Q301--New Dialysis Water Testing Service

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 is soliciting a contractor to provide hemodialysis water testing services at the Wilmington VA Medical Center in Delaware under solicitation number 36C24426Q0257. The contractor must deliver monthly laboratory testing services for dialysis water samples to ensure compliance with AAMI (Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) standards, including bacterial assays performed per ANSI/AAMI 13959:2014 standards and endotoxin/LAL testing. Key qualifications include maintaining ISO 17025:2023 accreditation, providing all testing kits and prepaid overnight return shipping, delivering certified electronic results within 48 hours of analysis, and immediately notifying the contracting office of any out-of-limit results. The solicitation does not specify formal evaluation criteria beyond these technical requirements and compliance standards. Questions must be submitted by March 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time, with quotes due by March 20, 2026 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time, and all submissions must be made via email to contracting specialist Keri Lewis at keri.lewis2@va.gov.

This is a total Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) set-aside with an estimated contract value of $19 million. The contract is structured as a five-year Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) agreement running from February 23, 2026 through February 22, 2031, with a potential option to extend services for up to six months. The annual deliverables include 440 units each of bacteria colony count testing and endotoxin/LAL testing, translating to approximately 88 monthly tests for each analysis type plus 28 AAMI contamination panels per year. Services will be performed in Wilmington, Delaware at 1601 Kirkwood Highway, with payment via electronic funds transfer following invoicing within 30 days of completion. No incumbent contractor is identified in the solicitation materials.