H346--Legionella Water Testing

This contract, solicited under number 36C26224Q1533 and titled “H346—Legionella Water Testing,” is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set Aside issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Network Contracting Office 22, with the office located in Gilbert, Arizona. The contracting activity is conducted under FAR Part 13 procedures and is solely evaluated on price, making it a lowest-price, technically acceptable award. Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management and must be certified as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business in the SBA’s certification portal at the time of submission and award. A mandatory pass/fail requirement is the possession of a valid Mechanical Engineer PE License in California, Arizona, and New Mexico, along with proof of CDC Elite Lab Certification and liability insurance of at least $1,000,000. The offeror must also submit a completed VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate of Compliance and comply with all related clauses, including those governing conflicts of interest, employment eligibility, equal opportunity, labor standards, and trafficking in persons. The contract requires performance at multiple VA facilities across several counties in Arizona and California, where the contractor must deliver comprehensive water utilities management services including legionella and heterotrophic plate count testing, pH and alkalinity monitoring, plumbing system reviews, and continuous data management via a SaaS platform with a minimum five-year data retention requirement. All laboratory samples must be handled under strict chain of custody protocols, preserved appropriately, and reported within specified timelines—general results in ten days, cooling tower/chiller results within four days—with reports uploaded electronically to a VA web platform and emailed in PDF format. Invoicing must occur monthly, submitted electronically through VA’s Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment System in compliance with X12 EDI standards and FAR 32.905. The base performance period runs from September 1, 2026, to August 31, 2027, with up to three optional one-year periods extending the contract through August 31, 2030, though the total duration including options is capped at one year per FAR 52.217-9. The contract incorporates numerous FAR and VAAR clauses, including those forSAM registration and maintenance, electronic payments, wage determinations for Maricopa, Pima, Yavapai, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego, and