Sources Sought - Kidney Import.docx

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GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 7 700 South 19th Street Birmingham AL 35233

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Jason Compton Jason.compton1@va.gov

Requiring Activity

Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center

109 Bee Street

Charleston SC

DESCRIPTION

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT for the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center. Information collected during this Sources Sought may be used in a set aside. If a solicitation is issued, the Government will do so in accordance with Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-06. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number is 621511. The NAICS size standard is $40 Million.

Any contractor that believes they are capable and desires to claim preference for small business status must be registered with the SBA at https://www.sba.gov/ and meet the requirements of FAR 19.102. Any contractor that believes they are capable and desires to claim preference for veteran owned small business status must be registered with the SBA at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov as an SDVOSB or VOSB.

Contractors that deem themselves capable of meeting the requirement shall provide the below information to, Contract Specialist Jason Compton at jason.compton1@va.gov no-later-than Friday, Nov 07, 2025, at 11AM, CST, referencing 36C247-26-AP-0053. Responses shall include:

(1) Business Name and Address

(2) GSA/FSS/ICSP/NAC Contract Number, if applicable

(3) Point of Contact Name, Phone Number and E-mail Address

(4) DUNs, SAM UEI and NAICS code

(5) Business Size SMALL or LARGE

(6) Type of Business: service-disabled veteran owned, veteran owned small business, 8a, HUBZone, woman-owned, etc.

(7) Detailed Capabilities Statment

· Contractor must be registered with https://www.sam.gov

· To be considered SDVOSB/VOSB, with the SBA at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov

· Place of Performance is:

Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center 109 Bee Street Charleston, SC 29401

1 Objective There are more than 50 OPOs in the United States that are members of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). RHJ VA HCS is required to contract with our local OPO. Our local OPO covers the state of South Carolina. Any kidney outside of South Carolina that may be available for a Veteran on the transplant waitlist would be provided by the OPO for the area it is coming from. We do not have contracts with the other 50+ OPOs in order to pay for their services and receive the kidney offer. We cannot limit the Veterans on our waitlist to only being able to accept a kidney from within the state of South Carolina. We need to have an experienced third party manage the billing for these import kidneys so that our Veterans have access to all possible kidneys in the United States.

2. Scope of Work Contractor shall provide third party billing services for kidneys acquired outside of the local donor service area via OPO other than We Are Sharing Hope SC. RHJ VA HCS will be able to accept organ offers from these OPOs and they will invoice the contractor for the standard acquisition fees. The contractor shall pay the OPO and RHJ VA HCS shall pay the contractor. This will eliminate the need for a contract with the additional 50+ OPOs thus improving efficiency and contracting workload.

3. Requirements Anyone interested in this contract must clearly demonstrate experience in third party kidney import management. Experience providing this service to the federal government is a must and specifically to the Department of Veterans Affairs is preferred.

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