Legionella Water Testing (Base Plus Four)
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 36C26025Q0863
- Agency
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Veterans Integrated Service Network 20
Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541620 Environmental Consulting Services
- PSC
- Q301 Reference Laboratory Testing
- Place of performance
- Anchorage, Alaska 99504, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration is seeking a contractor to provide Legionella water testing services for the Alaska VA Healthcare System through a firm fixed price contract with a base period plus four option years. The procurement requires quarterly collection and analysis of 80 water samples using semi-selective culture media and specific cultivation procedures for Legionella species detection, with rapid testing methods like PCR and DFA explicitly not recommended. The testing laboratory must hold certification under either the CDC's Environmental Legionella Isolation Technique Evaluation (ELITE) program or Public Health England's Legionella External Quality Assessment (EQA) scheme, demonstrating proficiency in culturing Legionella from environmental samples. Additionally, the laboratory must maintain environmental microbiology accreditation from a recognized accrediting program and provide detailed sampling, preservation, handling procedures, and chain-of-custody protocols. This sources sought notice, classified under NAICS code 541620 for Environmental Consulting Services, requires responses by September 2, 2025, at 3:00 PM Pacific Time.
This procurement opportunity carries no set-aside designation and will be competed under full and open competition parameters. The contract structure involves quarterly testing cycles with 80 water samples collected by VHA staff at selected Alaska VA Healthcare System sites, with the contractor responsible for laboratory analysis and reporting services. The NAICS code 541620 carries a small business size standard of $19 million, indicating the potential scale of this multi-year testing contract. No incumbent contractors or specific budget ranges are identified in the available documentation, though the base-plus-four-option-years structure suggests a potential five-year total performance period. The government emphasizes that this is a market research initiative to identify qualified sources for developing the procurement strategy rather than a formal solicitation.
Notice text
Description of Services: One Firm Fixed Price contract will be awarded for the Alaska VA Healthcare System for a contractor to provide Legionella Water Testing Services. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the service herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the contractor, who in turn is responsible to the Government.
A total of 80 water samples will be collected by VHA staff at selected sites from the Alaska VA Healthcare System on a quarterly basis. The laboratory will process the water samples for Legionella must be able to test and analyze samples for the presence of Legionella spp., by using semi-selective culture media using procedures specific to the cultivation and detection of Legionella spp (Rapid testing methods, such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and direct fluorescent antibody (DFA), are not recommended for the detection of Legionella in environmental water samples).
The testing laboratory shall meet the requirements of Appendix C, paragraph 2b of VHA Directive 1061 Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Legionella Disease and Scald Injury from Potable Water Distribution Systems found at the following website: http://www.va.gov/vhapublications/publications.cfm?pub=1
VA Directive requires all the water samples for legionella to be analyzed by a laboratory which is certified under U.S. Center for Disease Control and Data Registry (CDC) Environmental Legionella Isolation Technique Evaluation (ELITE) program or the Public Health England (PHE) Legionella External Quality Assessment (EQA) scheme as proficient at performing the culture of Legionella from environmental samples.
The laboratory must also have environmental microbiology accreditation by a recognized accrediting program. The testing laboratory shall provide specific sampling, preservation, handling procedures, and chain-of-custody protocols to be followed for the samples. The testing laboratory shall provide quantitative Legionella reports containing the following report information: Legionella pneumophila serotype 1, Legionella pneumophila serotype 2-14, and other Legionella species.
Sterile sample bottles with sodium thiosulfate added for de-chlorination of water shall be received from the laboratory the first week of each quarter. The VA will collect samples and send them to the laboratory for testing along with a chain of custody. The laboratory will send back completed chain of custody, any findings and results of analysis. The laboratory will input all chain of custody data along with the electronic legionella analyses for electronic input into the VA database: electronic data submit must be compatible with VA database. Shipping containers, chain-of-custody, shipping to the laboratory, and electronic data submittal and all other sampling materials shall be included in the price.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 36C26025Q0863 Sources-Sought.docx | DOCX document |
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