Q301--Legionella Water Testing 442

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 19 is soliciting Legionella water testing and analysis services under solicitation number 36C25926Q0253. The contractor must provide comprehensive testing services including sample collection materials, laboratory analysis, and reporting in accordance with VHA Directive 1061 and CDC Environmental Legionella Isolation Techniques Evaluation (ELITE) standards. Key qualifications require the contractor to maintain current CDC ELITE certification and demonstrate technical capability through past performance references. Evaluation will be conducted using a lowest-priced, technically acceptable methodology with price as the primary factor followed by responsibility and past performance. The offer deadline has been revised to March 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM Mountain Time, with all questions required to be submitted by February 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM Mountain Time. Offers must be submitted electronically to Christine Jarvis at christine.jarvis@va.gov, and offerors must acknowledge receipt of all amendments on their submissions.

This solicitation is set aside exclusively for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) under NAICS code 541380 with a small business size standard of $19 million. The contract will be awarded as a firm-fixed price Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with an estimated annual requirement of 80 units of quarterly testing services (approximately 20 tests per quarter) plus optional retesting at an estimated 2 units annually. The contract period runs for five years from April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2031, consisting of a one-year base period and four optional one-year ordering periods with a guaranteed minimum of 20 tests at the contractor's proposed rate. Performance will be at the Cheyenne VA Medical Center located at 2360 East Pershing Boulevard, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001, where the facility will collect and ship samples quarterly across four quarters for hot and cold water distribution system testing. The contractor must deliver certified testing results within 24 hours of testing completion and maintain compliance with all subcontracting limitations requiring that no more than 50% of government payments be made to non-certified subcontractors.