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Special Notice

*= Required Field Special Notice

SUBJECT* Notice of Intent to Sole Source Procalcitonin Reagents

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* 78240

SOLICITATION NUMBER* 36C25722Q0882

ARCHIVE 15 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE

RECOVERY ACT FUNDS N

PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* 6550

NAICS CODE* 325413

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS Department Of Veterans Affairs

Network Contracting Office 17

5441 Babcock Road Ste. 302 San Antonio TX 78240

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Melanie Williams melanie.williams5@va.gov 210-694-6378

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL www.va.gov URL DESCRIPTION Department of Veterans Affairs Homepage

AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS

EMAIL DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

Scope:

The South Texas VA Health Care System (STVHCS) has a continued need for Procalcitonin Reagents for the Biomereiux VIDAS 3 Instrumentation. The contractor shall be able to provide Procalcitonin Reagents for the Biomerieux Vidas 3 instrumentation located in the Core Laboratory of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service at Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital. The testing done on this instrumentation is needed to test for sepsis and is currently being used as part of the Triage panel for COVID to screen for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

Technical Requirements:

• The contractor shall be an authorized distributor of the following reagents and able to provide ready to use brand name reagents that are compatible with the following instrumentation:

o Biomereiux Vidas 3

• The contractor shall be able to provide next day delivery of the following reagents as needed:

CAT. #

Estimated Quantity ITEM DESCRIPTION

30450-01 180 Procalcitonin 60T

• The contractor shall be able to sequester reagent lots so that the lot numbers will be the same throughout the contract year.

• The reagents shall be FDA approved and meet all regulatory guidelines set for by the

STVHCS.

• The contractor shall provide confirmation of order same day as order request is received.

• The contractor shall provide tracking information and provide an estimated delivery time.

Location

Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans’ Hospital ATTN: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service 7400 Merton Minter Boulevard San Antonio, TX 78229

Period of Performance

Base: 10/31/2022 – 10/30/2022 Option Year 1: 10/31/2023 – 10/30/2024 Option Year 2: 10/31/2024 – 10/30/2025 Option Year 3: 10/31/2025 – 10/30/2026 Option Year 4: 10/31/2026 – 10/30/2027

Deliverables/Supplies

Procalcitonin Reagents for the Biomereiux VIDAS 3 Instrumentation

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), College of American Pathologists (CAP) 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.].