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This Special Notice outlines the Department of Veterans Affairs' intent to award a sole-source Firm Fixed Price contract to Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority (VCU/HLA) for laboratory testing services. The contract, valued under the $42 Million size standard for NAICS code 621511 (Medical Laboratories), will support heart transplant patient testing at the Richmond Veterans Affairs Medical Center, utilizing specific CPT codes for specialized testing procedures.
The proposed 8-month contract is scheduled to commence on or about January 23, 2026, with justification based on VCU/HLA's existing relationship providing similar renal transplant testing. Interested parties have six calendar days to submit capability statements to Contracting Officer Gordon Burns, with requirements to specify business size, ownership type, and U.S. or foreign status. The solicitation emphasizes the highly specialized nature of the required services and indicates no competitive quotes will be accepted, positioning this as a direct award to the incumbent provider.
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Special Notice Special Notice
| SUBJECT* |
| Intent to Sole Source |
GENERAL INFORMATION
| CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* |
| 23667 |
| SOLICITATION NUMBER* |
| 36C24626Q0272 |
| RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE |
| 13:00 EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA |
| ARCHIVE |
| 30 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE |
| RECOVERY ACT FUNDS |
| N |
| PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* |
| Q301 |
| NAICS CODE* |
| 621511 |
CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS
Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 100 Emancipation Drive Hampton VA 23667
POINT OF CONTACT*
Contracting Officer Gordon E Burns Gordon.Burns@va.gov 757-251-4333
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AGENCY’S URL
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AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS
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DESCRIPTION
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 6, intends to award a Firm Fixed Price Sole-Source contract to Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority (VCU/HLA). The Richmond Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) request laboratory testing for heart transplant patients. The justification for this non-competitive solicitation is due to VCU/HLA laboratory already providing similar tests for renal transplant patients at the Richmond VA Medical Center. The NAICS code for this procurement is 621511 Medical Laboratories and size standard $42 Million. Sole source items:
The items that will be purchased are testing for heart transplant patients to include CPT coding: 86834, 86835, 81370, 86825, 81382, 81375, 86826, 88240, 86830, 86831, 86832, 86833, and 86830.
THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES T, and no solicitation will be issued. Market research has determined that this product is highly specialized. The VCU HLA lab is currently providing tests for rental patients, and the heart patients require the same type of testing. Therefore, an 8-month follow-on contract for the continued provision of these highly specialized services would be available only from a single source without causing an unacceptable delay or duplication of cost. No other type of supply will satisfy agency requirements. The Government intends to award the contract, with an effective date on or about January 23, 2026, to Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority located at 830 E. Main Street Richmond Virginia 23219-2704.
However, interested parties may identify their skill and ability by sending capability statements about this requirement to the Contracting Specialist within six (6) calendar days of this publication by contacting Gordon Burns via e-mail gordon.burns@va.gov . Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. Those interested firms must indicate whether they are large, small, small-disadvantaged, 8(a), or woman-owned businesses and whether they are U.S. or foreign-owned. Respondents who submit proprietary data shall clearly mark the data with appropriate markings. The Government will not pay for any information submitted as a result of this synopsis. This synopsis shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services.
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