# Public tenders Canonical results: https://zephior.com/tenders?countries=US&categories=water-testing 1 matching notices. Page 1. Filter semantics: OR within a filter, AND across filters and text search. Omitted statuses use active defaults; [] includes all statuses. --- title: "HPC water testing services for three Gulf Coast VA locations" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/5b2e10bf-d9f8-4cdd-a60d-e66d9f4ba016/hpc-water-testing-services-for-three-gulf-coast-va-locations" last-updated: 2026-10-15T15:00:00+00:00 --- # HPC water testing services for three Gulf Coast VA locations Gulf Coast VA requires routine and surge heterotrophic plate count testing at its Biloxi, Pensacola and Panama City Beach facilities. The active solicitation is set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Offers are due 22 October 2026 at 10:00 AM Central Time. - Status: closing-soon - Country: US - Buyer: VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF.VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF.256-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 16 (36C256) - Submission deadline: 2026-10-22T15:00:00+00:00 (instant) - Original notice: https://sam.gov/opp/e05ae7a561c5498e9ed3d7bb5a7bcb1f/view - Source checked: 2026-10-12T13:13:37Z ## Source-backed public facts ```json { "id": "5b2e10bf-d9f8-4cdd-a60d-e66d9f4ba016", "revision": 1, "modifiedAt": "2026-10-15T15:00:00+00:00", "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-10-12T13:13:37Z", "stale": false, "url": "https://zephior.com/tenders/5b2e10bf-d9f8-4cdd-a60d-e66d9f4ba016/hpc-water-testing-services-for-three-gulf-coast-va-locations", "locale": "en", "title": "HPC water testing services for three Gulf Coast VA locations", "summary": "Gulf Coast VA requires routine and surge heterotrophic plate count testing at its Biloxi, Pensacola and Panama City Beach facilities. 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