H965--VISN4 East Pharmacy CETA Certifications

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 is soliciting quotes for Controlled Environment Testing Association (CETA) certification services and pharmacy compounding engineering control testing across five VA Medical Centers. The procurement includes semi-annual certifications, biological safety cabinet testing, laminar flow hood certification, compounding aseptic isolator certification, particle count analysis, airborne and surface viable microbial testing, and related preventive maintenance and filter replacement services. Quoters must comply with current CETA guidelines (CAG-001 through CAG-015), ISO 14644 standards, NSF/ANSI 49-2016, and USP chapters, and must provide CETA-certified testing technicians to perform all work. All surface and air microbial samples must be delivered to an ISO 17025-certified laboratory within one business day, with final reports due within 10-14 days. Critical deadlines include February 6, 2026, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time for written question submissions to Contracting Officer Loretta Payne (loretta.payne@va.gov), and February 17, 2026, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time for quote submission. This is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) under solicitation number 36C24426Q0222, and awards will be issued on Standard Form 1449.

The procurement is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside with no specific SDVOSB restrictions following Amendment 0002. The contract covers a base period from February 24, 2026, through February 23, 2027, with three one-year option periods extending through February 23, 2030. Services are required at five locations: Coatesville VA Medical Center, Lebanon VA Medical Center, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center (Philadelphia), Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center, and Wilmington VA Medical Center, with varying service hours at each facility ranging from Monday-Friday daytime operations to 24/6 coverage. The equipment inventory includes Secondary Engineering Controls and Primary Engineering Controls such as HEPA filters, laminar airflow workbenches, compounding aseptic isolators, biosafety cabinets, fume hoods, and pass-through systems from multiple manufacturers. All quoters must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database and must meet minimum insurance requirements including $500,000 general liability per occurrence and $200,000 automobile liability per person; pricing for these commercial services is not pre-established and must be submitted by quoters as unit prices in the provided Excel spreadsheet.