Blanket Purchase Agreement V797D40095-36C24420A0013

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 awarded a blanket purchase agreement to Becton, Dickinson and Company for blood culture collection, processing, and transportation products and services. BD Diagnostic System, operating as the prime contractor, provides these items under the Critical Analyzers, Laboratory Federal Supply Schedule. Over multiple orders from FY2020 to FY2025, VISN 4 has obligated approximately $500,000 in firm fixed price calls against this vehicle to support blood culture diagnostic testing programs across its healthcare facilities in Pennsylvania and surrounding regions. Places of performance under the orders include Pittsburgh, Altoona, Wilkes-Barre, and Philadelphia. No set-aside designations were applied to the orders. Through this contracting vehicle, the VA aims to efficiently procure necessary medical supplies from its schedule holders to carry out vital clinical testing for veterans in the network.

Becton, Dickinson and Company has received several orders to provide blood culture collection, processing, and transportation products and services to various VA medical centers in Pennsylvania. Prices are determined by the firm fixed pricing established in GSA Federal Supply Schedule 66-III for Critical Analyzers and Laboratory Equipment, against which the VA has placed calls totaling over $500,000 from FY2020 to FY2025. BD Diagnostic System performs as the prime contractor to supply these items from its portfolio of diagnostic solutions. The orders support the mission of the VA to provide healthcare to veterans through efficient procurement of clinical testing supplies.