Preventative Maintenance, Inspection, & Repair Services For Gov-Owned Fume Hoods/Equipment

The Long Beach Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, part of Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 22, seeks preventative maintenance, inspection, and repair services for government-owned fume hoods and safety cabinets through a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business sole-source set-aside. Inquiries are due November 16, 2026, and quotes are due December 4, 2026, at 5:00 PM Pacific. The notice description lists proposal responses due November 23, 2026, but the structured due date and Attachments 1 and 6 set December 4, 2026. Only certified SDVOSBs listed in the SBA Veteran Small Business Certification database at both offer submission and award are eligible.

Work is performed at the LBVAHCS facility, 5901 E. 7th Street, Long Beach, CA 90822. The requirement covers 72 biological safety cabinets, 80 fume hoods, 4 isolators, and 6 laminar flow devices, plus associated testing equipment. Two locations (Building 164, Room 125 and Building 2, Room 214P) require particle counting per USP 797 and ISO 14655-1, HEPA filter integrity challenges, airflow, air change, and pressure differential testing. All work must be performed by a Certified Industrial Hygienist who reviews protocols and co-signs reports. Coverage runs Monday through Friday, 5:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific, excluding federal holidays. Service requests must be acknowledged within 2 hours, and detailed service reports are due within 5 business days.

The contract is firm-fixed-price, with one base year and four one-year options, and an anticipated start date of February 24, 2027. Offerors must submit current documentation for three mandatory special standards of responsibility with the proposal: NSF Accredited Biohazard Cabinet Field Certification, ANSI/NCSL Z540-1 calibration and testing laboratory control certification, and ISO/IEC 17025 certification. Failure to provide documentation for any one results in an automatic FAIL. The quote must also include a pricing schedule, a Management Plan of no more than 6 pages, a signed VAAR 852.219-75 Limitations on Subcontracting certificate, and up to three past performance summaries from the last five years. Services may not pay more than 50 percent of government payments to non-certified SDVOSB or VOSB subcontractors.

Award goes to the responsible offeror with the lowest conforming price that does not exceed available funding. Special standards and price are the sole evaluation factors, and past performance is also evaluated. Incomplete submissions are rejected without evaluation. The Government intends to award without discussions and provides no debriefs. Quotes are submitted by email to Contracting Officer Daniel Kneizeh at daniel.kneizeh@va.gov, and zip files and hyperlinks are not accepted.