R408--FY26: Radiation Safety Officer Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 seeks Radiation Safety Officer services for its Orlando VA Healthcare System, with proposals due August 31, 2026. The procurement is a 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, with a contract ceiling of $19 million.

Place of performance is on-site at Orlando VA Healthcare System, 13800 Veterans Way, Orlando, Florida, Mondays and Thursdays from 8:00 a.m. through 4:30 p.m., excluding federal holidays, plus 25 hours per year of after-hours emergency availability during weekend, holiday, evening, and night hours. The base period of performance runs from September 30, 2026, through September 29, 2027.

The contractor must be board-certified or board-eligible as a health physicist and maintain Magnetic Resonance Safety Officer certification. Key responsibilities include radiation safety policy compliance review, annual staff training on ALARA program and safety procedures, facility inspections and surveys, personnel monitor and exposure record management, overexposure and incident investigation, regulatory correspondence preparation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and federal agencies, and coordination of the Medical Imaging Quality Control Program. The contractor must comply with 10 CFR Parts 20 and 35, 21 CFR 1020.30, and various VHA directives.

All contractor personnel require a minimum National Criminal History Check prior to work initiation and a National Agency Check with Written Inquiries thereafter. The contractor must comply with VA security requirements under VA Handbook 6500.6, including mandatory annual security and privacy training, incident reporting within one hour, FIPS 140-2 encryption, and background investigation adjudication. The NAICS code is 541690, Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services. Deliverables include background investigation forms, training curriculum, best practice standard reports, and a Quality Control Plan due within specified timeframes post-award. Monthly invoices are submitted via the Tungsten Network electronic invoicing system to the Veterans Affairs Financial Services Center.