6650--VISN 8 Whole Blood Glucose Monitoring
Closed Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 36C24826Q0671
- Agency
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Veterans Integrated Service Network 8
Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 325413 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 seeks a five-year blanket purchase agreement for whole blood glucose monitoring services, with proposals due June 4 at 1:00 PM EDT. This is an unrestricted acquisition.
Place of performance encompasses seven VISN 8 facilities: Bay Pines, Miami, West Palm Beach, Gainesville, Tampa, and Orlando in Florida, plus Puerto Rico. Delivery is FOB destination to the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital warehouse in Tampa, Florida, within 5–7 business days of order receipt.
The contractor shall provide a comprehensive cost-per-test solution including glucose monitoring equipment (meters, analyzers, and peripherals), all reagents, test strips, quality control solutions, calibration kits, docking stations, carrying cases, maintenance, 24/7 technical support, training, installation, and software integration with VA's UniPOC and RALS middleware systems. The estimated annual requirement is approximately 1.68 million test strips across 963 total analyzers and 701 downloaders. Performance runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031, comprising one base year plus four option years. The BPA ceiling is $3,545,540.60 with an individual order limit of $12,555.00.
An amendment issued May 21 extended the deadline from May 28 and clarified that offerors may propose alternative BPA term structures (shorter base periods with options) if pricing and technical requirements are met, may submit proposals using standard commercial agreement terms provided all required FAR and VAAR clauses are incorporated with exceptions clearly identified, and may notify the government within 10 days when FIPS 140-2-compliant wireless capability becomes available rather than meeting that requirement at proposal time.
The NAICS code is 325413, In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing. Evaluation weighs technical acceptability (non-negotiable), past performance, and price, with award to the responsible quoter offering best value.
Notice text
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Questions and Answers
Please confirm whether alternative BPA term structures (e.g., shorter base period with options) would be considered, assuming full compliance with pricing and technical requirements are met. Yes
Please confirm whether offerors may submit proposals using offeror s standard commercial agreement terms (or a template for negotiation), if all required FAR/VAAR clauses and solicitation requirements are incorporated and any exceptions are clearly identified in the proposal.  I agree and confirm
Regarding section 3.3.8.3. Please confirm whether offerors may submit proposals given that the current meters in use do not utilize wireless capabilities and that, at this time, no units on the market are 100% FIPS 140-2 compliant. Considering this, can this requirement be revised to instead read:  Required notification to the government within (10 days), when FIPS 140-2 compliant capability becomes available.  Yes.  Â
Please confirm overall Estimated Strip Usage Per Year    I don t have this number on page 22, and I don t have a page 93. Could you share the document you are referring to?Â
Two pages state different values as follows:Â Â
Page 22:Â Â Â 2,018,775Â Â
Page 93:Â Â Â 1,676,170Â
The estimated strip usage is 1,676,170.Â
To ensure a thorough and high-quality response to all technical and pricing requirements, would VISN 8 consider extending the solicitation submission deadline by a week?Â
The solicitation has been extended see block 11 for details.
Update #1 ·
VISN 8 Whole Blood Glucose Monitoring
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 36C24826Q0671 0001.docx | DOCX document | |
| 36C24826Q0671.docx | DOCX document |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 6650--VISN 8 Whole Blood Glucose Monitoring | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Solicitation | |
| 6650--VISN 8 Whole Blood Glucose Monitoring | Pre-Solicitation |
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