B.08 Notice of Intent Blood Bank Reference Testing.docx

The US Army Medical Command, Regional Health Contracting Office – Atlantic, Gordon Health Contracting Branch intends to solicit, negotiate and award a firm fixed price contract for Blood Bank Reference Testing by The American Red Cross, 431 18th Street, Washington, DC 20006-5310

A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Contractor must be able to provide emergent needed blood products within 120 minutes of request. The ARC (American Red Cross) is able to take requests 24 hours a day, seven days a week during emergent patient care. The ARC testing facilities conduct testing in accordance with the standards set forth by the America Association of Blood Banks (AABB), College of American Pathologists, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and/ or the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) of 1988 as required by local, state, and/or federal regulations and policies. Every laboratory that provides testing services does not provide STAT (“stat” is an abbreviation of the Latin word statim, meaning “immediately, without delay” and/or indicates immediate need) Blood Bank testing or may not be located in close proximity in order to transport the specimen to them and transport the products needed back to Martin Army Community Hospital within a short period of time. Patients that present to the Emergency Room are often referred to the Operating Room, Intensive Care Unit, or Labor and Delivery with emergency hemorrhage crisis and require special blood products for transfusion.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 621991 Blood and Organ Banks and the size standard is $35.0M.

No solicitation package will be issued. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes; however, interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. Inquires will only be accepted via email to lisa.d.branch.civ@mail.mil.

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed acquisition based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. No telephone requests will be honored.

Contracting Office Address:

Department of the Army United States Army Medical Command U.S. Army Health Contracting Activity Regional Health Contracting Office-Atlantic Gordon Health Contracting Branch 43 Central Hospital Court Bldg. 332 Fort Gordon GA 30905 Point of Contact: Lisa Branch, Contract Specialist, lisa.d.branch.civ@mail.mil