H946--SPS Water Testing Indianapolis

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 10 is soliciting water testing services for the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, Indiana through solicitation 36C25026Q0027. The procurement seeks a contractor to perform comprehensive water and steam system testing to meet Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) ST108 standards for reprocessing reusable medical devices. The contract includes specific annual testing requirements: 6 utility water chemistry tests, 16 critical water chemistry tests, 296 critical water bacteria tests, 296 critical water endotoxin tests, and 6 steam conductivity tests. The contractor must provide all necessary labor, materials, and equipment, calibrate government-owned resistivity meters, supply 260 pH hardness dipsticks annually, and deliver detailed written reports within 5 business days of each analysis. Proposals are due October 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT, with the solicitation having been issued on October 1, 2025.

This solicitation is designated as a small business set-aside with a size standard of $19 million, and no incumbent contractor information is provided in the available documentation. The contract structure includes a base year plus four option years, with each contract period running from November 15 to November 14. Testing will be performed at multiple locations within the medical center including the Sterile Processing department, Reverse Osmosis mechanical room, and GI Decontamination processing areas. The contractor will be responsible for training VA personnel on testing protocols and AAMI ST108 requirements, with testing frequencies scheduled on monthly and quarterly bases. Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and must submit electronic invoices through the Tungsten Network upon contract award.