The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 awarded an indefinite delivery contract to Becton, Dickinson and Company to establish a blanket purchase agreement for blood culture bottles. Over the five-year period of performance from May 2020 to April 2025, the contractor will provide these medical supplies to support clinical laboratory services across VA medical facilities in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota through various delivery orders. Notable delivery orders issued against this vehicle include orders valued at $15.3K to supply bottles to an Iowa City medical center through April 2021, $10.9K for bottles to be delivered to a facility in South Dakota through April 2025, and $19.5K for bottles to support services in Des Moines, Iowa with completion by June 2020. The original solicitation sought to establish this five-year BPA for blood culture bottles to streamline procurement of these essential diagnostic products for veterans healthcare programs within the network's jurisdiction.
Under the awarded IDC, the prime contractor Becton, Dickinson and Company is fulfilling delivery orders at various VA locations across multiple states. The orders issued to date procure blood culture bottles to support clinical laboratory diagnostic testing services provided through the VA network, with no set-aside provisions applied. The BPA and associated delivery orders aim to conveniently supply needed medical consumables over several years for the contracted agency's programs serving veterans.
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