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GENERAL INFORMATION

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CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 17 5441 Babcock Road Ste. 302 El Paso TX 79936-4221

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Joshua Weisman joshua.weisman@va.gov

(432) 213-7094

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital

7400 Merton Minter St

San Antonio TX

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STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

Scope The STVHCS has a need for brand name reagent kits compatible with the government owned Bio Fire Film Array Instrumentation in the Microbiology Laboratory of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service at Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital. The FDA Approved Film Array Panel tests for a comprehensive set of pathogens. These panels aid in quickly identifying the correct pathogen and ensure appropriate treatment, patient management and help decrease infectious diseases which can lead to severe illness or death.

Vendor must meet the following requirements:

1. The kits must be compatible with the Bio Fire Film Array Instrumentation Model#FLM2-ASY-0001

1. Vendor must acknowledge receipt of order within 24 hours and provided estimated shipping timeframe.

1. The kits must be FDA approved.

1. The Contractor must be able to provide an as needed continuous stock of inventory of the below listed reagents.

1. The Contractor must be able to provide an emergency plan in case reagents are found to be defective and unsuitable for use at no additional cost.

The kits must be maintained and delivered following all Federal and State regulations as applicable.

Special handling for emergency orders of supplies: If the supplies are found to be defective and unsuitable for use with the Microbiology Laboratory equipment, or the Contractor has failed to comply with the requirements for routine supply delivery, the Contractor is required to deliver the supplies within 24 hours of receipt of a verbal order for emergency delivery. If either circumstance has occurred, the Contractor shall deliver to the Government site in the most expeditious manner possible without additional cost to the Government, the necessary consumables in sufficient quantity as required to allow operation of the Contractor’s Core Laboratory equipment for one week (under normal Government test load volume). If additional requests for emergency supply delivery are required by the Government, they shall be honored by the Contractor until the arrival at the laboratory of the monthly standing order/routine supplies delivery.

Location These reagent kits will be used in the Microbiology Laboratory located in the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service’s San Antonio Laboratories of the STVHCS.

Period of Performance Base +4 Option Years

Deliverables/Supplies: Reagent kits for the Bio Fire Film Array Instrumentation for use in the Microbiology Department.

Government Inherent Functions:

Contractor shall not perform inherently governmental functions. This includes, but is not limited to, determination of agency policy, determination of Federal program priorities for budget requests, direction and control of government employees, selection or non-selection of individuals for Federal Government employment including the interviewing of individuals for employment, approval of position descriptions and performance standards for Federal employees, approving any contractual documents, approval of Federal licensing actions and inspections, and/or determination of budget policy, guidance, and strategy.

General Duties, Requirements, and Expectations:

1. Be professionally competent to handle required duties.

2. Work with staff to ensure safety measures are in place and documented.

3. Services provided under the terms of this contract are required to be in compliance with the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) and College of American Pathologists (CAP) accreditation policies and all applicable Federal, State and Government laws required by the Veteran’s Healthcare System and VHA Handbook 1106.1.

Information Systems Officer, Information Protection:

The contractor will not have access to VA Desktop computers, nor will they have access to online resources belonging to the government while conducting services. If removal of equipment from the VA is required, any memory storage devices, such as hard drives, solid state drives and non-volatile memory units will remain in VA control and will not be removed from VA custody.

Privacy Officer:

The contractor will not have access to Patient Health Information (PHI), nor will they have the capability of accessing patient information during the services provided to the VA.

Records Manager:

There will be no federal records created, maintained, used or dispositioned with this contract; regardless of format [paper, electronic, etc.] or mode of transmission [e-mail, fax, etc.].

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