The federal contract IDV award is for renal biopsy send-out testing services to be provided by Nephropathology Associates, PLC (doing business as Arkana Laboratories) to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The single-award indefinite delivery contract has a ceiling value of $225,000 and a period of performance through March 2026. The contract aims to procure specialized renal pathology testing services, including light microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and electron microscopy of renal biopsy tissue, with strict reporting requirements. The contractor must employ board-certified pathologists with renal pathology expertise and hold relevant clinical laboratory certifications.
The contract award was made without a set-aside and resulted from a Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source issued by the VA VHA Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 (VISN 2) for the Buffalo VAMC in New York. The contract will encompass a base period plus four option periods on a firm fixed-price basis. The place of performance will be the VA Western New York Health Care System. Arkana Laboratories has also been awarded a $450,000 blanket purchase agreement from the VA VHA VISN 9 for nephrology pathology and laboratory medicine services, with two firm fixed-price calls totaling $168,964.88 issued to date.
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