R428--Indoor Air Quality

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 6, is soliciting proposals for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Assessment and Associated Sampling Services under solicitation number 36C24626Q0323. The contractor must provide comprehensive IAQ monitoring and assessment services including sampling for carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, fungi, bacteria, dust, temperature, and relative humidity across six locations in western North Carolina. Key qualifications include employment of Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIH) with a minimum of 10 years of experience and utilization of AIHA-accredited laboratories for all analytical work. Contractors must submit written reports within 10 days of sample collection with methodology, results, conclusions, and recommendations, maintain a two-hour emergency response time, and meet 48-hour standard response requirements. The solicitation deadline is March 13, 2026, at 3:00 PM EDT, with questions due by February 24, 2026, at 1:00 PM EST. The base period of performance runs from March 20, 2026, through March 19, 2027, followed by four one-year option periods extending through March 19, 2031. Annual testing requires 20 samples across all locations, and invoicing occurs monthly in arrears through the VA's electronic payment system with net 30 payment terms.

This solicitation is set aside exclusively for certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), with an estimated contract value of $19 million over the five-year period. The principal NAICS code is 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services) with PSC code R428 (Support - Professional: Industrial Hygienics). Performance of services will occur at six locations: the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, North Carolina, and five Community-Based Outpatient Clinics across western North Carolina. Contractors must comply with Service Contract Act prevailing wage requirements as established in Wage Determination No. 2015-4369 (Revision 29) for Buncombe, Henderson, and Madison counties in North Carolina, which includes fringe benefit requirements of $5.55 per hour. All offerors must submit VA Form 852.219-75 (VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance) with their proposals, and the Contracting Officer is Zanona Pickett, reachable at 757-726-6048.