Donor Panel Testing
SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS
The Department of Veterans Affairs is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in, and the resources to support, a requirement to blood donor panel testing services to meet regulations set forth by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), AABB (American Association of Blood Banking), CAP (College of American Pathologists), TJC (The Joint Commission, formally the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)), OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), and DoD Inst (Department of Defense Instruction) for the James Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC). The full range of the requested Donor Panel Testing services shall include: transportation/courier service, performance of analytical testing, and reporting of analytical test results. The reference laboratory(s) must continuously hold current and valid Government licenses, permits, and approvals as required by FDA, CAP, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), AABB, and/or other state regulatory agencies as it pertains to transporting/testing samples, and the reporting of specified tests to include infectious diseases, as appropriate, and as mandated by federal and state statutes.
The results of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement.
The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 621511 Medical Laboratories.
THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals/quotes; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.
If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract requirements, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability.
The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated.
BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.
Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by 12:00 PM CST on 21 August 2017. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to jessica.rasmussen3@va.gov.
Contractor must be able to provide testing as required by the attached listing.
JESSICA RASMUSSEN
JESSICA.RASMUSSEN3@VA.GOV
Jessica.rasmussen3@va.gov
