Purchase Order 36C26125P1478

This is a $144,915.29 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 to VRL Maryland LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The contract is for the provision of rodent health surveillance testing services, including polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing on mouse and rat samples to detect various viruses, bacteria, and parasites. This contract award is not associated with a set-aside designation. VRL Maryland LLC specializes in laboratory animal diagnostic testing and animal health monitoring services, and has secured several Indefinite Delivery Contracts with federal agencies such as the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Veterans Affairs, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and Defense Health Agency for similar animal health monitoring and diagnostic testing work. The contract work will be performed at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System in California.