Blood and blood components

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 10 is soliciting a Firm Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for blood and blood components to supply the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, with proposals due June 18, 2026. This is an unrestricted acquisition with no set-aside.

Place of performance is Cleveland, Ohio 44106. The contractor must supply blood and blood components for inpatient and outpatient clinical services including emergency trauma resuscitation, surgical support, oncology, hematology, intensive care, and transfusion therapy. All products must meet FDA requirements including ABO and Rh typing, infectious disease screening, and AABB standards. The contractor must maintain FDA registration under 21 USC 360, hold a valid U.S. Biologics License under 42 USC 262, and maintain AABB accreditation. Specific product requirements include red blood cells with minimum seven days shelf life, apheresis platelets with minimum one day shelf life, and cold-stored platelets for emergency and trauma situations. Services must be available 24/7/365, with routine deliveries within 24 hours of order placement and emergency STAT deliveries within two hours. Special processing capabilities must include irradiated products within four hours, washed red blood cells within eight hours, and molecular typing. The contractor must comply with all FDA donor eligibility criteria, maintain donor identity confidentiality, and provide regulatory notifications within three calendar days for infectious disease discovery and 45 days for supplemental testing results.

The contract consists of a Base Year plus four Option Years. The NAICS code is 621991, Blood and Organ Banks, with a size standard of $40 million. Award will be based on Best Value to the Government considering Technical Capability, Past Performance, and Price.