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Required Field Contract Opportunity Sources Sought Notice Q515 Tissue Typing Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory 12203 36C24220Q1019 08-10-2020

12:00PM

EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA

N 621511 Department of Veterans Affairs

NCO 2

20 Madison Ave Ext.

Albany NY 12203 Mariangie Rivera Mariangie.Rivera@va.gov James J Peters

VAMC

130 W Kingsbridge Rd Bronx NY 10468

USA

Mariangie.Rivera@va.gov To Whom It May Concern:

Please note that this is NOT a request for quotes or proposals, the Government is seeking information for market research purposes only. Network Contracting Office (NCO) 2/RPO East of the Department of Veterans Affairs is currently conducting a market survey for qualified firms capable of providing Tissue Typing for Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory at the James J. Peters VMAC Bronx, NY. The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) is 621511. Responses to this notice must be submitted in writing (email) and must be received no later than August 10, 2020 at 12:00 PM EST.

Email: Mariangie.Rivera@va.gov.

No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Interested parties MUST provide 1. company/individual name, 2. a capability statement, 3. examples of same or similar work performed at other facilities, 4. DUNS number and address, 5. point of contact and social-economic. Interested parties who do not submit the above information on or before the response due date and time will not be considered for this procurement.

Please review the attached Statement of Work included herein.

Please note: The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification/socioeconomic status (e.g. service-disabled veteran owned small business, veteran owned small business, women owned small business, HUB Zone, 8(a), small business or large business), relative to NAICS 621511. Responses to this notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. A solicitation is not currently available. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on GSA E-buy website https://beta.sam.gov/ at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement.

STATEMENT OF WORK

Title of Project: Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory

A. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Background: The James J. Peters VA Medical Center (JJPVAMC), Bronx, New York, Renal Transplant Program requires the services of tissue typing and immunogenetic laboratory. This testing is essential to properly match organ donors with recipients, to decrease rejection and increase longevity of graft function. This tissue typing is also critical to diagnosing and preventing transplant rejection.

2. Statement of Work: The tissue typing lab shall process, and as needed store the sera of all recipients and living donors at JJPVAMC. Crossmatch testing will be done on deceased and living organ donors matched with JJPVAMC recipients. Recipients who are listed, will need to bank their sera monthly so potential donors can be tested against recipient sera as offers are made. For post- transplant patients this laboratory will be vital in the management of antibody mediated rejection. These tissue tests are essential components of transplant medicine and are the most important indicators of quality and predict transplant longevity and success.

The JJPVAMC will obtain online access for all Transplant Nurse Coordinators, Physicians and Administrative Staff, which includes one designated site administrator who will govern appropriate access for personnel who require to be tested as the organ offers are made.

Duties and responsibilities of contractor shall include the following:

· Contractor will respond to transplant center staff upon request with regard to questions surrounding regulations and policies.

· Contractor will organize and inform the results on time as transplant staff request and monthly sers list.

· Contractor provides on a monthly basis billing of all patients listed within previous month.

· Contractor shall keep the Transplant Center administration/management apprised of any policy changes.

· Tissue typing lab will provide Transplant Center with program specific data upon request within agreed upon timeframe.

3. Period of Performance: This will be a base plus four possible option years from the date of the award. The contractor shall provide the deliverables required under this Statement of Need within 15 calendar days or less from date of award, unless otherwise directed by the Contracting Officer.

Base Year- (December 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021)

Option Year 1- (October 1, 2021 - September 30, 2022)

Option Year 2- (October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2023)

Option Year 3- (October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2024)

Option Year 4- (October 1, 2024 - September 30, 2025)

4. Type of Contract: This is a Firm Fixed Price.

5. Place of Performance:

Department of Veterans Affairs James J. Peters VA Medical Center 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, New York 10468-3992