# Keeler Vantage USP Certification

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24625q1186

- Solicitation number: 36C24625Q1186
- Notice type: Presolicitation (first published as solicitation)
- Status: Closed. Deadline was September 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT
- Department: Department of Veterans Affairs
- Contracting office: 246-Network Contracting Office 6 (36C246)
- NAICS: 541380 Testing Laboratories and Services
- Product or service code: H966 Other Quality Control, Testing and Inspection Services: Instruments and Laboratory Equipment
- Set-aside: Service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside
- First posted: September 23, 2025
- Last posted: September 23, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a9bed780ae724dd19e868239c4cf43d9/view

## Description

The Department of Veteran s Affairs will solicit for semiannual testing and certification of U.S. Pharmaceutical Convention (USP) equipment and rooms of Keeler Vantage Plus for the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center located at 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705. The contractor shall perform a) Certification of Primary Engineering Controls (PEC)/Hoods Contractor shall provide testing and certification of all the Durham VA Health Care System pharmacy hoods either once a year (every 12 months +/- 30 days) or twice per year (every 6 months +/- 20 days) as described in the price/cost schedule. The term Hoods refers to all of the following:

Biosafety cabinets, chemical fume hoods and HEPA units. b) The contractor shall also provide testing and certification of all primary engineering controls (PECs) and pharmacy compounding rooms/suites used for preparation of Compounded Sterile Preparations (CSPs). PECs include biological safety cabinets (BSCs), laminar airflow workstation (LAFW) hoods, compounding aseptic containment isolators (CACI), and compounding aseptic isolators (CAI).

Testing and certification of all PECs and compounding rooms/suites will be completed in accordance with the latest version of United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Chapter 797, and USP Chapter 800 or current guidelines. located at the Durham VAMC, in accordance with the terms and conditions Service must be done in compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal guidelines.

A request for quote, RFQ, will be issued on or around Thursday, September 22, 2025. Period of Performance is for one base year plus 4 option years to begin October 2, 2025. To be eligible for award, the prospective contractor must be registered in SAM database at http://www.sam.gov and comply with the Evaluation for Basis of Award. If you are an SDVOSB, VOSB or small business and plan on subcontracting, please provide a plan to show how your company will provide 51% of the work being performed.

The North American Industry Classification Code, NAICS, is 541380 Testing Laboratories and Services, Product Service Code is H966 Other QC/Test/Inspect Instruments and Laboratory Equipment and the Size Standard is $19 Million. Interested contractors should monitor SAM.gov, for solicitation number 36C24626Q0015. Point of Contact Ricardo McIntosh Ricardo.McIntosh@va.gov *Please direct all questions to the above email address. Phone calls will not be accepted.

## Publications

- September 23, 2025: Solicitation, due September 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 02859ef6c25a4074a76aaa6f94ef85e8. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/02859ef6c25a4074a76aaa6f94ef85e8/view
- September 23, 2025: Presolicitation, due September 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT. Notice a9bed780ae724dd19e868239c4cf43d9. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a9bed780ae724dd19e868239c4cf43d9/view

## Points of contact

- Ricardo P McIntosh, Contract Specialist, Ricardo.McIntosh@va.gov, 757-722-9961

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