# SAM #36C26227Q0053

Medical gas, liquid nitrogen, and cylinder services for Southern Arizona VA facilities

**Buyer:** VA 262 Network Contract Office 22
**Posted:** November 02, 2026
**Respond By:** November 12, 2026
**Identifier:** 36C26227Q0053
**NAICS:** 325120

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking medical gases and related cylinder services for Southern Arizona VA facilities.
- **Government buyer:** Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS), through Network Contracting Office 22; delivery includes the Tucson VA Medical Center, Research Service Line, and community-based outpatient clinics.
- **Opportunity:** Indefinite-quantity supply requirement set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs); the notice identifies a waiver for NAICS 325120, Industrial Gas Manufacturing.
- **Products:** 23 listed gas and liquid-nitrogen items, with estimated annual quantities ranging from 2 to 2,400 units as specified in the worksheet. Items include medical air, carbon dioxide, helium, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen, argon, certified gas mixtures, and research-service liquid-nitrogen containers. No part numbers or commercial vendors/OEMs are identified.
- **Services:** Cylinder rental, emergency delivery, hydrostatic testing of VA-owned cylinders and dewars, and loss-of-use (LOU) container pricing. The worksheet includes four cylinder-rental lines, emergency-delivery pricing for each of the 23 gas/LN2 items, seven hydrostatic-testing lines, and five LOU lines.
- **Notable requirements:** Emergency service is available 24/7, with a response within 2 hours and delivery within 4 hours when ordered. Specialty mixtures require applicable purity certification; the contractor must provide MRI-conditional valves and regulators for the MRI-specific oxygen tanks. Gas use is estimated and orders are placed as needed; cylinder tracking and regulatory compliance are required.

### Description

THIS REQUIREMENT IS SDVOSB SET-ASIDE FOR COMPETITION IN THE OPEN MARKET IN ACCORDANCE WITH (IAW) REVOLUTIONARY FAR OVERHAUL PART 19.106 SDVOSB SET-ASIDE PROCEDURES.

ONLY OFFERS FROM SDVOSB CONCERN WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD.


Requirement for MEDICAL GASES IAW B.2 and B.3.

There is a waiver for NAICS 325120 descriptor Industrial Gases Manufacturing.

Award will be made IAW ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS   COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES, and FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION-COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES.

UPDATE: February 20, 2026
https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/

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