H263--Medical Gas Inspection Annual Base + 4

The contract, identified as H263–Medical Gas Inspection Annual Base + 4 and issued under solicitation number 36C25026Q0420, is a Firm-Fixed Price Purchase Order awarded to Atlantic First Industries Corporation, a verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), through a set-aside program administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Network Contracting Office 10 in Dayton, Ohio. The contract covers annual inspections of piped medical gas systems—including oxygen, nitrous oxide, nitrogen, medical air, dental air, medical vacuum, dental vacuum, and waste anesthetic gas disposal—at multiple facilities within the Dayton VA Medical Center, located at 4100 W. 3rd St., Dayton, OH 45428. Performance is required to comply with JCAHO 2019, NFPA 99 (2018), CGA, ASSE, and USP/NF standards, with deliverables including signed service reports, detailed discrepancy lists referencing code violations, and documentation of pressure, flow, purity, contamination, and alarm system tests. The contract has a base period from June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2027, with four sequential one-year options extending through May 31, 2031, enabling potential contract extension under FAR 52.217-8 and 52.217-9, with pricing evaluated for balance across all periods. Invoicing must be submitted exclusively through the VA’s Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment System (EIPP), with payment processed via electronic funds transfer to the Network Contracting Office in Kettering, Ohio. The award was determined using a comparative evaluation trade-off process, not low-price technically acceptable, allowing consideration of technical merit and past performance alongside price, though no numerical weights or adjectival ratings are specified. The contractor must maintain current SAM registration, comply with VA-specific clauses including 852.215-70 for SDVOSB evaluation, and adhere to all applicable labor, environmental, ethics, and prohibition clauses, with deviations applied to several standard FAR provisions, including those related to subcontracting, trafficking in persons, and whistleblower protections. No key personnel, security clearances, or organizational conflict of interest clauses are required, and no pricing data is disclosed in the contract’s line items, suggesting the total value is not fixed at