H265--Water Testing

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 (Miami VA Healthcare System) is seeking water testing services under solicitation number 36C24826R0069, a Combined Synopsis Solicitation for commercial items conducted under FAR Part 13. The services include comprehensive water testing across 64 sites at the Bruce W. Carter Miami VAMC, encompassing quarterly Legionella, pH, temperature, and monochloramine testing; monthly surgical practice suite testing at three locations; and quarterly dental water testing at Miami and Broward clinics. Key requirements include providing all labor, equipment, materials, and technical personnel; maintaining United States citizenship or work authorization; obtaining professional water testing certifications; and complying with OSHA, NEMA, ANSI, ASHRAE, and NFPA standards. Evaluation will be conducted by the contracting officer and VA users using a simplified comparative methodology based on technical merit, price, and past performance to determine the best overall benefit to the Government. Critical deadlines include March 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM EST for all questions and requests for information, and April 1, 2026 at 8:00 AM EDT for quote submission via email to Contracting Officer William Bridger at william.bridger@va.gov, with individual email submissions not exceeding five megabytes.

This solicitation is exclusively set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns that must maintain active certification in the Veteran Small Business Certification database at veterans.certify.sba.gov at the time of quote submission. There is no incumbent contractor, as this represents a new contract with no historical retesting data available. The contract period runs for one year with four option years, extending through August 23, 2030, and includes approximately 1,100 dental water testing samples and 300 units each of Legionella testing per ordering period, along with additional testing parameters for hardness, pH, conductivity, chlorides, iron, copper, manganese, total organic carbon, total bacteria, and endotoxin. Quoters must submit detailed pricing via the B.2 Price-Cost Schedule with unit prices for all line items across the five-year period. Performance shall take place during government normal duty hours (0730-1630 Monday-Friday) at the primary facility location of 1201 NW 16th Street, Miami, FL 33125, with all testing samples and services shipped to this address.