Solicitation
Sterile Processing Service (SPS) Courier Services VA Northern California Health Care System
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThe VA Northern California Health Care System plans to buy courier services to move contaminated reusable medical instruments and equipment to Sterile Processing Service locations. This is a presolicitation for an SDVOSB set-aside with one base year plus four option years, starting around June 1, 2027. The RFQ is expected on or about November 2, 2026 (passed). More in the summary
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Summary of the version posted Oct 2, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 3, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov.
The VA Northern California Health Care System plans to buy courier services to move contaminated reusable medical instruments and equipment to Sterile Processing Service locations. This is a presolicitation for an SDVOSB set-aside with one base year plus four option years, starting around June 1, 2027. The RFQ is expected on or about November 2, 2026 (passed).
Who can bid
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside
- Registered and verified with the Small Business Administration
- Active SAM registration, required for award
How to submit: Not stated; the solicitation will give quote submission instructions and will be posted on SAM.gov (Contracting Opportunities). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
- Serious: SDVOSB only. Only verified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses can compete, so other small businesses are excluded.
- Minor: Handling contaminated medical items. Moving contaminated instruments likely brings handling and safety requirements that the notice does not detail.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Transport contaminated medical instruments and equipment from VA Northern California sites
- Deliver them to designated Sterile Processing Service locations for reprocessing
- Period of performance
- 1 base year + 4 one-year options; anticipated start on or near June 1, 2027
- Place of performance
- Mather (VA Northern California Health Care System sites)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- Dec 2, 2026, 10:00 AM PST · 1:00 PM Eastern (response deadline in notice header) (from the version posted Oct 2, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Not stated; the solicitation will give quote submission instructions and will be posted on SAM.gov (Contracting Opportunities)
What to include when you submit
- This presolicitation is not a request for quotes; wait for the RFQ, expected around November 2, 2026
- Download the solicitation and any amendments from sam.gov; no hard copies
- Register your interest on sam.gov to be notified of the solicitation and amendments
Not in the notice text
- Specific sites, pickup frequency and volume
- Estimated contract value
- Contract type and evaluation method
- Quote due date for the RFQ (solicitation not yet issued; the header deadline of Dec 2, 2026 is not explained in the text)
- Required handling, vehicle or training standards
Eligibility and how to respond
- Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) certified through SBA's VetCert can bid as the prime contractor. Not certified through VetCert yet? Apply on VetCert (SBA), or start with the SDVOSB guide. More open service-disabled veteran-owned set-asides under NAICS 492110
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Not stated; the solicitation will give quote submission instructions and will be posted on SAM.gov (Contracting Opportunities). Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Nov 3, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- 261-Network Contract Office 21 (36C261), Mather, CA
- Product/service code
- R602 · Support – Administrative: Courier/Messenger
- Business type
- Transportation, logistics & vehicles (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 492110)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 3, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due Dec 2, 2026
- Oct 2, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Dec 2, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Open SDVOSB set-aside contracts
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, SDVOSB (service-disabled veteran-owned small business), Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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