The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 (VISN 12) awarded an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. to provide blood bank reagents and consumable supplies for use on government-owned Ortho Vision Swift Analyzers at VISN 12 Pathology and Laboratory facilities in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan. The single-award IDC has a total ceiling value of $1,638,347.26 and a period of performance through February 28, 2030.
The contract was awarded on a sole-source basis under FAR 6.302-1, as Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics was deemed the only responsible source capable of meeting the VA's requirements. The procurement is structured as a firm-fixed-price agreement under NAICS code 325413 for in-vitro diagnostic substance manufacturing. While the IDC allows for task orders to be issued over the 5-year ordering period, the VA published a Special Notice indicating its intent to negotiate a sole-source contract with Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics for an initial firm-fixed-price order. The Special Notice provided potential offerors a narrow 7-day window to demonstrate their ability to fulfill the VA's requirements, though the agency retains sole discretion in determining whether to compete the procurement.
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