6505--VISN 12 New Blood and Blood Products Contract

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration VISN 12 seeks pricing for blood and blood products services to six VA medical centers across Illinois and Wisconsin, with proposals due August 17, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. CDT. This is an unrestricted solicitation; no set-aside is applied.

Place of performance spans six facilities: Jesse Brown VA Medical Center (Chicago), Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (North Chicago), Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital (Hines), Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center (Milwaukee), Tomah VA Medical Center (Tomah), and William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (Madison).

The contract will be awarded as a Firm-Fixed-Price Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) covering five one-year ordering periods from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2031, with an option to extend for up to six additional months. Vendors must supply blood components, modifications including irradiation, washing, and volume reduction, and Immunohematology Reference Laboratory testing services available 24/7 with defined after-hours coverage. Delivery capacity must support routine standing schedules ranging from one delivery per week to two deliveries daily by facility, and STAT delivery frequencies estimated at 2 to 100 deliveries annually per facility. Vendors must comply with FDA and AABB quality requirements and provide value-added services including massive transfusion protocol support, donor historical antigen typing results at no or minimal cost, transfusion medicine physician consultation, and educational programs. The Government will evaluate quotes based on technical capability and price, reserving the right to award to multiple vendors. NAICS code is 325414; PSC is 6505. Contracting Officer Teresa Beers (Teresa.beers@va.gov, 414-844-4865) administers this procurement. The original deadline of July 22 was extended by Amendment 0001 to August 17.