VA Atlanta Healthcare System Medical Gas and Cylinder Rental

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 is seeking sources for medical gas and cylinder rental services to support the VA Atlanta Healthcare System. The contractor will be responsible for providing, filling, transporting, handling, servicing, maintaining, delivering, picking up, and storing medical gases including carbon dioxide, helium, nitrogen, oxygen, liquid nitrogen, nitrous oxide, argon, propane, methane, and carbon monoxide across 22 VA Atlanta Healthcare System facilities in Georgia. All gases must comply with United States Pharmacopoeia/National Formulary (USP) standards and meet FDA, Compressed Gas Association (CGA), and Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations. Key requirements include maintaining $1,000,000 liability insurance per occurrence, providing annual FDA/state licensing verification, emergency delivery within 24 hours, routine delivery within specified timeframes, and conducting annual cylinder inventory audits. This is a Sources Sought Notice for market research purposes only and will not result in an immediate contract award; responses are due by February 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM Eastern Time and should be submitted to leonard.robinson@va.gov with company information, SAM.GOV Unique Entity ID, business size classification, capability statement, and relevant experience narrative.

This procurement is set aside exclusively for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs). The anticipated contract is structured as a firm-fixed-price agreement with a base period running from April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027, followed by two optional one-year renewal periods for a potential total contract duration of three years. All services are all-inclusive with no additional fees for delivery, fuel surcharges, hazmat fees, or cylinder tracking, and monthly invoicing will occur in arrears through electronic submission via the Tungsten Network system. The contractor must provide monthly usage, maintenance, delivery, and incident reports to support the 22 VA facilities served under this contract. No specific award value or budget range has been disclosed in this Sources Sought Notice, as this is a preliminary market research effort to identify capable SDVOSBs before formal solicitation.