Home Oxygen Services and Ventilation - VA Central California Healthcare System (VACCHCS)

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 is conducting market research to identify vendors capable of providing home oxygen services and ventilation equipment to veteran beneficiaries served by VA Central California Healthcare System (VACCHCS) across eight counties in California. The services must comply with The Joint Commission (TJC) or equivalent accreditation standards and include setup, installation, maintenance, and emergency support for home oxygen systems, ventilators, and related respiratory equipment such as CPAP, BiPAP, nebulizers, and suction machines. Key requirements include maintaining 24/7/365 emergency service capability with phone response within 30 minutes and equipment delivery within two to six hours, completing initial setups same-day for orders received by 3:00 PM, and conducting routine home visits every 90 days for oxygen patients and monthly for ventilator patients. The contractor must also maintain certified or registered respiratory therapists, furnish all equipment and supplies, carry minimum $500,000 general and property damage liability insurance, and maintain staffed branch offices within 50 miles of each medical center. This is a sources sought notice only with no formal solicitation at this time; interested vendors must submit their company information, point of contact details, SAM UEI number, socio-economic status, capability statements, and estimated pricing to david.alvarez4@va.gov by 10:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time on March 19, 2026.

This procurement carries no set-aside designation and no incumbent contractor is identified in the pre-solicitation notice. The contract is structured as an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) agreement with a guaranteed minimum of $1,000 and a maximum ceiling of $9,000,000 for the entire contract period. Qualified vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) under NAICS code 532283 (Home Health Equipment Rental) and may be any business size, though vendors with socio-economic status such as Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) designation are encouraged to apply and such status will be verified using VetBiz. The Government will not compensate vendors for providing information in response to this sources sought notice and reserves the right to cancel the requirement at its discretion.