Hood Certification and Testing

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration is seeking a contractor to provide testing, balancing, and certification services for biological safety cabinets, chemical fume hoods, laminar flow clean benches, animal transfer stations, and compounding rooms at two VA Medical Center locations. The contractor must be NSF-49 accredited with a minimum of 18 months of biological safety cabinet testing experience and must maintain a maximum 24-hour response time for repairs while adhering to Federal and State OSHA regulations and implementing appropriate safety precautions. Evaluation will be based on technical capability, past performance, and price, with the government awarding the contract to the responsible offeror providing the best overall value. The proposal due date is March 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM PDT, and offerors must submit an executed SF 1449 form with VAAR 852.219-75 certification, a price schedule, a technical approach, and past performance documentation.

This solicitation is a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside with an estimated contract value of $19 million. The contract will run for a base period from April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027, with four one-year option periods extending through March 31, 2031. The scope of work includes 100 biological safety cabinet certifications annually (twice per year), 78 chemical fume hood certifications, 18 laminar flow clean bench certifications, 26 animal transfer station certifications, 8 clean room tests, and 160 USP viable counts testing samples annually, along with report generation and overnight freight services for sample shipping. Work will be performed at the Portland VA Medical Center in Portland, Oregon and the Vancouver VA Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington. Payment will be made via electronic funds transfer upon completion and acceptance of work with Net 30 discount terms.