Maintenance of Medical Gas & Vacuum (MGV) Systems-NIH

The National Institutes of Health seeks a Firm-Fixed-Price Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity contract for inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and related services supporting Medical Gas and Vacuum (MGV) Systems at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, with proposals due August 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST. This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside; Amendment 0001 corrected the original solicitation designation from "Unrestricted" to 100% small business set-aside. A mandatory final site visit is scheduled for July 22, 2026 at 9:30 AM EST at Building 10 South Lobby.

Place of performance is Bethesda, Maryland. The contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, equipment, materials, and technical expertise for inspection, testing, preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, repair, replacement, certification, emergency response, documentation, and reporting for medical gas and vacuum systems, laboratory air and vacuum systems, instrument air systems, variable frequency drives, and outlet, valve, and alarm testing. All technicians performing work must hold ASSE 6010/6010/6030/6040 certifications. Services must comply with NFPA 99 and ASSE Series 6000 standards and support uninterrupted patient care and research operations. The contractor must provide a dedicated on-site project manager, assistant project manager, and quality control representative, maintain a two-hour emergency assessment capability and forty-eight-hour repair response time, and document all work in the NIH Integrated Workplace Management System.

The contract includes a one-year base period (August 21, 2026 through August 20, 2027), four one-year option periods, and a six-month option period, extending through February 20, 2032. NAICS code 423450, Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers. Evaluation uses Best Value Tradeoff methodology under FAR Part 15, weighting Key Personnel & Staffing at 40%, Technical Approach/Reporting/Quality Control at 30%, and Past Performance at 30%, with price evaluated separately. The Government reserves the right to award to a higher-priced offeror if superior technical capability and operational reliability justify the premium. Technical proposals are limited to 35 pages; past performance proposals to 10 pages; pricing has no page limit. The incumbent contractor is Allied Air Compressor under contract 75N99021D00010, expiring August 20, 2026.