Requirement Title: Provide testing and certification of the Pharmacy Sterile Compounding suite and equipment.

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 19, seeks testing and certification of a pharmacy sterile compounding suite and equipment at its Grand Junction, Colorado facility, with quotes due May 12, 2026, and questions due May 11. The procurement is a 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), requiring SBA certification verification at quote submission and award.

Place of performance is 2121 North Ave, Grand Junction, CO 81501. The contractor must be certified by the Controlled Environment Testing Association (CETA), with all field service engineers and technicians holding CETA certification. The scope includes non-viable and viable testing of one Compounding Aseptic Containment Isolator, one Compounding Aseptic Isolator, one Laminar Airflow Workbench, and pressure differential and air exchange testing of one Containment Segregated Compounding Area. Testing must comply with current CETA standards, United States Pharmacopeia chapters, and NSF standards. The contractor furnishes all labor, equipment, parts, consumables, tools, test equipment, manuals, and diagnostic software. Semi-annual inspections are scheduled: C-SCA, CACI, and LAFW certifications in May and November; CAI certification in August and February. The base contract period runs May 15, 2026, through May 14, 2027, with four optional one-year extensions through May 14, 2031.

The contract is firm-fixed-price, FOB Destination. NAICS code is 541380, Testing Laboratories and Services; PSC is H265. Quotes must be submitted via email to kenneth.finchum@va.gov with a 4 MB file limit. Offerors must submit four volumes: technical capability, completed pricing schedule for base and all option years, three past performance references, and a completed VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting certificate. For service contracts, the prime cannot pay more than 50% of government payment to firms not VIP-listed as SDVOSBs or VOSBs. Evaluation criteria are technical capability, price, past performance, and subcontracting compliance. Awards will be made on an all-or-nothing basis.